This new ‘Charging-as-a-Service’ (CaaS) solution allows fleets to outsource the deployment and maintenance of charging infrastructure to a single supplier at no upfront cost.

Siemens aims for its end-to-end approach with the Depot360 to lower costs, reduce resource demands, and address skill gaps — often barriers to fleets deploying EV charging infrastructure.

The Depot360 portfolio can be tailored to support the needs of fleet operators, including van and HGVs for logistics, and municipal transit, and private bus depots. The initial offerings from its portfolio comprise Depot360 CaaS and Depot360 Managed Services. The service is part of Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform that aims to help organizations accelerate their digital transformation.

“Depot360 addresses the two main barriers to fleet organizations in achieving electrification: the upfront investment costs, and the time and skills to manage the installation and ongoing maintenance and optimization of charging infrastructure and operations,” explained Bernard Magee, managing director for eMobility at Siemens. “Speaking to fleet leaders at our Transform 2024 conference, it’s clear to see how Charging-as-a-Service models like this will be a cornerstone in the delivery of a near-universal electrified transport mix, which we collectively need to deliver within the next decade.”

Depot360 provides customers with consultation and financing to support depot design, construction, commissioning, and management. Depot360 Managed Services aims to optimize charging, fleet, and energy infrastructure through the provision of data-informed management and preventative maintenance. By integrating with telematics, Depot360 ensures that all vehicles maintain the necessary state of charge to complete their planned routes, minimizing vehicle downtime and maximizing fleet availability.

The core of the Managed Services is Depot360’s energy management and optimization platform, Depot360 AI. Using this platform, a team from the Siemens 24/7 network operations centre can continuously leverage fleet-centric algorithms to monitor and manage the charging infrastructure’s performance. This enables Siemens to identify and proactively solve issues based on data-driven decisions to improve and upgrade fleet operations.