01Case study · Fleets & logistics
Low-power charging at the volume India actually runs on
The segment that dominates Indian electrification is three-wheelers — and almost nothing in charging software is built for it.
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Three-wheelers
4
Hubs
2
Shift changeovers a day
The deployment
Profile
- Vehicles
- Electric three-wheelers on fixed delivery routes
- Hardware
- Low-power AC points, Bharat AC-001 and LEV sockets
- Pattern
- Opportunity charging between shifts, not overnight
- Drivers
- Rotating, high turnover
The problem
What was in the way
- 01Charging happens in two short windows a day, not overnight, so every point has to be turning over.
- 02Drivers rotate frequently, and issuing a new payment method per driver was never going to work.
- 03Cost per delivery needed energy attributed per vehicle, not per hub.
- 04Low-power AC hardware is the cheap part; the software written for car charging assumes it away.
The approach
What was actually done
Each step names the mechanism rather than the outcome, so you can judge whether it would transfer to your situation.
Tap to charge, tied to the vehicle
RFID tags are issued against vehicles rather than drivers, so a rotating driver picks up whichever vehicle is assigned without any account change. Authorisation is answered centrally with a local list on each point.
Limits that fit a shift
Per-session energy caps stop a single vehicle occupying a point beyond what its route needs, which is what keeps the changeover window workable.
Attribution per vehicle and per route
Every session carries its tag, vehicle and energy, so consumption rolls up to cost per kilometre and per delivery rather than a hub-level electricity bill.
Hub-level scoping
Each hub supervisor sees their own points only, with operate rights to reset a unit and clear a bay.
The outcome
What changed
- Both changeover windows absorbed without adding charge points.
- Driver turnover decoupled from charging access entirely.
- Energy cost attributable per vehicle and per route.
- Hardware chosen for the vehicle mix rather than for cars.
Platform
What was used
RFID & fleet authorisation
RFID and ID-tag management with driver groups, whitelists, per-driver limits and post-paid fleet billing.
Roles & access control
Role-based access for your staff, station groups for territory restrictions, and an audit trail for everything that changes.
Analytics & reporting
Dashboards and exports for energy delivered, session mix, utilisation, downtime and revenue across every level of the network.
Charger management
Register chargers, watch them connect over OCPP, and drive them remotely — start, stop, unlock, reset, reconfigure.
Would the same approach work for you?
Tell us your constraints and we will say honestly which parts of this transfer and which do not.