The uptake of electric cars in corporate fleets is growing steadily. More and more companies are choosing to electrify their fleets to reduce fuel consumption, emissions and operating costs. Charging thus becomes among the central elements of fleet managers’ work.
Organized, traceable, and stable recharging enables planning for vehicle use without uncertainty. This requires an infrastructure capable of managing power, users, different locations, and domestic recharging, with simple tools for monitoring and reporting.
The challenges of charging for corporate fleets
Electric company fleets, small or large, need to address some key issues related to fuel management.
The most frequent needs are to monitor kWh per vehicle and per user; assign wallboxes to locations or individual drivers; track domestic recharges and manage refunds; control energy costs; manage available power with Dynamic Load Management systems; and plan vehicle availability throughout the day. Elements that require an orderly structure with clear rules and tools that avoid waste and uncertainty.
Charging types for fleets
Companies switching to electric need to cover two distinct scenarios: onsite charging and charging at the employee’s home.
In-house wallbox installation
On-site electric fleet charging requires 11 kW or 22 kW three-phase wallboxes, installed in reserved parking lots or operational areas. Companies can start with a few charging points and then expand the network to dozens by integrating an infrastructure with centralized DLM, software to manage users and sessions, and constant monitoring of wallbox status. Such a structure ensures that charging is orderly, stable and suitable for shifts and vehicle rotations.
Wallbox installations at the employee
Many companies choose to install a wallbox directly at the homes of employees who use their cars for work. In these cases, the wallbox must be remotely controllable and capable of recording consumption accurately so that automatic reports can be created, monthly reimbursements can be calculated, and manual procedures between drivers, companies, and administration can be avoided.
What is needed for smart charging management
Charging corporate fleets requires tools designed for multi-user and multi-point scenarios. A fleet wallbox must be stable, connected and interoperable with third-party software.
Indispensable elements are:
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi or 4G connectivity,
- OCPPprotocol 1.6 or higher,
- A management backend with advanced features,
- Master data of users and vehicles,
- Consumption dashboard by location and driver,
- recharge planning,
- CSV format reports for accounting and audits,
- RFID authentication or whitelisting for authorized users,
- Multi-point DLM to manage multiple wallboxes with limited power.
The benefits of an optimized charging network for corporate fleets
A well-organized charging network offers immediate operational and economic benefits: it reduces energy costs, improves range and continuity of service, enables faster and more traceable reimbursements, data always available for analysis and verification, and centralized management across one or more locations. Benefits affect the quality of drivers’ work and the fleet manager’s ability to precisely control the fleet.
Silla’s solutions for electric fleet management
Silla Industries’ Prism and Prism Solar wallboxes are designed to meet the needs of corporate fleets. They support OCPP, integrate comprehensive protections, and offer a robust design perfect for enterprise installations. Their reliability enables the creation of orderly, scalable and easy-to-manage charging networks over time.
The Silla Monitor Portal allows you to control every charging point from a single platform.
The framework includes multi-point management, user enablement, comprehensive reporting on sessions and kWh, remote status and power monitoring, and integration into mixed scenarios (with wallboxes installed both onsite and in employee homes). Our architecture allows the entire fleet to be managed with a single platform, maintaining consistency and reliability even across multiple locations or multiple driver groups.
