CMS Evaluation Guide

Your choice of Charge Management System can determine how reliably your buses depart, what your depot spends on energy, and how well your charging infrastructure is used. This guide gives fleet operators and their advisors a practical framework for evaluating a CMS, from defining requirements and weighting criteria to modelling total cost of ownership and planning deployment.

What’s inside?

When to bring the CMS into an electrification project, and how it affects grid and charger sizing.

How to map your requirements and weight your evaluation criteria.

The eight core capabilities of a CMS, and what to look for in each.

How to assess integrations and model total cost of ownership with your own depot data.

What to consider for deployment, onboarding and system monitoring.