AMPECO provides a crucial layer of the EV charging stack: software. The company often finds that a new customer needs to migrate their charging network to a new software platform. This is a complex process that affects every aspect of a CPO’s business, from driver-facing services and payment flows to hardware integrations and partner relationships.
In a recent blog post, AMPECO shared migration stories from four AMPECO customers: E.ON Drive Infrastructure, Swisscharge, Wattif and Eldrive, who—for one reason or another—switched from legacy platforms to AMPECO’s platform. Charging providers who are straining at the limits of their current software platforms may want to read these case studies in their entirety.
AMPECO has built migration into a core competency, and says it has successfully migrated over 120,000 charge points from legacy charge point management systems (CPMSs) and in-house solutions. Each project involved dedicated engineering teams, custom data mapping, and hands-on partnership between AMPECO and CPO transition teams.
E.ON Drive Infrastructure
E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI) manages a network of over 6,000 public EV charging points across 11 European countries. The migration to AMPECO’s platform was an ambitious project not just because of the scale, but because of the complexity inherent in multi-country operations: varying regulatory requirements across markets; diverse hardware configurations accumulated through network expansion; and the need for centralized control without sacrificing local flexibility.
“AMPECO’s platform not only meets our current needs for scalability, but also offers the flexibility crucial for our future growth,” said E.ON Drive COO Arjan van der Eijk. “It gives us full control over our charging network and the ability to create tailored solutions that deliver valuable services to our customers.”
Swisscharge
Swisscharge serves 200,000 registered drivers, and provides access to hundreds of thousands of charging points across Europe. The company’s complex, multi-operator business model—it acts as a CPO, a multi-brand eMSP, and a platform reseller to partners—required a platform capable of supporting 12 diverse use cases spanning public charging, fleet management, workplace and residential charging.
“AMPECO’s commitment to stick to timelines was crucial,” said Jeroen Gernay, founder of The Rechargers. “AMPECO’s strong data model covers the full spectrum of EV charging use cases. We could map every scenario Swisscharge needed, and their proxy solution allowed us to execute the cutover seamlessly.”
Wattif
Wattif grew through acquisitions, ending up with multiple legacy systems and diverse hardware portfolios. AMPECO helped the company to migrate portfolios from seven separate acquisitions, bringing its network to over 45,000 charge points across six European markets. AMPECO’s integration teams validated hardware compatibility across over thirty AC and DC charger types.
Eldrive
Eldrive manages a rapidly growing network across Bulgaria, Romania and Lithuania. The company’s previous provider had stopped developing its software platform, and Eldrive was hitting scaling limits they couldn’t work around.
AMPECO migrated over 2,500 charge points across Eldrive’s three markets, deploying a multi-tenant architecture with seamless payment routing, a comprehensive partner portal that eliminated manual administrative work for 500+ B2B partners, and full API access.
“The communication with your competitors was difficult and slow,” said Eldrive CEO Stefan Spassov. “AMPECO had a very well-structured process, conversations were quick and efficient, you were the only one to cover entirely all our requirements in terms of features.”
AMPECO has yet more Customer Stories featuring insights about the EV charging software migration process.
Source: AMPECO
