Munich-based startup FRYTE, in collaboration with Bosch Road Services, SBRS and Hubject, has demonstrated a fully automated reservation process for an electric truck charging station, based on the Open Charge Point Interface (OCPI) standard, which enables automated roaming among various EV charging networks.
“For fleet operators and transport companies, the ability to reserve charging sessions in advance means that e-trucks can be reliably integrated into tight schedules,” the company explains. “At the same time, charging infrastructure operators—both in the public domain and at depots—benefit from improved capacity management of their charging points.”
The introduction of reservation functions requires seamless interaction among various software systems, including transport management systems (TMS), energy management systems (EMS) and charge point management systems (CPMS). FRYTE’s modular cloud ecosystem enables communication between TMS and CPMS, based on the new OCPI standard 2.3.
At the reservation demonstration during the recent Interchange Network Conference in Berlin, Hubject acted as a reservation hub, SBRS as a CPO, and Bosch Road Services as a booking service provider, while FRYTE provided the integration module to connect the TMS systems. Fiege Logistik, in its role as operator of charging points and depots, represented the perspective of a private CPO.
“Charging point reservation solves two central challenges,” said Maximilian Zähringer, CEO of FRYTE. “When implemented correctly, it ensures reliable operation of e-trucks for fleet operators and, at the same time, a secure and predictable utilization of charging infrastructure for operators. Interoperability is key to enabling automated booking directly from transport management.”
“We are transforming all relevant Fiege logistics sites into energy ecosystems,” said Hartmut Entrup, Director of Energy Solutions at Fiege Logistik. “Optimizing energy flows and costs is therefore one of our most important tasks. Knowing when our trucks and those of subcontractors will charge at our sites is critical. A digitalized reservation process provides us with the relevant information for optimization and gives our partners the confidence that their e-trucks can recharge at our depots.”
Source: FRYTE
