US tech developer Uplight is partnering with Rolling Energy Resources (RER) on an electric vehicle (EV) grid edge solution, utilising vehicle telematics data to enhance customer engagement and grid load management.
Uplight cites the need for informed EV data as an influx of the vehicles hit the road and the grid.
By partnering with RER – which coordinates electric demand through EV charging – the grid solution will utilise data provided directly from vehicle telematics to enhance EV managed charging programs.
According to the company, RER’s solution provides secure, reliable, two-way data utilities need to manage load from most major EV OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) brands.
The solution aims to streamline data gathering, enabling utilities to access data from car brands and provide clean data in a consistent format, rather than managing separate data feeds for each OEM.
“EVs are going to have a profound impact on grid demand in the coming years, and data is key to managing that demand as it multiplies,” said Greg Gould, chief product officer at Uplight.
“Leveraging RER’s solution is key to simplifying EV charging data gathering and analysis, allowing us to provide a comprehensive offering to utilities with insights based on both vehicle telematics and EV charger data, removing the complication from understanding EV demand on the grid.”
“The current influx of EVs requires a new approach to managing electric demand from vehicle charging,” added Scott Dimetrosky, CEO of RER.
“By connecting to almost all EV brands and making consistent vehicle telematics data available regardless of make and model, our data makes it easy for utilities to understand the impact of EV charging on their grids and develop effective programmes to manage those loads.”
