Enterprise EV Charging — Power Your Fleet and Your Workforce
Enterprise EV charging infrastructure supports the electrification of corporate fleets, provides employee and visitor charging at facilities, and integrates with building energy management to optimize charging load — balancing grid demand, utility costs, and the sustainability objectives that increasingly shape corporate real estate and fleet strategy.
What RLM Delivers on EV Charging Infrastructure
EV charging deployment is more complex than it appears: electrical capacity upgrades, utility rate optimization, network management platform selection, fleet charging scheduling, and the data integration that feeds ESG reporting all require coordinated planning. RLM advises on EV charging strategy, hardware selection, network platform evaluation, and the utility coordination that makes large-scale charging deployments economically viable.
How We Approach EV Charging Infrastructure
The EV Charging Infrastructure questions worth forcing a straight answer on before anything is signed.
EV Charging Needs Assessment
We assess your EV charging requirements — fleet size and charging cycle requirements, employee EV adoption rates, facility electrical capacity, utility rate structure, and the ESG reporting requirements that determine metering and data capture needs.
Charging Infrastructure Design
We design the charging infrastructure — Level 2 vs. DC fast charging selection by use case, charger quantity and placement, electrical service upgrade requirements, and the load management design that prevents demand charge spikes.
Network Platform Evaluation
We evaluate EV charging network management platforms — ChargePoint, Blink, Enel X, EVGO, and embedded OEM platforms — against your fleet management integration requirements, driver authentication approach, and the reporting that captures energy consumption for cost allocation and ESG reporting.
Utility & Incentive Optimization
We advise on utility rate optimization for EV charging — time-of-use rate selection, demand response program participation, and the utility incentive programs and federal/state tax credits that reduce infrastructure investment cost.
EV Charging Infrastructure Evaluation Criteria
The EV Charging Infrastructure questions worth forcing a straight answer on before anything is signed.
Electrical Capacity Reality
EV charging is one of the highest electrical loads organizations add to existing facilities. Evaluate electrical panel capacity and utility service capacity before sizing the charging deployment — unexpected service upgrade costs are the most common EV project budget overrun.
Load Management Necessity
Unmanaged EV charging creates demand peaks that drive up utility demand charges. Evaluate smart load management capabilities — scheduled charging, power sharing across chargers, and demand response integration — before deploying more than a handful of chargers.
Fleet vs. Workplace Charging
Fleet charging (depot charging for company vehicles) and workplace charging (for employee personal EVs) have different requirements — charging schedules, billing models, and integration points. Evaluate these use cases separately and ensure the platform supports both.
OCPP Compliance
Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) compliance ensures charger compatibility with third-party network management platforms. Evaluate OCPP version support to avoid proprietary lock-in that limits future flexibility.
Cybersecurity
EV chargers are internet-connected devices that represent a new attack surface on the building network. Evaluate network segmentation for charging infrastructure and the cybersecurity certifications of hardware and network platform vendors.
"We needed smart metering and energy management across our campus portfolio. RLM mapped the vendor landscape, ran the evaluation, and we're now hitting our ESG targets ahead of schedule."
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Where This Matters Most
Sector-specific considerations we see repeatedly in iot engagements.
A Sample of the IoT Providers We Evaluate
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