Call for solutions providing booking, accessibility and energy management for electric charging of heavy goods vehicles

ENGIE Vianeo is looking for a business application for recharging electric HGVs that will simultaneously offer: 

1. Online booking of charging slots and remote control of connected devices: access barriers, charging points, cameras for reading number plates, etc. It must allow our haulage customers to book and receive guaranteed access to an available charging space.

2. Energy management of our charging infrastructure, such as managing charging and triggering charging during attractive time periods (overnight charging, semi-public stations, etc.).  

Some market solutions are not very adaptable or require fairly significant infrastructure. As vehicle recharging is constantly evolving, this call for tenders should enable us to find start-ups or companies capable of developing appropriate solutions in a challenging market context.

Aim of the call for projects:

ENGIE Vianeo is looking to identify a full web application for booking time slots that can send simple orders to connected equipment, via a modem or other communication medium. 

The terminals must have connectivity and energy management features for greater flexibility of the overall infrastructure. The application must be able to forecast the power levels required based on bookings and recharging sessions so energy management and efficiency can be optimised. 

These applications must be capable of:

1/ Booking a time slot on a track 

2/ Sending information to stakeholders (ENGIE, fleet manager, driver, etc.)

3/ Retrieving the information and translating it for the connected equipment 

4/ Collecting charging infrastructure data

5/ Recovering any feedback from other connected equipment 

6/ Viewing feedback 

7/ Remotely controlling connected equipment (barriers, bollards, etc.) 

8/ Interfacing with other existing applications (mandatory)

They must also include: 

• Collaborative construction 

• Integration of business constraints

• Deployment on a pilot site (depending on the relevance of the solutions identified)

This call for projects is addressed to:

Any French or European start-up deploying web applications for electric mobility with a field application (booking and guaranteeing access to the recharging track and/or energy management solutions). These two aspects can be offered as a package or independently.

Advantages and benefits for selected projects

• Co-development of a customised connected industrial application with ENGIE Vianeo.  

• The opportunity to test one or more prototypes at HGV charging stations in ENGIE Vianeo France’s network.

• Potential Europe-wide deployment on the ENGIE Vianeo network.  

• Contact with ENGIE Vianeo experts and an opportunity to propose other applications for the business.

Detailed description:

Context:

Heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) account for 4% of registrations in Europe, but are responsible for 42% of transport-related greenhouse gas emissions. Heavy goods transport therefore represents a major focus for tackling decarbonisation. Several alternative energy sources can contribute to this, but electricity currently has the greatest potential for massification. In this context, ENGIE Vianeo's objective is to build a leading HGV recharging network on a European scale and to play a key role in the heavy transport ecosystem. 

Need(s) and/or solution(s) sought:

Hardware/software solution capable of communicating with the ENGIE booking back-end AND the station equipment (barriers, keypad, camera, etc.) and charging stations.

Why is this call being launched?

Some market solutions are not very adaptable or require fairly significant infrastructure. As vehicle recharging is constantly evolving, the aim of this call for tenders is to enable us to find start-ups or companies capable of developing relevant solutions in a challenging market context. Flexibility and development will be key.