Fleet and Depot EV Charging in Perth
Depots and yards
Fleet and depot EV charging for Perth transport yards, sized by our electricians against your own run sheet.
- Typical hardware
- Ocular AC banks, DC where the schedule needs it
- Software
- Exploren, session and fleet reporting
- Lead time
- 2 weeks to 2 months
- Warranty
- 2 years parts and labour
How a depot EV charging install runs
Five steps, run sheet to first shift.
- 01
Run sheet
We start with your vehicles, the range they burn and the hours they sit.
- 02
Site visit
Yard supply, workshop load and where the cable can run.
- 03
Design
Sized to the real overnight window, not the nominal twelve hours.
- 04
Proposal
One itemised price, staged if the fleet is still growing.
- 05
Install and commission
The bays go live and every session reports against its vehicle.
What a fleet charging install includes
Included
Run sheet review and site visit
Bay count sized to the overnight window
Itemised proposal, staged where it helps
Yard supply, trenching and charger install
Load management across chargers and workshop
Per vehicle reporting and two year warranty
Book a site assessment
We look at the supply before anything is quoted. 2 years on parts and labour.
The overnight window is bigger than the job.
Dwell time
A van back from a shift: plugged in from 6pm to 5am, 11 hrs in total, of which 6 hrs is spent charging, leaving 5 hrs spare.
- Plugged in
- 11 hrs
- Actually charging
- 6 hrs
- Spare
- 5 hrs
Eleven hours in the yard, six on the charger. The window is the design.
Fleet and depot across the Perth metro.
Where we work
Why the network sets your date, not the hardware
Worth knowing
Western Power runs the network that serves Perth and regional WA, and an electrical contractor installing charging equipment has to stay within the capacity of the connection the site already has. A depot that wants more than that is not a bigger install, it is an application to the network.
That is where a two week job becomes a two month one, and it is the reason we start with your run sheet. If the overnight window is long enough to share the supply you already hold, the network never enters the schedule at all.
Source: Western Power, the network operator for Perth and regional WA.
Fleet and depot questions
Questions
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01How many chargers does a depot actually need?
Usually fewer than the number of vehicles. If the vehicles sit for eight hours and only need four, one charger can serve two vehicles in sequence. We work that out from your run sheet at the site visit.
02How long does a depot installation take?
Between two weeks and two months. AC banks on an existing supply are at the fast end. Larger DC units, or anything needing new civil works, are at the slow end.
03The vans come back at different times. Does that break it?
It is usually what makes it work. Staggered arrivals mean the load spreads itself, and a charger that has finished with one vehicle is free for the next. We model the actual arrival spread rather than assuming everything lands at once.
04Do we need DC at the depot?
Only if something has to turn around inside the day. If the vehicles sit overnight, DC is money spent on speed you cannot use. Most depots we do are AC with one DC unit for the exception.
05Can we see whether a vehicle actually charged?
Yes. Each session records the vehicle or the driver, the start and finish times and the energy delivered, so a van that did not charge is visible before the shift rather than after it.
06What happens if the depot loses power overnight?
The chargers resume when supply returns, and the session log shows the gap. If the fleet cannot absorb a lost night, that is a conversation about backup, and it belongs in the design rather than after the first outage.
07Can we add bays as the fleet grows?
That is what the design is for. We size the backbone and the conduit for where the fleet is heading, so later bays are an addition rather than opening the yard a second time.
08Does the workshop load affect the charging?
It can, and it should. The building's own demand takes priority and the charging absorbs what is left. That is the whole point of load management on a depot: the site never trips because someone put a van on charge.
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Let us look at your site.
We assess the supply, the vehicles and the timeline, then put an itemised proposal in front of you.