Battery-buffered charging infrastructure for commercial fleets

Unlock charging capacity.
Before the grid catches up.

DepotBoost helps commercial fleets electrify despite constrained grid connections — combining battery storage, high-power charging, intelligent energy management and, where it adds value, on-site solar generation.

Grid Capacity. On Demand. — for coaches, buses, trucks, vans and mixed commercial fleets.
The DepotBoost capacity layer
Grid + On-site Energy Use available grid power continuously and add solar where technically and economically sensible
INPUT
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Battery BufferStore energy outside peak charging windows and absorb local generation
STORE
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Smart Energy ControlCoordinate grid, storage, solar and vehicle priorities around departure times
OPTIMIZE
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High-Power Fleet ChargingDeliver charging power when vehicles actually need it
OUTPUT
The challenge

Fleet electrification can hit two different infrastructure limits.

A depot may have too little instantaneous power for charging peaks, too little total energy available over the day, or both. DepotBoost sizes the architecture around the actual duty cycle instead of treating every grid constraint as the same problem.

Batteries shift energy in time. They do not create energy. A robust depot design must solve both peak power and daily energy demand.
Power bottleneck — kW
Vehicles create short, high charging peaks that can exceed the existing connection. Battery buffering and smart charging can bridge that gap.
Energy bottleneck — kWh
If the site cannot receive enough total energy over the day, storage alone is not enough. Additional grid capacity, on-site generation or another energy source must be considered.
Grid reinforcement lead time
Permanent upgrades can arrive after the vehicles are ready. Modular capacity can enable an earlier start and evolve with the site.
Solar can strengthen the energy side of the equation. Where roof, carport or ground area is available, on-site PV can add locally generated energy while the battery shifts that energy into the fleet's charging windows. The right mix depends on route demand, charging times, available area and seasonal operation.
The solution

A modular capacity layer between energy supply and the fleet.

DepotBoost combines proven infrastructure technologies into one project architecture sized around vehicle schedules, daily energy demand, available grid capacity and the site's future plan.

01

Model the operation

Start with routes, duty cycles, return times, dwell windows and required state of charge — not with a charger catalogue.

02

Buffer charging peaks

Use battery storage and power control to turn a constrained connection into higher usable charging power when required.

03

Add local energy

Integrate solar where the site economics support it, reducing grid dependence and adding energy that storage can shift in time.

04

Scale as conditions change

Add modules, chargers or generation as fleet size and grid capacity evolve. Relocatable equipment can be considered where site design, permitting and hardware allow it.

Charging Capacity as a Service

Structure the project around usable capacity — not just hardware ownership.

DepotBoost develops fleet-specific projects that can combine equipment, integration, energy management and financing with specialist partners. The commercial structure is matched to the site, technology and credit profile rather than forcing one ownership model onto every fleet.

Technology-agnostic integration

We select battery storage, DC charging, energy management and generation components around the operational requirement. The objective is the right system architecture — not vendor lock-in.

Grid constraints Battery storage DC charging EMS Solar integration

Commercially flexible by design

Depending on project and finance-partner approval, structures can range from customer-owned infrastructure to financed or service-based capacity models with predictable operating costs.

CAPEX Financed assets Service model Scalable capacity Multi-site fleets
STEP 01 Share the site constraints Grid connection, fleet size, routes, return times, available space and planned vehicle ramp-up.
STEP 02 Size the capacity layer Separate peak-power and daily-energy needs, then model storage, charging and optional generation.
STEP 03 Build the project structure Match suitable technology, integration partners and a commercial model to the fleet's rollout plan.

Planning a grid-constrained fleet electrification project?

Send us the available grid capacity and a simple description of the fleet operation. We can start with a first feasibility screen.

burak@depotboost.eu