CitiesInCharge is a data-driven decision support tool created by Urban Data Collective to help electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure owners and providers optimize the rollout, management, and utilization of public EV charging points. It uses data from various sources like parking occupancy and the Urban Data Exchange to provide insights into network and infrastructure planning, operational health, utilization hotspots, blocked charger violations, energy usage and emissions, revenue opportunities, and sustainable energy tariff strategies. The tool is designed to help infrastructure owners and providers maximize utilization of public charging assets and support the transition to more electric vehicles.

1. CitiesInCharge
Maximising utilisation of public EV
charge point infrastructure
Sarah Gallacher, Engineering Lead
Urban Data Collective
Urban Data
Collective

2. 2
Transition to Electric Vehicles
The challenge with public charging infrastructure

3. 3
Problem: Maximising EV infrastructure utilisation
Understand utilization
& demand
Infrastructure
reliability
Enforcement of blocked
charging bays
Coherent view
Key challenges for public charging infrastructure owners
Energy & emissions

4. 4
CitiesInCharge
Data-driven decision support tool for EV infrastructure rollout and management
EV charge
point
providers
DATA SOURCES
Parking
occupancy

5. 5
CitiesInCharge
Data-driven decision support tool for EV infrastructure rollout and management
EV charge
point
providers
DATA SOURCES
Parking
occupancy

6. 6
CitiesInCharge
Data-driven decision support tool for EV infrastructure rollout and management
EV charge
point
providers
DATA SOURCES
Urban
Data
Exchange
Parking
occupancy

7. 7
CitiesInCharge
Data-driven decision support tool for EV infrastructure rollout and management
EV charge
point
providers
DATA SOURCES
Urban
Data
Exchange
Parking
occupancy
Understand utilization
and where demand is
Optimizing charge point
infrastructure maintenance
Usage violations and
enforcement
Cities In Charge

8. Cities In Charge
Insights

9. 9
Network & Rollout

10. 10
Operational Insights

11. 11
Utilisation Insights

12. 12
Blocked Charger Insights

13. 13
Energy & Emissions Insights

14. 14
Revenue & Energy Tariffs Insights
In some situations,
the energy tariffs
paid to energy
companies are
higher than the
revenue generated
from charging
sessions

15. Conclusion
Findings
Operational health is good
but could be better and often
broken chargers remain that
way for long periods of time
Utilisation is low but there are
hotspots where perhaps
more charging infrastructure
would be better placed
Chargers are being regularly
blocked
We can provide ways for
easier reporting of Net Zero
targets from EV charging
data
There is much potential extra
revenue to be generated from
chargers
Energy tariffs need to be
managed to create
sustainable charging
networks

16. Thank you
Web: www.urbandatacollective.com
Email: sarah@urbandatacollective.com
Mob: 078 142 93 057