For the Royal Mail London depots, EVs are expected to be 9% cheaper than diesel vans over 8 years due to EVs avoiding congestion charges until 2025. For depots outside of cities, an EV is currently 7% more expensive than its diesel equivalent. #OptimisePrime

#OptimisePrime trials demonstrated that Smart Charging at lower tariff times can cause an increase of 66% in the over-night peak. Meaning considerations for both suppliers and DNOs. More info here: shorturl.at/emov1

Demand and supply for EV charging is severely imbalanced in Central London. #OptimisePrime has calculated the number of charge points required to meet Uber demand between now and 2030.

SSEN will be shaping their Profiled Connection offering from 2023 based on insights produced from the #OptimisePrime trials.

Smart charging at times of cheaper electricity could improve the net present value (NPV) of the average electric Royal Mail fleet by 22% over 8 years

Forecasting for flex services was found to be 95% accurate in the day ahead and within day flex markets. Centrica plc #OptimisePrime

Operational processes, such as using RFID tags to start charging sessions, had to be rigorously enforced in order to successfully manage different charging profiles. #OptimisePrime Royal Mail

Join us on tomorrow to discover some of the solutions we've been trialling as part of #OptimisePrime's transition to EVs. We'll be joined by our partners: Uber, Centrica plc and Royal Mail. eventbrite.co.uk/e/optimise-pri…

Ensuring the fleet is ready for the next day's operations, flexibility product design will consider how to incentivise fleets avoiding a secondary peak. #OptimisePrime Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks @UKPNnews

Up to 20% of total fleet EV charging costs could be covered by fleets offering flexibility services trialled in #OptimisePrime.

Large depot fleets are well placed to provide flexibility services to DNOs in return for revenue. #OptimisePrime

Brrr it's cold outside...The EVs trialled in #OptimisePrime required approximately 30% more energy, on average, in winter.

The value of providing flexibility services to a DNO by a depot could cover between 7-22% of the EV charging costs per year. Royal Mail #OptimisePrime

Government action and incentives remains among the biggest enablers for managers to electrify their fleets. #OptimisePrime

Optimise Prime has published its final report, sharing findings from the trial of the project methods and analysis of 8,000 commercial #EVs with @UKPNnews SSEN Innovation Uber UK Centrica plc British Gas Royal Mail Novuna Vehicle Solutions @HitachiGlobal Hitachi Vantara at #CiscoLive optimise-prime.com/news/optimise-…

Uber has continued to support #OptimisePrime with trip data over 6,000 EVs.

Lack of charging infrastructure is a high and growing concern for drivers in both home-based fleets and depot-based fleets. #OptimisePrime

Based on over 8,000 #EVs, #OptimisePrime has released a significant #opendata set for use by the industry.

We're delighted to have won the Data and Connectivity category award at The Engineer Collaborate to Innovate #C2I2022 awards last night. Thanks to all our partners at @UKPNnews, @HitachiGlobal, Hitachi Vantara at #CiscoLive, Centrica plc, Uber UK, SSEN Innovation and Novuna Vehicle Solutions

Led by UK Power Networks Optimise Prime - the winning project in the data category for The Engineer's #C2I2022 awards - is helping to remove some of the barriers holding back the switch to electric vehicles. theengineer.co.uk/content/in-dep…