Artificial Intelligence Platform for Vehicle Electrification

A computer-implemented method for electrification of a fleet of vehicles using an energy distribution system, the energy distribution system comprising a number of electric energy storage devices defining an electric energy storage capacity associated with each vehicle in a group of vehicles in the fleet, and a group of installed charging points, each installed charging point being associated with a location in an area, the method comprising:

• receiving positional information relating to a position of one or more vehicles in the fleet over time;
• receiving energy consumption information relating to energy consumed by the one or more vehicles in the fleet over time;
• and
• determining, based on the received positional information, the energy consumption information, the electric energy storage capacity associated with each vehicle in the group of vehicles and the locations associated with the installed charging points of the group of installed charging points, a number of additional charging points, an optimal location within the area associated with each of the additional charging points and an optimal electric energy storage capacity associated with each of the one or more vehicles, wherein the number of additional charging points, the optimal locations associated with each of the additional charging points and the optimal electric energy storage capacities associated with the one or more vehicles are determined such that the number of additional charging points is minimized and utilizations of the optimal electric energy storage capacities are maximized.

An energy distribution system for a fleet of vehicles, the system comprising:

• one or more electric energy storage devices associated with each vehicle in a group of vehicles;
• and
• one or more electric charging points configured to wirelessly charge the one or more electric energy storage devices, each electric charging point being positioned at a specific location in an area,
• wherein the specific locations of the one or more charging points and a number of electric energy storage devices are determined using previous location information and previous energy consumption information associated with the group of vehicles.