Fleet management tools for charging station optimization

A method for electric vehicle fleet management, the method comprising:

• providing an interface to display charging session characteristics of one or more vehicles in a fleet;
• receiving, via the interface, an alternative configuration to the charging session characteristics of one of the vehicles;
• calculating one or more fleet effects to the charging session characteristics of the vehicles in the fleet caused by the alternative configuration;
• displaying, through the interface, the fleet effects;
• and
• upon receipt of acceptance to the alternative configuration, providing instructions to one or more charging stations associated with the one or more vehicles to implement the alternative configuration.

A method comprising:

• determining, using an optimization model, a first charging strategy for a first vehicle and a second charging strategy for a second vehicle, the first vehicle having a first charging deadline and the second vehicle having a second charging deadline;
• modifying the first charging deadline;
• determining, using the optimization model, changes to the first charging strategy and the second charging strategy based on the modified first charging deadline;
• and
• providing instructions to implement the changes to the first charging strategy and the second charging strategy in response to the changes to the second charging strategy causing the first vehicle to continue to meet the second charging deadline.

A processing system, comprising:

• a memory comprising computer-executable instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions and cause the processing system to perform at least the following:
• detect a trigger event that affects charging characteristics of at least one vehicle in a fleet;
• provide, via an interface, a prompt regarding the trigger event;
• present, via the interface, decisions to remedy the cause of the trigger event;
• provide, via the interface, consequences of the decisions to charging characteristics of one or more additional vehicles in the fleet;
• receive, via the interface, an input accepting one of the decisions;
• provide the accepted decision to at least one of a fleet management system or a charge management system;
• and
• provide instructions that affect the operation of at least one charging station based on the accepted decision.