IoT platform accelerates EV fast-charging market launch

A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY ENABLES EV FAST CHARGING IN REMOTE LOCATIONS—WITHOUT GRID EXPANSION

Cumulocity empowers a technology company to enable EV fast charging—anywhere.

Customer

A technology company pioneering EV charging infrastructure, focused on solving one of the biggest challenges in transportation electrification: delivering fast, reliable Level-3 charging to areas without access to traditional three-phase power. Their Digital Phase Conversion Power Source enables high-speed EV charging using only a single-phase input—supporting both individual and fleet charging for commercial, residential, and industrial users in remote environments.

Challenges

• Infrastructure limitations: High-speed EV charging requires three-phase power, but in rural and many industrial areas this is often unavailable, and grid expansion can be cost-prohibitive.
• Operational viability: Manual readings or on-site diagnostics are logistically and financially unworkable given the remote nature of deployments.
• Need for scalability: Devices must report real-time usage and performance data from remote or under-served locations reliably, enabling proactive and pre-emptive intervention when needed.
• Product agility: Remote access is essential to enable feature deployment, updates, and diagnostics at scale while maintaining a customer-focused service proposition.

Outcomes

• Twice as fast to market: By building on Cumulocity, the company launched in half the time compared to developing an in-house cloud solution with a secure customer-facing dashboard.
• Cost-effective scale: The company achieved enterprise-grade capabilities with industry-level security at a fraction of the cost of an internally built cloud stack.
• Multi-unit visibility: A centralized dashboard enables customers to visualize full deployments and monitor devices individually and collectively, supporting deeper analytical insights per unit.
• Future-ready foundation: The platform provides the basis for future AI-driven enhancements and predictive capabilities as the solution scales.

Details

The company developed an EV industry-first Digital Phase Conversion Power Source that makes high-speed EV charging viable in locations with only single-phase power. Launching this at scale required a robust, secure, and remotely manageable IoT platform.

The company needed more than device connectivity—it required full visibility, modular control, and a scalable architecture capable of growing with demand. Building such a system from scratch would have delayed deployments and diverted critical resources from core product innovation.

As the company evaluated platforms, the engineering team identified key requirements for success:

• Remote device visibility: Full analytics oversight over each charging unit, even in intermittently connected environments.
• Data collection & aggregation: Real-time data ingestion from devices, aggregated and processed in the cloud for operational insights.
• Browser-based dashboards: Role-specific interfaces for engineering, customer support, and end users.
• Security & compliance: Support for auditing and industry-standard security protocols and APIs.
• Modular, scalable architecture: A cloud-native platform to support future growth and service delivery.
• AI readiness: A flexible foundation to support future AI integrations and enhancements.

The company chose Cumulocity for its mature architecture, rapid enablement capabilities, cost efficiency, and scalability. The modular platform enabled focus on product differentiation while accelerating time to market.

Source: Cumulocity