{"id":98195,"date":"2026-07-06T13:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/98195\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T13:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:20:09","slug":"abb-e-mobility-builds-fleet-charging-around-the-mission-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/98195\/","title":{"rendered":"ABB E-Mobility Builds Fleet Charging Around the Mission Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

During an ACT Expo<\/a> walkaround, Chris Thompson, head of product marketing at ABB E-Mobility, said the company\u2019s approach begins with the fleet\u2019s mission profile. That means understanding the duty cycle, power needs, site layout, and utilization before deciding which charging hardware belongs on the property.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019ve also built is a configurator to take in your request to understand the mission profile of the customer to then suggest which configuration of products you need,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cSo we try not to start with the charger, we start with the mission profile and the use case because the key is to deliver the lowest cost per kilowatt hour over your site.\u201d<\/p>\n

Right-Sizing Charging Capacity<\/p>\n

ABB E-Mobility<\/a>\u2019s A-Series all-in-one charger is positioned as an entry point for fleets beginning to build electric vehicle infrastructure. Thompson pointed to the A400, which can deliver 400 kW dynamically across two ports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you have here is 400 kilowatts that you can deliver energy dynamically across two ports,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cSo you can scale from 300, 100, 250, 150, et cetera, based on the profile of your fleet and what you need.\u201d<\/p>\n

Because the power modules are housed inside the unit, Thompson described the A400 as ABB E-Mobility\u2019s easiest installation option. As fleets scale, however, the business case can shift toward distributed systems that separate power cabinets from charge posts and route energy where vehicles need it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you have 400 kilowatts in an all-in-one charger, you pay as an owner for that entire power electronics, that entire grid connection,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cHowever, what we see in the market today is that most vehicles don\u2019t charge at 400 kilowatts. They charge between 60 and 80 and they look more for continuous power.\u201d<\/p>\n

That distinction matters for fleets trying to balance installation costs with daily utilization. Thompson described peak power as the showcase, but continuous power as the business case. By stacking power at 400, 800, or 1,200 kW and using a switch matrix to route energy to the correct charge post, fleets can better match infrastructure spending to how trucks actually charge.<\/p>\n

Planning Around Miles, Not Just kW<\/p>\n

ABB E-Mobility also showed a universal charge post designed to support different depot layouts and future charging needs. Thompson said ABB E-Mobility<\/a> is also working on a range mapping tool to help fleets think beyond charging speed alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot everyone gets speed, not everyone gets kilowatts,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cSo people just want to know \u2018how far can I drive?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

For trucking applications, that type of planning could eventually account for state of charge, battery size, load weight, and terrain. The goal is to translate charging infrastructure into the operating language fleets already use: routes, range, schedules, and site readiness.<\/p>\n

X-Series Targets Uptime at Larger Sites<\/p>\n

For higher-power sites, ABB E-Mobility\u2019s X-Series uses liquid-cooled power modules and a switch matrix to send power to specific charge posts based on vehicle demand or the fleet\u2019s charging strategy. During the walkaround, Thompson showed the X800 cabinet, which delivers 800 kW of power to ABB E-Mobility\u2019s universal charge post.<\/p>\n

\u201cCustomers need uptime because downtime means no charging,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cYou have schedules, misses, driver schedules interrupted.\u201d<\/p>\n

ABB E-Mobility designed the X-Series with swappable power modules so sites can continue charging while individual modules are replaced. Thompson also pointed to 98% efficiency, noting that even small efficiency gains become more important as fleets scale across larger sites and networks.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have the reliability. So the redundancy of the different power modules, you have the efficiency,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cEvery percentage compounds as sites grow because you are basically not able to deliver energy that you pay for.\u201d<\/p>\n

For fleets building EV infrastructure, ABB E-Mobility\u2019s message is not simply to buy the largest charger available. The larger question is whether the charging setup matches the route, vehicle, site, and utilization plan.<\/p>\n

Watch the full video to see ABB E-Mobility\u2019s charging systems up close and hear more about how the company is approaching fleet electrification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During an ACT Expo walkaround, Chris Thompson, head of product marketing at ABB E-Mobility, said the company\u2019s approach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[130],"tags":[232,30827,5066,137,48703],"class_list":["post-98195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-abb","tag-abb","tag-charging","tag-exclusive","tag-infrastructure","tag-on-the-road"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116873240577382444","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}