Public Transport
Electric Bus Depot Transformation
A state transport undertaking modernised its flagship depot to support 150 electric buses with guaranteed availability for morning routes.
- Customer
- An Indian state transport corporation
- Location
- Indian metro city
- Timeline
- 10 months
Challenge
- The transport corporation struggled with staggered charging schedules that extended into peak commuting hours, causing route cancellations.
- Aging switchgear and poor visibility into charger health led to frequent manual resets and unscheduled maintenance windows.
Solution
- Joulepoint engineered a staged retrofit featuring 150 kW pantograph chargers backed by 2 MWh of stationary storage and redundant switchgear.
- Fleet orchestration software ingests telematics data to prioritise vehicles based on route criticality, while predictive maintenance analytics flag anomalies days in advance.
Impact
Dispatch readiness
99%
Energy savings
18%
Technician call-outs
-47%
- Morning dispatch readiness improved from 82% to 99% within the first quarter after commissioning.
- Energy spend dropped 18% by shifting 62% of charging load to off-peak windows orchestrated by Joulepoint's scheduler.
- Incidents requiring on-site technician support decreased by 47% thanks to automated fault recovery and remote diagnostics.
Services Provided
Depot assessmentHigh-power DC chargersFleet schedulingEnergy storage integration