A faster, easier switch to electric
Electric vehicle suitability assessment, bespoke employee EV readiness reports, infrastructure recommendations, and charge point procurement for businesses of all shapes and sizes.
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Charge Platform™
A software platform to help you switch to electric vehicles.
Our clever survey collects journey data, creates an energy profile for each employee or fleet vehicle, instantly gives each driver an informative report, then converts this into the number of workplace and home charge points required across your business.
It’s free for businesses and their employees to use. Get started today and see how much faster and easier your switch to electric will be with the Charge Platform™.
Quick survey
Don’t wait months for an app to track vehicle journeys. Get an instant EV Readiness Report for each employee.
Employee engagement
Encourage employee buy-in by giving them a tool to see how switching to an EV would fit into their lifestyle.
Vehicle simulator
Let your employees see how different EVs would fit into their lifestyle based on their specific driving behaviour.
Cost savings
Get an estimate of what you’ll save on running costs, and let your employees see their individual tax and fuel savings.
Future proof
See a prediction of EV adoption across your business and the number of charge points needed to meet demand.
Informed decisions
Make decisions from insights informed by the journey data within your business and avoid costly mistakes.
QUICK OVERVIEW
All-in-one platform
Our smart platform harnesses the power and reliability of data to predict electric vehicle adoption across your business, identifies the right level of charging infrastructure, then manages the procurement process.
Assess suitability
Combining existing data, with our EV Readiness Assessment, the Charge Platform assesses the electric vehicle readiness of each of your company and employee vehicles, and considers when they are likely to switch.
Starting the process is easy – all we need from you is:
- Business site location details
- Company vehicle information
- Employee email addresses
Each employee is invited to complete our EV Readiness Assessment. Once submitted, they receive a personalised EV Readiness Report, full of information, tips, and guidance to help them make an informed decision on whether to go electric.
Assess suitability
Combining existing data, with our EV Readiness Assessment, the Charge Platform assesses the electric vehicle readiness of each of your company and employee vehicles, and considers when they are likely to switch.
Starting the process is easy – all we need from you is:
- Business site location details
- Company vehicle information
- Employee email addresses
Each employee is invited to complete our EV Readiness Assessment. Once submitted, they receive a personalised EV Readiness Report, full of information, tips, and guidance to help them make an informed decision on whether to go electric.
Make recommendation
The Charge Platform crunches your data and survey results to identify charging demand, the energy required, and the number of sockets needed across your business sites and your employees’ homes.
Our system creates your charging infrastructure recommendation, including:
- Workplace chargers to install across all sites.
- Home chargers required for employees.
- Roll-out timeline to show when each charger is required.
- Traffic light indicator to show percentage of employees and vehicles included in the recommendation.
- EV readiness overview across all employees and vehicles.
Armed with our recommendations, the Charge Platform puts you in the driving seat – you’ll have everything you need to make an expert decision and start the procurement process.
Make recommendation
The Charge Platform crunches your data and survey results to identify charging demand, the energy required, and the number of sockets needed across your business sites and your employees’ homes.
Our system creates your charging infrastructure recommendation, including:
- Workplace chargers to install across all sites.
- Home chargers required for employees.
- Roll-out timeline to show when each charger is required.
- Traffic light indicator to show percentage of employees and vehicles included in the recommendation.
- EV readiness overview across all employees and vehicles.
Armed with our recommendations, the Charge Platform puts you in the driving seat – you’ll have everything you need to make an expert decision and start the procurement process.
Procure charge points
Loaded with a wide range of hardware manufacturers and installers, the Charge Platform is ready to select the right suppliers for your needs and run the procurement process for you.
The Charge Platform simplifies the charge point procurement into 6 pain-free steps:
- Quotation request sent to a range of carefully selected suppliers
- Schedules any necessary site surveys
- Presents quotes in a standardised format for you to compare
- Amend and select your preferred choice
- Arrange installation
It’s even easier for employees – they can simply order their home charge points from EV Readiness Report.
Procure charge points
Loaded with a wide range of hardware manufacturers and installers, the Charge Platform is ready to select the right suppliers for your needs and run the procurement process for you.
The Charge Platform simplifies the charge point procurement into 6 pain-free steps:
- Quotation request sent to a range of carefully selected suppliers
- Schedules any necessary site surveys
- Presents quotes in a standardised format for you to compare
- Amend and select your preferred choice
- Arrange installation
It’s even easier for employees – they can simply order their home charge points from EV Readiness Report.
END-TO-END SOLUTION
It’s never been easier to make the switch
We’ve built the Charge Platform™ with customer experience at the very heart. No matter how much or little you know about electric vehicles, you will cruise through the software platform.
Electrification can be pretty overwhelming for most, except it really doesn’t need to be. Our clever software platform gives you electric vehicle expertise at your fingertips, guiding you through every step of the way.
Become a partner
Want to discuss partnership options with us?
We’ve got the market covered
We give you access to all major electric vehicle charging brands in the UK. Phew – that’s another thing to cross off your to-do list.
James Jean-Louis, Chief Commercial Officer, Zoom
"Having spent the last 10 years in the Electric Vehicle industry, it is great to see a business like Diode dedicated to helping businesses with their electrification strategy, by busting the myths, offering the right choices and bringing together the right elements that will be tailored to the specific requirements of an individual business fleet"
Alan O'Donnell, Country Director UK & IE, Easee
"Diode’s knowledge and experience on the side of the procurement team results in offering impartial guidance for the end client to make the correct decision. In an industry that the supplier typically holds the knowledge, we are delighted to stand alongside other brands in allowing the end client the freedom to choose the best solution"
Ross McGuinness, Manager UK & Ireland, Evbox
"Diode are addressing a crucial requirement in the electric vehicle charging marketplace. With their solutions they’re able to connect the dots between fleets, solar, battery storage and EV charging, while also making financing and presenting solutions easy for the end customer. EVBox is delighted to support such an innovative and forward thinking business like Diode"
