COSMOS: An Embedded Network Billing System For Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

COSMOS is an embedded network billing system designed to generate invoices for charging station operators who provide charging stations located in controlled parking areas of the kind commonly associated with residential apartment and commercial office developments. Charging stations are allocated to designated car parking bays or individual drivers who have a contractual relationship with the charging station operator which is commonly the property owner, strata management or body corporate. Drivers are approved by the charging station operator and then registered with COSMOS. Drivers are issued RFID cards for use with one or more charging stations. COSMOS generates invoices for each driver on a monthly or quarterly basis. The invoices are issued in the livery of the charging station operator and contain the banking details of the charging station operator. The driver pays the charging station operator on receipt of the invoice.

COSMOS is similar in concept to the embedded metering systems already in place and used by many strata management companies to bill unit occupiers for electricity, water and gas. COSMOS is a cheaper billing solution than other pay as you go charging station billing systems that require the use of a smart phone application. Charging station operators have the option of downloading charging session transaction data in a CSV file for direct input into strata management software such as StrataMax or PropertyIQ.

Charging station operators have access to a web portal allowing access to usage statistics and customer information.

Cosmos is provided as part of a comprehensive managed service provided by E-Station covering all aspects of charging station network management including supply, installation, operation and maintenance.

COST:

Circontrol Charging Stations: $60 per year per connector
Non-Circontrol charging stations: $120 per year per connector

DOCUMENTATION: DataSheet – cosmos-Datasheet.pdf

Features

Billing in arrears.
Driver pays every month.
Invoices branded with charging station operator livery and sent to the driver who pays the strata management company.
- Alternatively, the strata management company can download a CSV file which can be uploaded to software packages such as StrataMax, StrataMaster or PropertyIQ for invoice generation and billing.
Cheaper solution for single user charging stations as there are no credit card or smartphone application transaction costs.
Charging sessions activated by RFID card.
Charging station locked down to individual users.
All revenue from the charging stations is collected by the charging stations provider.
Cosmos is provided as part of a comprehensive managed service provided by E-Station covering all aspects of charging station network operation including supply, installation, operation and maintenance.
COST:
- Circontrol charging stations: $60 per year per connector
- Non-Circontrol charging stations: $120 per year per connector

Automated Invoice generation and sharing system
Cloud based platform for remote monitoring
Automated and customizable reporting system
Easy to locate and charging status update
EV charger log display
Quick diagnosis for faults
Compatible with other brands
Easy management of user access to the internet

Cosmos is a cloud-based platform designed to collect and store data from a specific set of EV Chargers for monitoring and reporting. Cosmos was created having in mind fleet managers, condominium administrators, car park operators and other stakeholders with similar needs.

Cosmos helps you to create and manage your own charging network and easily (un)subscribe users, customise reports and use this information to address only the action items that add value and therefore are interesting. With an easy and intuitive dashboard, Cosmos offers customisable reports by user, charger, consumption and tariff, including invoices simulation. All this makes monitoring, controlling remotely the chargers and/or reporting processes simpler and automatic.

Benefits

Easy and intuitive dashboard

Obtain easily a general overview and the most significant data about an installation or a group of installations in a simple glance.

Customisable reports

Design, generate and send by reports automatically by e-mail, as well as invoices simulations with consumption data, times, rates…

Charging network map

Locate and check your chargers status on a map in a very easy and quick way.

(Un)susbscribe users

Manage the autorised users of your charging network as well as its permissions and profiles as required.

EV charger log display

Reduce the fault resolution time and obtain a quick diagnosis if any charger is not working properly.

Compatible with other brands

Connect other EV chargers, a part from Circontrol’s, as long as they comply with OCPP 1.6 protocol.