When the platform fails, the fleet can’t.

116

Connectors

6MVA

Power Supply

What We Proved

✓ 100% vehicle pull-out maintained from day one — every bus fully charged and ready for morning departure, every day.

✓ Full site transition completed in 48 hours across mixed hardware under Optimo management.

✓ Dynamic load distribution eliminated overnight congestion and manual intervention.

✓ 3MW of tradable flexibility unlocked.

What an EV Depot Actually Needs

What an EV Depot Actually Needs

“The same deployment model that proved the platform at First Bus and Warrington, rescued Lothian’s operations when EO Charging failed.”

— Mo Ismail, Global Director of Sales, Optimo Energy

The Crisis

When a critical operator’s charging platform collapsed overnight, Edinburgh’s buses couldn’t wait.

Optimo replaced the entire system in 48 hours. Every bus pulled out on time.

Lothian Buses operates one of the UK’s most demanding urban bus networks. When the platform failed, the operational consequences were immediate and public.

The rollout

Live system in days. Value in weeks. Revenue in months.

Optimo deployed on-site with one objective: full operational control within 48 hours, with no loss of charging capacity and no disruption to overnight operations. The transition was sequenced transformer by transformer, with every charger live on Optimo as it was reconfigured.

100% Vehicle Pull-Out Maintained | 48 Hours Full Site Transition | 109 Connectors Under Management

The Revenue Opportunity

Operational stability was the immediate objective — but Optimo is an energy operating system, not a rescue platform. With the depot stable, Lothian can unlock the next layer of value from infrastructure they already own.

What This Means

Most platforms take weeks to deploy. Optimo was live across a 109-connector depot in 48 hours — under emergency conditions, with the entire morning pull-out depending on the outcome.

What Changed

Optimo mapped the full depot layout in hours. Every charging row was configured with its own scheduling logic and departure-order priority structure. Power is now distributed dynamically across the site with no manual overnight intervention.

Next step

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