Omniplus Charge: Charge up your Business

• Omniplus Charge as an integral part of the updated Omniplus service ecosystem
• “One Face to the Customer” from initial consultation to turnkey implementation
• Omniplus Charge supports customers in the long term and offers a complete service for charging infrastructure with its own service technicians
• H₂ infrastructure is also part of the offer
• Solutions for small and large bus companies with the right partners

In addition to a lot of know‑how, the switch to e‑mobility in the bus fleet requires careful preparation. If transport companies want to use electric buses successfully, they require a holistic view of their e-mobility system. Daimler Buses has always advised transport companies and actively accompanied them on their journey to e-mobility. The subsidiary Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH, founded in 2023, is consistently pursuing this path. The enterprise specializes in consulting, designing, and building e-mobility and H₂ infrastructure.
In cooperation with experts from Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH and other partners, Daimler Buses can supply the entire e-mobility ecosystem from a single source if requested: From custom‑configured electric bus to the complete infrastructure for the depot, including construction measures, electrical installations, chargers, battery storage facilities, charging management systems, and other digital services. Starting in the autumn, Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH will be offering its services under the Omniplus Charge brand and thus under the strong Omniplus umbrella brand, which, in addition to the classic services, combines comprehensive digital services with Omniplus On.

“One Face to the Customer” from initial consultation to turnkey implementation

With Omniplus Charge, every customer receives a personal e-mobility advisor who accompanies them from initial consultation through the planning and construction phase to turnkey handover of the charging infrastructure and electric bus fleet. And the experts at Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH are still there for the customer during operation, taking over the service for the charging infrastructure on request and ensuring that operation of the charging infrastructure and the electric bus fleet runs smoothly. Customers benefit from short coordination processes, reliable project implementation, transparent processes, and noticeable relief of their own personnel and resources.

For Omniplus Charge customers, the journey to e‑mobility begins with comprehensive advice and a software‑based feasibility analysis. No two businesses are alike. Whether it’s a medium‑sized family business in the countryside or a transport operator in a major European city – the specialists at Omniplus Charge take into account the individual circumstances of each individual enterprise. They first analyze the bus routes in detail based on the real operating conditions. Based on the feasibility analysis, the customer then receives a customized charging concept – from depot charging using a vehicle plug, pantograph or charging rail to intermediate charging en route. The supply of hydrogen for the fuel cell models is also taken into account as required.

Omniplus Charge supports customers in the long term and offers a complete service for charging infrastructure with its own service technicians

Three to four months after the first consultation, it is usually possible to enter the procurement phase of the concrete infrastructure measures. Numerous parameters have to be taken into account: Which charging solutions are worth considering? How big must the transformer be for the power supply? Is a stationary battery storage system or a solar system sensible in order to optimize electricity costs? Should the layout of the depot be changed in order to optimally position the charging points? How must the charging points be constructed? Plug-in charging or pantograph? Which charge management software will monitor and control the chargers? Is it possible to use a nearby hydrogen refueling station or is it a good idea to have your own hydrogen refueling station? As part of the consulting services, Daimler Buses Solutions can carry out a complete simulation of the planned electric bus depot and simulate the energy flows, also with consideration of PV systems and stationary battery storage units. On this basis, all optimization potentials can be analyzed together with the customer. The experts at Omniplus Charge not only advise on the design of the right technology, but also on the selection of experienced partners for charging infrastructure, charging management, power supply systems, and construction measures.

Upon request, Daimler Buses acts as a general contractor and offers the customer the complete system solution from a single source.

In the implementation phase, the e-mobility consultants from Omniplus Charge   take over the planning of all necessary construction work, for example for the power supply of the chargers or the construction of a suitable hydrogen infrastructure. Coordination and execution are in the hands of a central project management team. Omniplus Charge attaches great importance to the long‑term support of customers and therefore now offers maintenance and service of the chargers with its own service technicians. In this way, the enterprise raises the service quality for charging stations to the high level expected of Daimler Buses.

H₂ infrastructure is also part of the offer

In addition to tailor-made charging solutions for battery‑electric buses, Omniplus Charge also offers comprehensive concepts for hydrogen infrastructure. The expert teams individually analyze which technical and economic design best suits the requirements of the respective transport company. A separate hydrogen refueling station does not always have to be part of the solution. As an attractive alternative to cost‑intensive in-house investment, Omniplus Charge customers benefit from the strategic partnership between Daimler Buses and H2 Mobility, the largest operator of hydrogen refueling stations in Europe.

H2 Mobility constructs new refueling stations in the immediate vicinity of transport companies as required. In addition, it is possible to install your own H2 dispenser directly at the depot. This can then be done without the usual investment and operating risks, as the publicly accessible refueling stations are fully operated by H2 Mobility.

Charging management with Sinos

To ensure that the operation of the electric buses and charging infrastructure runs smoothly, Daimler Buses is also supplying a charging management solution with Sinos, which is perfectly tailored to the needs of bus operators. This allows the bus operator to permanently monitor the charging processes and control the charging capacity according to operational requirements. The preconditioning of the buses is also controlled via the central system, so that they are ideally prepared for operation. Customers’ existing IT systems can be integrated via interfaces. In addition, Sinos also reduces electricity procurement costs and offers a complete visualization of the depot with precise display of the vehicles.

Solutions for small and large bus companies

Together with the experts from Daimler Buses Solutions, Daimler Buses has already won 54 projects and successfully implemented many of them. These include well‑known transport operators such as Stadtwerke Bonn, HTM in The Hague, Netherlands, and VYBuss in Östersund, Sweden. But even medium‑sized bus companies such as RVWB in Wettingen, Switzerland, like to take advantage of the opportunity to get everything from a single source, from individually configured electric buses to complete e‑mobility infrastructure. For the first time in its history, Daimler Buses recently received the order as a general contractor to plan and build a complete electric bus depot and the total charging infrastructure. The client is MOIN Mobilitätsinfrastruktur und -betriebs GmbH in the district of Lüneburg, or MOIN GmbH for short. In addition, Omniplus Charge offers Daimler Buses a 360‑degree solution with Charging‑as‑a‑Service for customers who do not want to invest themselves in the construction of charging infrastructure. With this solution approach, Daimler Buses sets up the charging infrastructure at the customer’s depot at its own expense and takes care of operation and maintenance. The customer pays a pre-agreed amount per kilowatt hour for charging the buses.