Intelligent AI-powered smart charging software could help fleets monitor and significantly reduce their carbon emissions from charging EVs in the workplace.

The CrowdCharge technology harnesses AI to allow accurate measurement and significant reduction of charging emissions

CrowdCharge, a specialist in fleet charging and sister business to EV leasing broker DriveElectric, says its new technology harnesses artificial intelligence to allow accurate measurement and significant reduction of emissions.

The solution could help organisations that need to disclose their fleet emissions as part of the UK’s new Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR).

The SDR framework mandates companies and financial institutions to disclose their impacts on the environment and society from 1 January 2026, including their climate impacts and vehicle carbon reporting.

The framework aims to achieve consistent reporting standards, with companies needing to report their Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions and their UK energy use, including transport fuel. Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions include the electricity used to power any electric vehicles, whether they are charged on the company premises, or offsite.

Such reporting is crucial for sectors with significant transportation activity, as it contributes significantly to overall carbon footprints, but organisations that need to report CO2 emissions often struggle to get accurate data about the emissions associated with the charging of EV fleets.

This is where CrowdCharge can help. Its smart charging solution optimises the time at which an electric vehicle is charged based on the carbon intensity of the electricity generated by the National Grid, which in turn is influenced by the proportion of renewable energy used.

By providing data about the carbon emission savings of fleets, the CrowdCharge technology can assist companies in their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) journey.

According to CrowdCharge, its accurate measurement of real-world EV charging emissions can result in carbon savings of around 40% compared to standard EV emission reporting figures.

But further carbon reductions of up to 25% can be made by using CrowdCharge’s intelligent AI-powered smart charging software. Latest data shows that fleets can achieve CO2 savings of 63% in total – with reductions of up to 89% in some cases.

As well as reducing Scope 2 emissions, organisations can benefit from lower energy bills, helping to make EVs even more cost effective.

CrowdCharge’s technology can also help to reduce the need for grid upgrades for commercial sites by intelligently managing the charging of multiple EVs.

Americo Lenza, COO of CrowdCharge, said: “Our AI-driven software measures the carbon emissions involved in charging, and optimises charging to achieve the lowest possible carbon footprint, so ensuring that electric vehicles have significantly lower real-world carbon emissions than petrol vehicles.”

CrowdCharge’s technology helps to unlock maximum value from V2X (vehicle to everything) services across individual vehicles to fleets and workplace ecosystems, enabling them to better predict and manage usage, and to save money and carbon.

The business is already involved in the Innovate UK V2VNY vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project, which is trialling vehicle-to-grid using AC (alternating current); a more affordable solution than V2G charging using DC (direct current).