Abb and Amazon's Amazon cloud service (AWS) announced that they will jointly develop a cloud based real-time fleet management digital solution for the electric vehicle market. The scheme aims to optimize the energy efficiency of electric vehicles and improve the electrification degree of transport fleet, so as to help global fleet operators maintain continuous and stable business operation while fully realizing electrification.

This cooperation combines ABB's rich experience in energy management, charging technology and electric transportation solutions with Amazon cloud services in cloud technology and software. The new platform is planned to be launched in the second half of 2021 and will bring customized experience to users through the single view platform. From electric vehicle charging point to fleet data control panel, fleet management will be more efficient and reliable.

The potential for social change driven by electric transportation is huge, and abb and Amazon cloud services have the same foresight on this. Our industry-leading, comprehensive expertise will support the goal of simpler and easier EV fleet management. The solution integrates the software and hardware of electric vehicles into the same ecosystem, realizes seamless and smooth user experience, and brings about a subversive and significant change in the electric transportation industry. We believe that the cooperation will greatly rebuild the confidence of the majority of operators to achieve the upgrading of automobile electrification, so as to further popularize electric vehicles.