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How does Mbrella Charge help with cost control and anomaly detection?
How does Mbrella Charge help with cost control and anomaly detection?
Jannie Vranckx avatar
Written by Jannie Vranckx
Updated over 3 months ago

Mbrella Charge offers cost control and anomaly detection features to help you manage your EV charging expenses effectively and prevent fraud.

Here's how Mbrella Charge helps with these aspects:

Cost Control Features

  1. Split Billing

    This feature determines who pays for specific charging sessions, allowing companies to set limits on employer-covered charging.

  2. Budget Control

    You can set maximum monthly charging amounts reimbursed by the employer (e.g., €150 per month). This can lead to significant savings.

  3. Location Control

    Restricts charging reimbursement to specific countries.

  4. Specific charger blocking

    Allows you to specify which charge providers are eligible for employer reimbursement . You can limit the charging to lower-cost charging stations.

  5. Speed/kWh Control

    Limits employer reimbursement to charging sessions up to a specific charging speed or kWh limit.

  6. Idle Fee Control

    Companies can make employees responsible for idle/parking fees.

Anomaly Detection

Mbrella Charge uses several methods to detect potential fraud or misuse:

  1. Overlapping Sessions

    Flags when multiple charging sessions are started simultaneously with the same pass.

  2. Geographical Anomalies

    Detects sessions that are too far apart geographically in a short time.

  3. Unusual Consumption

    Identifies consumption higher than expected over a given timeframe.

  4. Frequent Sessions Without State-of-Charge Change

    Flags when sessions are started too frequently without the car's state-of-charge changing.

  5. High Session Prices

    Alerts for very high session prices (e.g., over €1/kWh).

Automated Invoice Checks

Mbrella Charge runs 18 automated validation checks on each charging session, ensuring 99.8% invoice accuracy compared to the market standard of 86%. This helps prevent erroneous charges and saves companies money.

Analytics and Reporting

Mbrella Charge provides detailed analytics on charging behaviour, costs, and patterns, allowing companies to make data-driven decisions to optimize their EV fleet management.

By implementing these cost control and anomaly detection features, Mbrella Charge helps companies significantly reduce their EV charging expenses, prevent fraud, and gain better control over their electrification costs. .

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