Headquarters
India
Business size
Small business
Industry
Automotive
Goal
Make daily transport smarter and more sustainable
VoltUp
What’s the best way to get more people to make the switch to electric vehicles? How about removing the big barrier of the 8-hour recharge time? Find out how VoltUp’s genius idea of swapping used batteries for full ones might just change everything…
Challenge
Electric vehicles (EVs) are the future of transport but long recharge times put people off making the switch from fossil fuels. VoltUp's founders had a brainwave – instead of recharging batteries, why not swap them for full ones?
Solution
We helped VoltUp create a battery swapping network that turns densely populated cities into smart cities. Our apps let users find stations, track their usage and make payments – allowing them to swap to a full battery in under 2 minutes..
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Project Overview
Product
Builder Studio & Studio One
An app like
Uber
Features
75 features
In an evolving market, like the EV space, the requirements keep changing… and to be at pace with the market is really important. The Builder.ai team has really gone out of their way to bring in experts from different countries to help us build the solution even better.
Harsh Raj
Head of Marketing and Product at VoltUp
Leading the charge
Electric vehicles (EV) have long charge times, so running out of battery can mean having to wait 8 hours to recharge. Which is where VoltUp comes in. Its a network of Lithium-Ion battery charging stations, designed for 2-wheeler and 3-wheeler vehicles – and you don’t wait at all. You swap.
What did VoltUp build with us?
Drivers download the VoltUp app, which explains how it all works, takes bookings and payments, and interacts with the charging stations and the batteries themselves to see how much charge they have.
Beyond the simpler driver app, Harsh Raj explains the trickier part of this project, “We also build the entire software which controls the hardware of the swapping station including the communication to the cloud for features like authentication, which battery to be dispensed and managing the entire customer journey.”
Plus they needed a CRM and 3 internal support apps: VoltUp Steps for their sales team, VoltUp Platform for partners and VoltUp DSC to manage service requests.
Talking batteries…
But how exactly do you get a battery to talk to an app? Our solution for VoltUp used MQTT, this is a messaging protocol – a way for machines to talk to each other that’s commonly used for the internet of things (IoT).
“VoltUp aims to support 1 million electric vehicles on the roads, that’s a lot of batteries to keep track of. Built-in MQTT communication means the batteries can tell VoltUp how much charge they have left, how many kms they’ve travelled and how healthy they are – so drivers get peak performance each time they swap.
Driving long-term change
Naveen Pathak, Head of IT at VoltUp says, “It has been an interesting journey of over 2 years with Builder.ai where we have engaged with the design and development teams churning out more and more products and features for our consumers which have really helped VoltUp shape as a leader in the industry.”
But more than all the smart,disruptive tech, what impressed Harsh most is our support, “We have really enjoyed the Studio One plan. The 24x7 support for the business has been used extensively,as it is of upmost priority to keep the swapping station running at all times for which the Builder team has done a phenomenal job.”
Some of the features used
Customisable User Subscriptions
Customise user subscription models, to offer different services to different users depending on criteria you choose. Useful when you want flexibility - both for users and for business growth.
Geo Location Reporting
Send and receive data about users geolocations, by using the device GPS or IP. Useful to gain understanding of where users are, and when they use the product.
Item Availability
Calculate availability of a product when it’s added to a user’s cart. This is based on the current stock levels and any reservations, so customers can complete their purchase rather than try to buy and then be disappointed by a ’Sorry, out of stock’, message
Maps
Add Google Maps functionality to the product. Enables users to benefit from navigation and location features with a Google Maps API integration.
Order Detail View
Displays a summary of order details. Choose elements such as customer ID, order status, shipment status, product name, size, price.
Pricing Engine
Helps you find the right price to sell your items. Works by showing different prices and measuring whether sales go up or down depending on the prices.
Store Credits
Issue credits which customers can store and use as part of their balance. You control the possible actions, such as add to gift card, withdraw as cash, or make a refund
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