Automated session-based billing calculations

Purpose

1.1. Automate session-based billing calculations for EV charging, ensuring real-time, error-free, and scalable revenue management across distributed stations.
1.2. Automates the capture, calculation, aggregation, and invoicing of user charging sessions, factoring in pricing tiers, time-of-use rates, user classifications, and taxes.
1.3. Enables automatedly applying discounts, surcharges, or governmental incentives, while integrating with financial auditing and reporting frameworks.
1.4. Ensures accurate, fully automated, and compliant settlement for users, operators, and government bodies.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated session end detected by charging station or user app disconnect event.
2.2. Time threshold for ongoing sessions automating periodic interim billing calculations.
2.3. Operator-triggered batch processing for daily or monthly revenue reconciliation.
2.4. Automated trigger from tariff update requiring recalculation for open sessions.

Platform variants

3.1. Stripe
• Feature: Use /v1/invoices API to automatedly generate and send itemized invoices upon session complete webhook.
3.2. Twilio SendGrid
• Feature: Automator to trigger email API on new billing record event, auto email receipts.
3.3. QuickBooks Online
• Setting: Automate journal entry API for each completed session item, mapping to revenue accounts.
3.4. SAP Concur
• Feature: Automator workflow to post session charges to expense management for government fleets.
3.5. Microsoft Power Automate
• Action: Use HTTP trigger to automate downstream billing calculation on new session event.
3.6. Salesforce
• Feature: Configure Process Builder or Flow to automatedly create billing case/tasks on session completion.
3.7. Oracle NetSuite
• API: Automate Item Fulfillment endpoint to update session chargeable items.
3.8. Zoho Books
• Function: Automatedly invoke Invoice Creation API per charging event.
3.9. SAP S/4HANA
• Setting: Automator triggers BAPI_ACC_DOCUMENT_POST for revenue posting.
3.10. FreshBooks
• Feature: Automated invoice automation via Recurring Template API.
3.11. Xero
• API: Automate Invoicing endpoint with session data payload.
3.12. AWS Lambda
• Function: Serverless automated computation invoked by charging session SNS event.
3.13. Google Cloud Functions
• Function: Automated calculation script triggered by Pub/Sub on session closure.
3.14. Plaid
• Feature: Automates funds transfer API for session settlement.
3.15. ChargePoint API
• Feature: Automation via webhook on EVSE Session End to push data to finance system.
3.16. Greenlots (Shell Recharge Solutions) API
• Feature: Automates billing export API on scheduled intervals.
3.17. OCPP (Open Charge Point Protocol)
• Setting: Configure Charge Detail Records Push to automator endpoint for billing automation.
3.18. PayPal Invoicing
• Feature: Automate REST API for session-based invoice creation.
3.19. Square
• API: Automated Order Create endpoint with custom session line items.
3.20. Zoho Analytics
• Feature: Automated data sync for billing analytics and exception reporting.
3.21. Slack
• Feature: Event-based automation to post session billing completion to finance channel.
3.22. Google Sheets
• Feature: Automated script to append, calculate, and summarize session billing records.
3.23. Azure Logic Apps
• Feature: Automated orchestrator for session-to-invoice workflow using logic triggers.
3.24. Jira
• Feature: Automated ticket creation for session billing anomalies.

Benefits

4.1. Automates billing with consistent, audit-ready accuracy and speed.
4.2. Reduces manual labor, cost, and risk of human error in revenue management.
4.3. Enables real-time visibility and automated reconciliation across all EV charging stations.
4.4. Supports automating compliance with evolving government and utility sector billing regulations.
4.5. Scales to meet variable session loads and automates integration with financial, operational, and reporting tools.