MAN eManager S Service Specification

General information

MAN eManager S is a charging-management service that enables users to plan departure times for their vehicles in advance. Particularly in the event of extreme temperatures, and where required, optional preconditioning (preheating) of the passenger area can help to prevent a reduction in the remaining range due to the air conditioning. It ensures that the passenger area is at an appropriate temperature when the bus leaves the depot.

The user can choose between immediate and timer-based charging management options.

With immediate charging, the vehicle will always start to charge as soon as it is connected to a charging station with power available. In the RIO system’s overview, the user will see how long the vehicle battery will continue to charge before reaching its 100% SoC after connection to a charging station.

With timer charging, the user can save various departure times for each vehicle, according to their schedule. The next due departure time is transmitted to the vehicle. If the vehicle is connected to a charging station, the charging process is automatically started at the optimum time to ensure that the vehicle is ready for operation at the time of departure. If the vehicle is connected to a charging station shortly before the departure time, charging will start automatically, although the vehicle might not be ready for operation at the intended departure time. In this case, among other things, the user will see the new, delayed departure time in the RIO system’s overview. At the end of the charging process, the next due departure time will be transmitted to the vehicle.

If a charging fault should occur in immediate or timer charging, and this information is available for the vehicle, the user will be notified accordingly in the RIO system.

As well as charging management, the user can also view important information about the battery such as the charging status (not connected, connected, charging, charged, fault, unknown), the battery charge level in % and the electric range in km.

MAN eManager S is available in full for the MAN Lion’s City E, and a reduced range of features is also offered for the MAN eTGE.

In order for the service to be operational, it is necessary for the vehicle to be contactable via a wireless connection for the requisite configuration.

Overview of services

After MAN eManager S has been successfully activated, the following MAN eManager S services will be available for use, depending on the vehicle type.

Prerequisite for data transmission

MAN Lion’s City E

If the vehicle status is not “Ignition on” or “Charging”, it can receive new charging configurations approximately every 60 minutes. Thus, it can take up to 60 minutes after sending a charging configuration before it is received by the vehicle and a feedback signal is sent to the RIO system.

If the vehicle does not have a mobile communication connection, for example due to the network being down, it is not possible for the charging configuration to be transmitted. In this case, and at any other time, the user can initiate immediate charging on the vehicle itself.

Information about the battery charge level and the estimated remaining range is transmitted cyclically at 5 minute intervals and is displayed in the RIO system. The transmission of all other information – such as the charging status (not connected, connected, charging, charged, fault, unknown), the readiness display and the remaining charging time display – to the RIO system, and the display of this information in the system, are event-based.

MAN eTGE

The vehicle transmits the data if the ignition is on and there is a mobile communication connection.

Technical requirements

To be able to use MAN eManager S, the vehicles must have the following features:

User work place equipment:

• Desktop computer (not provided by MAN) with an up-to-date operating system and a modern web browser in the latest version.