ChargeRunner

Vehicle Details
Vehicle Priority Queue
ESG & Operations
Pre-vehicle Workflow
Easy Access Summary

Inspiration

As EV sells grow, auctions lots like Manheim face new challenges: vehicles arrive with unkown charge levels, missing battery-health reports, and tight auction and transport windows. We wanted to address a real problem Cox Automotive is facing right now. That urgency inspired us to build something practical and immediately relevant to their business.

What it does

ChargeRunner is a control-tower dashboard for mobile EV chargin dispatch on Manheim auction lots.. It connects vehicle location, battery state of charge, auction timing, battery-health workflow, transport rediness, and sustainability metrics into one coordinated workflow.

When an EV arrives, ChargeRunner automatically calculates a priority score based on charge level, auction deadline, transport dealine, battery-heatlh certification status, days on the lot, and estimated vehicle value. It then ranks every EV in a live priority queue and generates a dispatch command.

When the service is complete, ChargeRunner updates the vehicle record automatically.

ChargeRunner does not replace Cox and Manheim's existing tools. It connects them.

How we built it

We built ChargeRunner as a web-based operations dashboard using React, TypeScript, TanStack Start, and Tailwind CSS. We used Lovable to quickly generate the intial prototype. The app uses mock data to simulate the full dispatch workflow without connect to any real APIs.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into deployment issues with GitHub Pages, which does not support server-rendered apps, and had to pivot to an alternative hosting approach.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We built a interactive prototype in a single day that demonstrates the end-to-end workflow. The dashboard looks and feels like a real enterprise operations tool. We are proud that the prototype is a clear business idea. Something that only connects pieces Cox and Manheim already have into one coordinated workflow.

What we learned

We learned that the most valuable software does not often invent something new. It connects what already exists. Cox and Manheim aleady have strong solutions: LotVision for vehicle tracking, battery-health capability, Cox Fleet mobile service, and auction process data. The real opportunity is coordination.

What's next for ChargeRunner

The next steps for ChargeRunner is to connect it to LotVision for live vehicle location data, Cox battery-health records for real diagnostic reports, and Manheim auction schedules for deadline prioritization.

Then Integrate with Cox Fleet mobile unit GPS so dispatch comands route automatically to the nearest unit.

Next is to use historical lot data to predict which vehicles will need service before they become urgent. Also flagging parasitic drain risk on vehicles sitting to long before charge drops to critical levels.

Finally the battery-health report and transport-readiness flags directly into Manheim listings so buyers see verified EV condition.