Building a Micromobility Charging Platform Scaled 20X for Global Expansion

Swiftmile is a universal charging platform for micromobility. The company builds charging and parking hubs for e-bikes, e-scooters, and e-mopeds. It operates a growing network across Europe and North America. Swiftmile’s hubs work with any e-scooter or e-bike on the market. The company partners with shared mobility operators, parking companies like APCOA, and energy providers including Shell.

01 The Challenge

A platform built for hundreds of stations, facing a market that demanded thousands

The global micromobility charging market is projected to grow from $5.7 billion to nearly $50 billion by 2034. Electric scooter usage is increasing by 30% in major cities. Operators worldwide have installed over 10,000 battery-swapping stations to keep fleets running. For charging platform companies, the ability to scale station capacity determines whether they capture that growth.

Swiftmile was entering partnerships with major mobility brands, including Spin, Lime, and Bird. It was expanding into new markets across Europe, the Middle East, and North America. The existing platform had been built as a monolithic application. Load testing confirmed it could support roughly 600 stations and 30 messages per second. For a company planning thousands of stations across multiple continents, that capacity ceiling needed to move.

The team also saw an opportunity to make the platform data-driven. The charging network generates real-time data from every hub: station health, usage patterns, charge levels, rider behavior. Surfacing it in real time would improve service quality and enable faster operational decisions.

Swiftmile partnered with Provectus, an AI-first systems integrator and solutions provider, to redesign the platform for global operations.

02 The Approach

Assess the capacity ceiling, then rebuild for real-time data and independent scaling

Provectus started with a platform assessment, including load testing to map where the architecture hit its limits. The results confirmed the gap: 600-station capacity versus the thousands Swiftmile needed. The monolithic design meant that scaling any single function required scaling everything.

The approach was to rebuild as a service-based application on AWS. Message processing, station management, and data storage would each handle their own load independently. Real-time data streaming would replace batch processing. Operators and partners would see station health and usage as it happens.

Security was embedded from the start. With partnerships like Shell and APCOA on the table, the platform needed to pass partner audits. The migration switched production traffic to the new architecture without downtime over seven months.

03 The Build

Service-based architecture, real-time data streaming, and region-ready deployment

The rebuilt platform separates message processing, station management, and data storage into independent services on AWS. Each service scales based on its own demand. A spike in station messages does not affect data queries. A new data source does not require changes to the message pipeline.

Real-time data streaming replaced batch processing. Station health, charge status, usage patterns, and operational metrics flow through the system as they happen. Operators see current conditions across the network, not yesterday’s summary.

The architecture was designed for geographic expansion. Swiftmile can deploy platform clusters in new regions without rearchitecting. When a new market opens, the team spins up a regional cluster and connects it globally. Adding new data sources or partner integrations works the same way.

Security best practices are built into every layer, from access controls to audit logging. The platform is ready for the compliance reviews that major partners require.

04 The Results

From 600 stations to 10,000+, with 20X more performance at the same cost

The modernized platform went live after a seven-month engagement with zero-downtime migration. The performance numbers confirmed the architectural bet.

20X

Platform capacity increase

Supporting 10,000+ stations at the same infrastructure cost

Platform capacity went from 600 stations to over 10,000 with no change in infrastructure cost. Firmware uploads to charging hubs run 4X faster. Data processing runs 5X faster. In the months following deployment, the platform maintained 100% availability with zero incidents.

For Swiftmile’s operations, the shift to real-time data changed how the team manages the network. Station health and usage data now streams in real time. Operators see which hubs need attention, which locations are underused, and how patterns shift throughout the day.

The architecture also made geographic expansion straightforward. New markets no longer require platform rework. The team deploys a regional cluster, connects it, and the new market is live. That flexibility turns signed contracts into operational deployments.

05 What’s Next

A data-driven charging platform ready to grow with the micromobility market

The rebuilt platform gives Swiftmile the capacity and architecture to pursue expansion without infrastructure constraints. Provectus works with Swiftmile on extending data and AI capabilities as new markets and partners come online.