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Scaling contractual control across a European EV infrastructure portfolio

Scaling contractual control across a European EV infrastructure portfolio

300+ long-term leases. 4 countries. 15–25 year commitments.

How Driveco uses AI-powered contract intelligence to keep asset performance under control as the network scales.

How Driveco uses AI-powered contract intelligence to keep asset performance under control as the network scales.

The challenge

Driveco operates EV charging infrastructure across France, Spain, Belgium, and Italy.

Its assets are governed by long-term contracts:

Driveco operates EV charging infrastructure across France, Spain, Belgium, and Italy.

Its assets are governed by long-term contracts:

Leases lasting up to 25 years

Operational & financial obligations embedded in each site

Hundreds of documents, annexes, and addenda

As the portfolio grew, contractual visibility became a scaling risk.

As the portfolio grew, contractual visibility became a scaling risk.

"We didn’t have clear visibility on all our commitments."

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William Oliver

Head of Asset Management - DRIVECO

The turning point

With 300+ active leases, managing contracts through SharePoint was no longer sustainable.

Asset Management teams needed to:

  • understand commitments at portfolio level

  • give operational teams direct access to reliable information

  • avoid becoming an internal bottleneck

With 300+ active leases, managing contracts through SharePoint was no longer sustainable.

Asset Management teams needed to:

  • understand commitments at portfolio level

  • give operational teams direct access to reliable information

  • avoid becoming an internal bottleneck

La solution : Formality

Driveco deployed Formality as its AI-powered contract intelligence layer.

What AI does in practice:

Driveco deployed Formality as its AI-powered contract intelligence layer.

What AI does in practice:

Extracts key clauses, dates, and obligations

Extracts key clauses, dates, and obligations

Lets teams query contracts directly using AI

Lets teams query contracts directly using AI

Automatically structures contracts when uploaded

Automatically structures contracts when uploaded

AI doesn’t replace expertise.

It makes contractual information usable at scale.

“Instead of going through folders and annexes,

we can ask the AI.”

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Gianella Olaya

Asset Management - DRIVECO

The impact for Asset Management

Concrete outcomes:

300+

Long-term leases, structured & searchable

4 countries

4 countries

Portfolio-level visibility for the full territory

Autonomous operational teams on contractual questions

AMs focused on risk & performance, not document retrieval

For Asset Managers, this means:

earlier risk detection
better control over long-term performance
the same expertise, applied continuously and consistently

For Asset Managers, this means:

earlier risk detection
better control over long-term performance
the same expertise, applied continuously and consistently

For Asset Managers, this means:

earlier risk detection
better control over long-term performance
the same expertise, applied continuously and consistently

“Teams now escalate only when it’s critical.”

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William Oliver

Head of Asset Management - DRIVECO

What’s next?

Driveco is extending Formality to:

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Studies
Mass portfolio analysis (risks, deadlines, commitments)

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Clause analysis
Earlier identification of contractual opportunities

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Templates & pre-signature
Contract drafting and negotiation, directly in the platform

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