Tusker and Diode have developed a new platform to provide greater levels of support to businesses looking to help their employees switch to electric vehicles (EVs).

The partnership will provide businesses with data-driven workplace charging recommendations, let employees assess EV suitability and help to make the charge point procurement process easier.

Tusker has been working with Diode for the past three years, but thanks to a new partnership deal, it will now offer access to the new digital platform generating electrification guidance reports for businesses.

Jon Horsfield, founder and CEO of Diode, said: “Our new data driven reporting platform, which will be used in partnership with Tusker, will give employees the confidence to make the switch and businesses the tool to get the right amount of workplace charging installed.”

As a first step towards business electrification, an analysis of each employee and vehicle allows managers to build an overall picture of the suitability of individual employees for EVs, and their workplace charging needs.

Diode’s platform gathers data on all vehicles and employees, including private car drivers, and processes this information to give each business a charging infrastructure recommendation.

This calculates the number and type of charge points the company needs over the next five years, and the estimated cash savings they will make over this period.

Paul Gilshan, CEO of Tusker, said: “We are confident that this added service will help to make the process of electrification less daunting for companies new to the concept.

“In our experience, many companies do not have a dedicated in-house specialist, so the task of developing an electric vehicle strategy often falls to finance or HR to implement. With this platform, the whole concept is simplified and is data driven.”

As part of the roll out, Tusker has communicated the benefits of the new service to the 900-plus businesses that it serves via a dedicated email campaign and has added links to the portal to its re-launched website.

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