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The appetite for electrification is increasing among fleets, with leasing companies reporting record levels of demand from company car drivers.

Oxford City Council has installed a 50kW rapid charger at the Oxford Direct Services (ODS) hub, to enable the use of an electric refuse collection vehicle.

By Harvey Perkins, employment tax specialist at Gunnercooke Consulting

DS Automobiles is claiming to be the only luxury car maker to achieve the new European Commission average emissions target of 95g/km.

New board aims to guide and shape Government’s transport decarbonisation plan.

The London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) is promising electric-only range of 58 miles from its new VN5 plug-in hybrid van, which goes on sale in November.

British Gas has placed an order for 1,000 Vauxhall Vivaro-e electric vans and says further orders will follow as it transitions to an all-electric fleet.

Royal Mail is trialling a prototype version of LEVC’s new range-extender electric van, the VN5.

The coronavirus pandemic is changing the way people work, with fewer face-to-face meetings and an inevitable decline in company car mileages.

Suzuki is expanding its model range with the new Across SUV, based on the Toyota Rav4.

Fleet and business new car registrations show signs of recovery, but private demand is far greater, new figures from SMMT show.

NewMotion has agreed a deal to provide charge points for Alphabet drivers and customers both at home and in the workplace.

New regulations allowing trials of rental e-scooters will come into force on July 4, 2020, transport minister Rachel Maclean has announced.

Transport secretary Grant Shapps to speak at the LowCVP Annual Conference 2020 on July 15.

Citroen has taken the wraps of its new C4 and electric e-C4 compact hatchbacks, which will go on sale in the autumn.

The offer applies to every plug-in hybrid model in the Volvo range, from the XC40 premium compact SUV to the XC90.

Diesel and unleaded new car registrations in Europe decreased by 59% and 52% respectively in May, new figures from Jato Dynamics suggest.

Engie has agreed a deal to provide electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities across Biffa’s UK sites.

Kia has extended the e-Niro model line-up with three trim levels and the option of a smaller, cheaper battery.

The clustering of electric vehicles may already be more common than many people expect, a Vehicle to Grid (V2G) trial suggests.

The June digital edition of Fleet News is now available to read, packed with useful and insightful content for fleet decision-makers, fleet influencers and suppliers and manufacturers.

Ford and its consortium partners have received government backing for the introduction of 5G connectivity to speed up electric vehicle manufacturing.

DPD is the first fleet to trial LEVC’s new VN5 electric van ahead of its launch in Q4.

Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) should be increased on the most polluting cars to encourage the switch to cleaner fuels, says Committee on Climate Change.

Hyundai has slashed the lead times on its popular Kona EV model to just a few days, following a ramp-up in production.

By James McKemey, head of insights at Pod Point explores whether the coronavirus could deliver a tipping point for fleet electrification.

Two-thirds of fleet managers says that sustainability remains as important to their business as it was before the pandemic, according to a Lex Autolease poll.

Developers of the next generation of electric cars and vans have received a share of £73.5 million Government funding.

Ford has made a range of connected vehicle services complimentary to customers, enabling drivers to control and monitor key features from their smartphone.

A third of employees working in the auto industry are still on furlough and up to one in six jobs are at risk as a result of Covid-19.

Sofico has created a vehicle reservation app for BattMobility’s customers to select, book and drive one of its electric cars, bikes or scooters.

The Algorithm People has signed a partnership agreement with Elmtronics to help organisations to decarbonise their fleets.

Leeds City Council has taken delivery of 122 new Renault Kangoo ZE 33 compact vans, with 102 to be used in the delivery of a wide range of services across the city.

Medium-sized battery EVs, such as the Nissan Leaf, can be on average 14% cheaper to run than equivalent diesels today, Transport and Environment study claims.

Vauxhall has revealed the Vivaro-e life, a fully electric people carrier with up to nine seats.

DS Automobiles has confirmed a second E-Tense plug-in hybrid powertrain will be offered on the DS 7 Crossback.

By Leon Rooke, commercial sales manager at Centrica Business Solutions

Bosch has launched a new mobile app that gives electric vehicle (EV) drivers access to more than 150,000 charging points across Europe.

Maxus is now taking orders for the E Deliver 3, its first compact electric van.

The Government has given the go-ahead for pure electric vehicles (EVs) to be identified by a green number plate.