Business profiles - Page 2

Volkswagen Financial Services Fleet has launched a new tool for drivers to assess the merits of an electric vehicle.

Norton Motorcycles is offering employees access to an electric car via salary sacrifice after signing a deal with DriveElectric.

Fleets are being urged to embrace the role telematics can play in delivering a fit-for-purpose van electrification strategy.

The number of electric police, fire and ambulance vehicles has doubled in the past three years, new research suggests.

JCT600 VLS has helped long-standing customer Symphony convert three-quarters of its fleet to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles a year ahead of target.

The 13 founding members of the eFreight 2030 consortium have been revealed to help shape the future of zero emission HGVs.

A new range of all-electric funeral vehicles have been deployed by Co-op Funeralcare as part of a £9 million UK-wide fleet investment.

SMEs can benefit from the same cost advantages of electric vehicles (EVs) as larger fleets, but many still have concerns about how long they take to charge.

The Unity Schools Partnership has appointed Fleet Alliance to offer salary sacrifice electric cars to qualifying members of staff.

Wates Property Services, part of Wates Group, has taken delivery of 30 electric VW ID Buzz Cargo vans.

A new fleet of pure electric cars from Volvo Car UK has joined the Eden Project to support its operations across Cornwall and further afield.

Uber is offering drivers a £5,000 grant – plus additional discounts of up to £17,000 – to make the switch to an electric vehicle.

King's College London has deployed a new fleet of fully electric vans and an electric car to support campus operations.

Two-thirds of the cars and vans operated by fleets in the UK could be switched to electric, a major study of driving data suggests.

FM Conway has taken on 12 Renault Kangoo E-Tech vans as part of its commitment to switch half of its light weight vehicle fleet to electric models by 2025.

Wenzel’s the Bakers has reduced its fleet costs while improving the sustainability of its operations.

DPD has opened a new sorting centre in London’s Docklands that uses only electric and HVO-fuelled vehicles.

APC Manchester has taken delivery of the first of two electric vans for its fleet.

FedEx Express Europe has added 23 Mercedes-Benz eSprinters to its UK fleet operations.

Emissions from new cars joining Europcar’s company car fleet have plummeted in the past 18 months with help from CBVC Vehicle Management.

Tyres fitted to electric vehicles (EVs) being operated by fleets are not lasting as long as those on petrol and diesel cars, new data from Epyx suggests.

The technology sector has topped a list of industries operating the most sustainable fleets published by ALD Automotive LeasePlan.

Senta Belay, solution manager in the travel and transportation industry business unit at SAP, exmaines the solutions faced by fleet electrification challenges.

AFP investigates as fleets report being unable to account for up to 15% of the electricity used to charge EVs, with charging cables a potential culprit.

Fleet Evolution is rejecting almost half of the car dealers that apply to join its network, because of a lack of EV specialists and poor handover processes.

Full electric accounts for almost one in five cars on the fleets of major companies, double the proportion from a year ago.

New analysis reveals that there are big gaps in the availability of technicians qualified to work on electric vehicles (EVs).

The reduction, which includes new cars on order, will see average CO2 car emissions fall from 133g/km to 70g/km.

Old electric vehicle (EVs) batteries will be used to help store solar-powered energy to fuel a fleet of new EVs.

Electric car subscription service Onto has chosen the RAC as its servicing and roadside assistance services partner.

Ikea is investing £4.5 million in electric vehicle charge points for its electric delivery vehicles to enable more emissions-free deliveries.

The British Army is converting four Land Rover Defenders to electric power before testing them in various battlefield scenarios.

Automotive components business Unipres has reduced its fleet CO2 emissions by one million kilograms since introducing a salary sacrifice scheme.

A Nissan eNV200 seven-seat minibus used by Shoreham Vehicle Auctions’ trade plate delivery team has hit the 150,000-mile mark this month.

Edinburgh-based fleet management company Gofor has been appointed to manage a new electric vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice scheme for Penderyn Distillery.

Novuna Vehicle Solutions is partnering with Applied Driving to develop online electric vehicle (EV) driver training modules.

Tyres for electric company cars are on average both bigger and more expensive than those for petrol or diesel equivalents, according to new data from Epyx.

Healthcare company, Abbott Laboratories is on target to transition its 475-strong UK car fleet to all-electric vehicles (EV) during 2023.

EV100 fleets are now running more than 400,000 electric vehicles (EVs), a new report published today (Monday, February 20) reveals.

XPO has met its target to replace more than 50% of its automotive fleet with electric vehicles (EVs) or plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) by the end of 2022.