WEX Europe Services presents the Esso Card and its benefits to Pendragon Vehicle Management customers in a new partnership. Customers will receive discounted rates at nearly 1,300 UK Esso-branded stations.

The joint venture is expected to see optimized journey times and reduced downtime looking at refueling options with 3,450 filling sites to choose from.

WEX also offers a dual fuel card solution, which allows customers to access a UK filling station network of 5,550 sites.

Neal Francis, divisional managing director at Pendragon Vehicle Management, said: “At Pendragon Vehicle Management we already provide services such as vehicle leasing, fleet funding, and outsourced administration to help improve fleet efficiency and reduce operating costs for fleets.

“Now, we want to further develop our value-added services by expanding our fuel card offering.

“WEX Europe Services are the ideal partner to help us realise this goal, thanks to the extensive Esso Card network and discounted rates they have agreed to offer our customers”.

Customers will also be rewarded with additional fleet management services from WEX. The card users will be able to use online fleet management tool Velocity, in which customers can manage more than one fuel card at the same time.

Fleet managers can now track fuel expenditure via a smartphone app and invoices can be managed in one account.

Rob Hendry, head of sales at WEX Europe Services, said: “We are excited to bring cost savings and improved fleet efficiency to Pendragon Vehicle Management customers with our latest partnership deal.

“This agreement not only cements WEX Europe Services as a leading partner in the fleet management industry but allows both parties to provide enhanced services that meet the needs of fleets across the UK.”

WEX also launched the WEX Telematics app in 2017, adding to the already popular Velocity app.