Scottish Power and Fleet Alliance have unveiled an end-to-end electric vehicle (EV) solution for businesses.

The new partnership - called Fleet Zero - aims to support businesses transitioning to sustainable fleets by matching EVs to the right charging solutions.

Under the new partnership, Fleet Alliance will supply the appropriate vehicles. Scottish Power, meanwhile, will provide matching charging solutions, whether at home for company car drivers, workplace chargers, or charging facilities that can be made available to the public.

Fleet Alliance CEO, Andy Bruce, said: “Fleet Zero is a great solution all round for fleets. 

“Our new partnership with Scottish Power provides the perfect opportunity to advance sustainable practices by matching the right EVs with the right EV charging solutions, whether it's home chargers for company car drivers, the provision of workplace chargers, or depot chargers for commercial vehicle fleets with a return-to-base operation.”

Scottish Power Retail CEO, Andrew Ward, added: “I’m delighted we are working with specialist firm Fleet Alliance to provide businesses with an easy turn-key solution that meets all their EV needs from finding the right vehicles, to the matching chargers in the appropriate location and, of course, our 100% green electricity tariffs.

“The signals couldn’t be clearer – businesses are telling us they want electric vehicles faster than expected, and that means the decarbonisation of our transport system can be delivered quicker, too.”

Fleet Alliance is firmly committed to the decarbonisation of its customer fleets and is already making good progress.

In 2022, two-thirds (66%) of Fleet Alliance’s new car orders were ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) with a third of these being pure EVs.

Part of this upswing can be attributed to the growing popularity of Fleet Alliance's electric car salary sacrifice scheme.

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are up 50% year-on-year, it says, as employers look to offer their staff the benefit of EVs as part of a growing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) agenda to positively lower carbon footprints.