THE UK BASED FIRM EASING EV FLEET TRANSITION
THE UK BASED FIRM EASING EV FLEET TRANSITION
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t will come as no surprise that the logistics market is forecasted to grow by $125.65 billion in the five years from 2022-20271. This growth, which is expected to accelerate at a CAGR of 2.12% in that period, is thought to be, in part, due to increased globalisation and the rise of e-commerce.
Of course, with this increase, we are and will see more commercial fleets on our roads to meet demand. Currently, these commercial vehicles (which also includes public transport) are responsible for around 40% of road emissions, with transport accounting for a quarter of all global emissions - and growing.
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Aiming to combat the concerning rise in the Earth’s temperature due to climate change, a new agreement from COP28 seeks to transition away from fossil fuels by 2050. This will urge businesses to take the steps to switch to EV fleets. Supplying turnkey charging solutions to businesses, EO Charging (EO) is focussed on making the transition as painless as possible. Celebrating a decade in business in November 2024, UK founded EO has developed an end-to-end solution for its commercial partners, including charge points, advanced software and charging services that maximise vehicle uptime and lower operating costs. Additionally, it has developed EO Cloud, a dedicated charging station management system allowing businesses of all sizes to deploy their charging infrastructure at scale and at pace. With success nailed down in the UK and Europe by partnering with the likes of Amazon, DHL, Tesco, and Sainsburys, EO has spring-boarded its global expansion into North America. Most recently this has seen the business open a North American headquarters in Greenville, South Carolina.
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EO CHARGING “We are seeing fantastic opportunities for our services in North America, particularly within bus networks which are receiving significant funding for school and transit services,” shared Charlie Jardine, Founder and CEO, “within the next 3-5 years we anticipate North America will become a majority of our workload”. Within its growth plans, EO is also exploring Charging as a Service (CaaS). “CaaS offers the opportunity to include financing, energy supply, and EV leasing in our offering to customers. With the ZEV mandate being enshrined into law there is further pressure on businesses to switch to EV fleets, and we aim to make that transition as easy and accessible as possible,” Charlie continued. The ZEV mandate2 will require 80% of new cars and 70% of new vans sold in Great Britain to be zero emission by 2030, increasing to 100% by 2035. EO Charging are acutely aware of the pain-points of transitioning to EV, including two fundamental considerations: time and money.
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EO CHARGING “EO delivers north of 99% uptime on its charging infrastructure. And that's delivered by both software and maintenance. This proposition is something that we built in 2020 for Amazon,” explained Charlie.
“We’re installing very high-powered charging across multiple sites and implementing measures to help them to reduce the cost of installation through our product EO Hub, which is an energy load management device”.
Considered by many as the EV van pioneer, Amazon has over 1,000 electric delivery vans on the road in the UK, which in 2021 helped the company to deliver more than 45 million packages. Now, they are on a mission to reach 100,000 EVs in Europe by 2030.
Overtime, by collecting valuable data, EO can enable scheduled charging sessions which lets the customers set vehicle charge during off peak tariffs.
“We have worked with Amazon on a significant deployment of 6,500 charging stations and 120 depots,” shared Charlie. EO is also supporting the Go-Ahead Group, one of the UK’s leading passenger transport companies to transition its fleet.
Most recently its being awarded a contract with Warrington’s Own Buses and Warrington Borough Council supported by DfT ZEBRA 1 funding, to install chargers to host 105 Volvo BZL Electric vehicles one of the biggest electric bus orders by any town or city in the UK to date. Whilst EO has the capability and knowhow to assist large-scale fleet transition, it should be highlighted that it also has a “Home” arm for every-day EV drivers. Household names such as British Gas have selected the Mini Pro3 as their charger of choice. Included as standard for home-users is CT clamps to enable solar panel charging, supplementing with green grid energy on cloudier days. The EO Mini Pro 3 has power balancing capability to avoid overloading the electrical supplier, giving home-users peace of mind. Despite the socio-economic climate but buoyed by incentives and legislation, uptake of EV is growing exponentially year to date data in November 2023 saw battery EV uptake up by 27.5%3. With its experience and expertise, EO Charging is swiftly becoming the provider of choice to help transition any business.
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3 https://www.fleetnews. co.uk/news/three-out-ofevery-four-new-electric-vehicles-registered-to-fleets
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