Business is adopting EVs

growing second-hand EV market.”

More than 400,000 EVs are already being operated by firms involved in the Climate Group’s EV100 initiative, a new report has shown. The number of EVs is up 93% in 12 months and shows EV100 members are accelerating their transition to electric fleets. By 2030, those involved in the initiative will have collectively moved 5.75 million vehicles to electric.

The updated progress report shows the EV100 network has also rolled out more than 30,000 individual charging units across 72 global markets with installation plans for more than 6,000 sites by the end of the decade. The study also said that support from policymakers – especially phase-out dates for petrol and diesel vehicles, as well as zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandates and CO2 standards –would allow businesses to invest in EVs with more confidence and clarity.

The Climate Group is an international non-profit founded in 2003, with offices in London, New York, New Delhi, Amsterdam and Beijing. In its fifth year, EV100 has grown from 10 businesses in 2017 to a group of 127 in 100 global markets. The Climate Group recently also announced a new EV100+ commitment focussed on medium- and heavy-duty vehicles larger than 7.5 tonnes.

Sandra Roling, director of transport of Climate Group, said: “Our members are taking action today to take polluting petrol and diesel vehicles off the road, almost doubling the number of EVs within their combined fleets in last 12 months. It’s great, too, to see them roll-out charging stations at their premises and invest in the wider infrastructure that will make electric road transport the new reality for all. More and more businesses are viewing a transition to EVs as a necessary part of their sustainability drive and EV100 members are at the cutting edge of this transition.

“We need their ambition to be matched by governments, carmakers and businesses across the globe. To limit global temperature rises to no more than 1.5 degrees, far more vehicles need to switch to electric. To support this, charging infrastructure must be built out rapidly and manufacturers must expand the volume and variety of vehicles on the market. Governments need to provide clear direction in the form of phase-out