Contents GREENFLEET 143

07 News

Battery electric van registrations up 53.5 per cent in January; Chargepoint rollout not keeping pace with EV growth, warns SMMT; and Royal Mail passes milestone of 4,000 electric vans

11 Charging Infrastructure

The recent Geospatial Commission report identified how better use of location data can help overcome four key challenges to siting chargepoints: modelling future demand, finding suitable sites, creating a seamless consumer experience and tracking rollout. Ellie Skinner, Senior Policy Advisor at the Geospatial Commission, explores these four points

14 London Scrappage Scheme

Following on from the decision to expand London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) London-wide in August this year, a new scrappage scheme worth £110 million has been launched. It will offer support to charities, sole traders and SME businesses to replace or retrofit their non-compliant vehicles

16 Mobility

Carla Stockton-Jones, UK Managing Director of Stagecoach – co-founders of the Urban Mobility Partnership, discusses the challenge of enticing motorists out of their cars and why the solution lies in partnership and a multi-modal approach

21 GF100: Most Influential GREENFLEET’s pick of the leading figures in fleet and transport decarbonisation

45 GREENFLEET Awards

The winners of the 2022 GREENFLEET Awards, which took place on 8 December, demonstrated the pioneering work and efforts of those decarbonising the fleet and transport sector

52 Roundtable Review

The latest roundtable, which took place at the British Motor Museum on 8 December, explored the business case for electric vehicles, the importance of data, operational change and innovation to support EV adoption

54 Road test - First Drive:

MG4 EV Trophy Long Range

The 2022 GreenFleet Electric Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year, MG Motor UK hopes to entice drivers into its MG4 EV with a very tempting combination of value, equipment, tech and range. Richard Gooding finds out if the all-new electric hatchback has what it takes to succeed

56 Road test: Ford Pro E-Transit Trend L3 H2 350

The E-Transit takes the template of Ford’s hugely successful and globally recognised LCV, and turns it into a zero emissions vehicle aimed at fleets looking for lower running costs. Richard Gooding drives the current GreenFleet Vehicle of the Year and discovers both it and its new connected ecosystem carries electric van standards forward

59 Interview: FedEx

FedEx Express has set a global target for 50 per cent of all newly-procured parcel pickup and delivery vehicles to be electric by 2025, rising to 100 per cent by 2030. Vinay D’Souza discusses progress towards these targets, and other ways the company is becoming more sustainable

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Heavy Goods Vehicles

Heavy goods vehicles are the hardest to fully decarbonise. But with targets to phase out new diesel trucks, this sector has received considerable focus. We sum up the latest innovations in decarbonising the heavy goods vehicle sector