Shifting your fleet to electric without business disruption

Understanding where to start on your electrification journey can be difficult, and getting it wrong can be catastrophic to your business. There are many factors to be considered when making the decision to electrify your business vehicles, as outlined here

For fleet managers, the looming deadline for the sale of fossil fuel vehicles is a worry. From matching milage, to vehicle selection, to charging operations, it can be a minefield. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Utilising your vehicle data with bespoke transition advice and targeted charge point roll out, your journey to electric can be smoother than an EV’s take-off. Street Fleet can create a tailored plan for your fleet that you and your drivers can trust. Go electric, confidently.

The struggle

Understanding where to start on your electrification journey can be difficult. Just because a vehicle’s milage is somewhat low, doesn’t necessarily mean it is easy to electrify, and getting it wrong can be catastrophic to your business. There are so many factors that should be considered when making the decision to electrify your business vehicles.

Duty cycles – matching the miles

The miles your vehicles do on a daily basis should not be the only determining factor for if you should electrify today, but it should be the first thing you consider.

Using telematics data, Street Fleet will be able to quantify daily duty cycles for every vehicle to help you understand which vehicles are low-hanging fruit to electrify, and which ones are more difficult. We can provide world leading telematics devices through our partner Geotab, or use existing data should it be available.

Charging operation

It’s well known that EVs can’t be recharged as quickly as existing fossil fuel vehicles. This means that any spent time charging on the job is wasted time, especially if you’re having to do it every day.

By starting the day every day with a full charge, your electrification feasibility increases. We believe that efficiently using vehicle dwell times is the most effective way to charge and keep your fleet moving. Street Fleet makes this possible through our partner Liberty Charge by installing public and semi-public charging infrastructure in locations selected to meet your driver’s needs. We also have the capability to install home charging should that be your preferred option.

Total cost of ownership

Whilst cost is currently a limiting factor for many businesses when considering electrification, there is a government deadline fast approaching and the cost landscape is only going to get more difficult. Being cost-efficient is crucial, and in many cases going electric could actually be a costeffective solution. The growing number and size of low emission zones in UK cities certainly is a concern, as is the rising cost of fuel and energy. Understanding your total cost of ownership is essential. With Street Fleet we can assess your costs across a multitude of inputs to compare the cost of running an ICE vehicle to that of shifting to electric. The results will provide a clear strategy to take forward to be as cost effective as possible whilst achieving lower emissions across your fleet.

The Shift Street Fleet is the perfect end-to-end solution to partner you to electrification. By taking a data driven approach and rolling out charging infrastructure where you need it most, we can guarantee a bespoke journey for your day-to-day operations. Regular insight as to which vehicles can most easily electrify will be provided, as we help to make this shift possible. In addition, the headache of business disruption can be mitigated with our ability to roll out charging infrastructure in public, at depot and at home – whichever is most appropriate for each vehicle.

At the end of the day, ease of use is critical to ensure your drivers can do their job as easily, if not more easily, than before.

The success

By working with Street Fleet, we minimise your effort and improve the chances of success in the journey to electrification. The first output you get by working with us is an electrification assessment and guide, including which vehicles can electrify, what replacements should be chosen and where we can roll out infrastructure to meet your needs. We can offer this assessment for a one-off fee or a rolling subscription which can be tailored to include telematics and access to charging infrastructure. Following this, should you choose to electrify your vehicles, we work on your behalf to get the charging operations in place ready for your switch. After this first iteration, we provide ongoing electrification support and access to further charging infrastructure specifically suited to meet your business needs. Carbon offsetting for vehicles that you are not yet ready to electrify is an additional key service that we can also provide. L