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Welcome to the GREENFLEET Awards 2021 … LIVE! We are delighted for you to join us here at the British Motor Museum in Warwick for the 2021 GREENFLEET Awards, LIVE! This evening marks a much anticipated opportunity where we can get together once more to recognise the pioneering fleets in the private and public sectors, who have risen to the environmental challenge during these unprecedented times, as well as the vehicle manufacturers, who are bringing more green vehicles to the market than ever before.

The GREENFLEET Awards has always maintained its position as a key date in the EV industry calendar, and now that we can host this black-tie event for you - in person - allows us all to celebrate the achievements of the fleet sector.

We will showcase innovation by both the fleets themselves, as well as those that supply them. And there is individual recognition too, with Fleet Manager awards, together with the coveted EV and AFV Champions.

And we have decided that now is the time to freshen things up. NEW for 2021 are the new-look fleet categories, with more emphasis placed on those that are made up of cars, and those that feature commercials more heavily.

Of note is the introduction of the GREENFLEET Vehicle of the Year Award. This category will recognise the car, van or truck that has made the biggest impact on the UK fleet sector in 2021 and compliments the Industry Innovation and Outstanding Achievement awards, as more and more manufacturers introduce cleaner, innovative models to their offering.

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Leasing Company of the Year

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Electric Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year

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IT Innovation Award H Rightcharge Rightcharge matches EV drivers with the right home charge point while also advising on the right EV tariff with a view to encouraging Smart Charging, reducing carbon emissions, ensuring future proofing with load balancing and solar integration options. It is independent and offers a broad choice of chargers based on budget, security, access options and cosmetics. Rightcharge partners with businesses that want to offer their employees a simple home charging solution (sometimes funded by the business) and who want to offer their fleet staff a charging and energy option. Rightcharge has partnered with MINA who offer business an employee charging management platform and whose platform offer a simple reimbursement solution.

H eDriving eDriving’s Mentor app uses smartphone sensors to collect and analyse driver behaviours most predictive of risk, including Acceleration, Braking, Cornering, Speeding, and Phone Distraction. It delivers personal insights to drivers after each trip, showing positive and negative driving events and, for the driver’s view only, where they occurred. Through eDriving’s partnership with FICO®, drivers receive an individual FICO® Safe Driving Score, validated for its ability to predict the likelihood of a driver being involved in a collision. It includes trip-based and shift-based scoring to provide flexibility for delivery and last-mile distribution clients. New for 2021 is an ECO icon on the Mentor dash, which shows drivers just how ecofriendly their driving is, meanwhile in-app training modules help drivers improve their behaviours, for a better FICO® Safe Driving Score and ECO rating.

HBringg In 2021, Bringg established BringgGreen, the industry’s first sustainability tech practice built to help retailers and logistics providers reduce carbon emissions and provide green fulfilment options. BringgGreen consists of a comprehensive suite of solutions focused on green fleet selection, carbon reporting, transparent internal and external sustainability communications and business innovation. It provides customers and partners with education, functionality and data to execute, manage and track their last-mile sustainability efforts in order to be more eco-efficient and have a positive environmental impact. With greater visibility, efficiency and insights into their last-mile operations, companies can decrease their CO2 output while communicating their sustainability initiatives to their end customers. Co-op has used Bringg and has seen a 20% decrease in last-mile costs and a 9/10 average customer rating.

HCoastr Coastr was founded in 2018 with a mission to make car rentals better for everyone through constant innovation. Coastr is the only all-in-one digital car rental management solution in the market that utilises artificial intelligence and telematics to help rental businesses digitise their end-to-end operations.

This is made possible by providing a connected car ecosystem that automates operations and connects independent tier 2/3 car rental businesses with new customers. Coastr is also committed to using more green, eco-friendly vehicles on its platform and advises its partners to commit to the same. The company is aiming to help people switch to electric cars by utilising automobile and financial services partnerships.

Coastr is a recipient of multiple industry awards, a titled ‘Global Thought Leader’ by CBS & TBD Media, and a beneficiary of the UK Government’s Sustainable Innovation Fund.

HThe Algorithm People The Algorithm People (TAP)’s new innovation solves a previously unconsidered fleet challenge – the mileage between vehicle and base for reloading. TAP’s Mobile and Transient Hubs Solution (MATHs), developed with Teesside University can optimise the dynamic relationships between mobile assets (vehicle-to-vehicle routeing). In other words, vehicles can now reload while out on the road, eliminating wasteful back-to-base mileage. MATHs extends the award-winning optimisation platform My Transport Planner, (MTP) which combines algorithms and machine learning to continuously improve journey efficiency and load allocation for ICE, EV or mixed fleets. MATHs incorporates artificial intelligence which allows the mutual, dynamic optimisation of mobile assets. MTP delivers up to 20% productivity gains for fleets. However, MATHs provides an additional 20% productivity boost.

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IT Innovation Award (Continued) H Airmax Remote Ltd Over the past year, Airmax has been working to ensure compatibility with EVs, enabling the extraction of robust datasets to provide insight into pre-emptive maintenance requirements. Airmax is now compatible with 90%+ of EV brands across more than 100 BEVs, PHEVs and hybrid models. Uniquely, Airmax is an end-to-end SaaS solution provider that can control development because it owns all the corresponding intellectual property throughout the value chain. It handles all design, manufacturing, hosting, telecoms and support requirements in-house, and with its strong vehicle background, Airmax is able to obtain the richest information. Fleet managers need to ensure that any service, maintenance and repair (SMR) issues for EVs are conveniently managed and if possible predicted. Airmax has been working to ensure robust datasets can be extracted to provide insight into pre-emptive maintenance requirements.

H Webfleet Solutions Webfleet Solutions has committed to sustained investment in advanced EV fleet management innovations – developing a software solution that has become an indispensable feature of the WEBFLEET SaaS system.

The Fleet Electrification Planning Report sits at the heart of the EV toolkit, enabling fleet decision-makers to identify the internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles that could be replaced with EV alternatives. The published ranges of EVs, based on dynamometer testing, can often be lower in ‘real world’ conditions.

Drawing upon telematics insights from incumbent vehicles, ‘real world’ mileages can be selected by fleet managers within the planning report, along with criteria ranging from road types to standstill times, to signpost a fleet’s true EV potential. Webfleet Solutions’ recent innovation – the Energy Consumption Report – provides an analysis of energy usage in kWH, per vehicle, per day.

HMaxus Intelligence Onboard MAXUS partnered with LEVL to create MAXUS Intelligence Onboard to encourage EV transition, as well as providing detailed data-driven insights to optimise fleet productivity and safety. MAXUS Intelligence Onboard combines the best-in-class electric vehicles from MAXUS with LEVL’s electric vehicle expertise, utilising Geotab’s industry-leading electric vehicle telematics. Every MAXUS electric vehicle is now fitted with MAXUS Intelligence Onboard as a standard solution, meaning customers, dealers, and the manufacturer have access to data insights like never before. Customers have access to rich EV data to support their fleet operations, which includes near real-time state of charge (SOC), energy used, energy cost, live GPS tracking, charging data and improved EV range.

HTrakm8 Trakm8 provides market-leading telematics products that address common problems faced by fleet managers. Products such as the Trakm8 Connect 330 help prevent expensive downtime by alerting managers to minor faults before they develop into major ones, encourages safer driving practices and can save dozens of work hours lost to byzantine route management systems and spreadsheets. Autoglass® partnered with Trakm8 to implement cohesive telematics solutions across its 1,000-strong estate of technician vans. Enabled

by Trakm8’s comprehensive data, Autoglass® designed a scheme to recognise and reward drivers that consistently achieve perfect scores in driving behaviour, speed limit compliance and idling time, and since 2018, Autoglass® has reduced speeding events fleet-wide and reduced average idle time per vehicle by over 50 per cent.

HThe Miles Consultancy (TMC) TMC-e was launched in July 2020 to help businesses transition to, and manage, electric vehicles with confidence, based on real-world data about their fleets. The service includes identifying which vehicles could be swapped for electric vehicles based on their trip data, as well as the ongoing analysis of electric vehicles once live within their fleets. A key area of TMC-e is the reimbursement of electric vehicle drivers for business mileage. TMC-e’s analysis of the real world cost per mile of every electric vehicle available in the UK found that HMRC’s AER of 4ppm is insufficient for numerous vehicles, leaving many drivers out of pocket. It has made this data freely available to the industry (AFP/ BVRLA) to support its lobbying with HMRC. TMC-e’s reimbursement tools are really simple for drivers - whether their business chooses to use AER, TMC’s Electric Rate (the cost per mile as mentioned above) or reimburse at actual cost.

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Mobility Provider of the Year Award H Europcar Mobility Group Europcar Mobility Group’s purpose is to offer alternatives to vehicle ownership, in a responsible and sustainable manner. With this in mind, the Group offers a wide range of car and van rental services – be it for a few hours, a few days, a week, a month or more – with a fleet that is already “C02 light” and equipped with the latest engines, and which will be increasingly “green” in the years to come (more than 1/3 electric and hybrid vehicles by 2023). Customers’ satisfaction is at the heart of the Group’s ambition. It also fuels the ongoing development of new offerings in the Group’s three service lines - Professional, Leisure and Proximity - which respond to the specific needs and use cases of both businesses and individuals.

H Onto Electric car subscription company Onto has grown to have the largest pure BEV fleet in the UK with over 4,000 cars as of September 2021. Such is the rise in demand that Onto is typically doubling its fleet size every six months. Onto was formed in 2018 by co-founders Rob Jolly and Dannan O’Meachair, after Rob saw the challenge of converting people over to electric vehicles while working in the corporate strategy area of Jaguar Land Rover. After a few pivots in strategy and company name changes, Onto was born. Today with more than 3,000 active subscribers and 70 employees, Onto’s mission continues to accelerate EV adoption and make driving affordable, flexible and sustainable.

HCo Wheels As a social enterprise, Co Wheels’ focus is helping members save money, reduce UK car ownership and create cleaner, greener local communities by making lower impact transport options widely available.

Co Wheels’ 450-strong fleet of electric, hybrid and some fuel cars and vans, run an average of 8,811 miles per annum. Its vehicles emit 54 per cent less than the average privately owned car. By 2025 Co Wheels aims for its fleet to be 90 per cent hybrid or fully-electric vehicles, up from 78 per cent. What’s more, Co Wheels has partnered with bus operator Go North East to host its membership and bus tickets on one smartcard. ‘Flexility’ lets people use buses for regular journeys and access cars when needed without owning one – making sustainable travel simple and helping us ease congestion.

HEnterprise Enterprise provides a range of mobility products and services. Enterprise Rent-A-Car offers daily rental for private and business use as well as replacement vehicles for the insurance sector. In the UK, the company began operation in 1994 and now operates more than 450 locations across the country and has 5,000+ employees. Enterprise Car Club – is one of the UK’s largest car clubs, which allows members 24/7 access to vehicles by the hour or more. The range includes vans, electric cars and hybrids, which can be accessed from 100+ branches and more than 1,400 on-street locations in more than 180 cities and communities throughout the UK. Enterprise Flex-E-Rent supplies a range of cars, light commercial vehicles and HGVs, including refrigerated vehicles and accessible transport under short- and long-term agreements to UK businesses from 27 locations in the UK.

HElectric Zoo Electric Zoo offers an all-in-one solution for electric cars, including leasing, charge point advice and installment, salary sacrifice, and EV suitability studies. Electric Zoo’s Smart Tech Box is placed into the glove box to gather data on the vehicle’s usage for 30 days. Once the smart box is returned to Electric Zoo, the company gathers all the relevant information and prepares an EV suitability study, highlighting cost savings and how much CO2 can be saved for the business. This helps businesses make the switch to electric confidently.

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Leasing Company of the Year Award H Tusker

Over the past 18 difficult months, Tusker has truly supported its customers. Prioritising key-workers’ requests, expediting car deliveries across the blue light and governmental sectors, Tusker even organised a no-cost loan of a fleet of electric Smart cars to a team of nurses in need of mobility during the pandemic.

Environmental responsibility is a core Tusker value - the results speak for themselves, helped by the impressive growth of its salary sacrifice scheme which has found favour with 20%, 40% and 45% taxpayers wanting to get into a hybrid or EV. In just three years, Tusker has lowered its average fleet emissions from 107.9g/Km, to just 37.3g/Km, on its way to achieving a zero emissions fleet well before its target of 2030.

Through consistent advocacy of EVs and ULEVs, the switch to EV is well underway with Tusker’s customers, and the momentum is increasing. In 2019, just 13% of its salary sacrifice orders were EV, however in two years this figure has climbed to 73%. For ICE vehicles, Tusker offsets tailpipe emissions using Verified Carbon Standard offsetting projects.

HHitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions are a Total Asset Solutions provider dedicated to helping businesses reduce mobility costs through competitive pricing & comprehensive support services. The company has made a clear commitment to electrify 100 per cent of its car & small van fleet & 50 per cent of its funded van fleet by 2030. Hitachi delivers environmental & cost efficiencies for its customers with its funded customer fleet of alternative fuelled vehicles growing from 6% to 11% across all asset types, & overall pure EV fleet growing 368% in one year. The company has also revised its own company car policy to encourage EV uptake. The fleet grew by 20% in 2020 & EVs have grown from 9% to 31% in 12 months. Only 1/3 of its company car fleet is now ICE. What’s more, Hitachi has invested in GRIDSERVE as a 20% shareholder in the organisation with plans to support/fund the expansion of c100 sites & solar farms, evidencing its commitment to decarbonisation in all motoring sectors.

HLeasePlan UK Providing an end-to-end service for customers in 29 countries, LeasePlan purchases, funds and manages around 1.8million vehicles in total. UK operations account for more than nine per cent of that number.

LeasePlan are a founding member of the EV100 and the ZEV Challenge, and were one of the first among its peers to launch an electric vehicle (EV) Salary Sacrifice scheme. Over the past 12 months, LeasePlan has expanded the remit of its EV Salary Sacrifice offering by creating a tailored version for SMEs that allows smaller customers to reap the same economic and environmental benefits as their corporate peers. The company has also made changes to its mid-term rental proposition, LeasePlan Flexible, which now has a focus on pure EVs and alternative-fuelled vehicles (AFVs), enabling fleet decision-makers and drivers to trial these vehicles. LeasePlan has increased the number of pure EVs in its risk fleet by around 157%, year-onyear – from 4,338 (end-August-2020) to 11,145 today.

HLex Autolease In 2020, Lex Autolease introduced a number of key initiatives to accelerate its customer’s plug-in fleet transitions. One in five Lex deliveries in 2021 was a BEV, compared to the UK average of one in 12 registrations being BEVs (as per SMMT). In 2021 its ULEV fleet accounts for almost one fifth of its fleet – double that in 2020, and it is a member of EV100. Lex Autolease now has a dedicated sustainability team focused on EV transition. This team provides industry leading advice and guidance to customers. Last year the Sustainability Curve programme was devised to standardise the previously bespoke Consultancy support to allow more customers to benefit from expertise, providing tool kits and fleet analytic tools to help customers identify where they are in their EV transition. What’s more, 2020 saw the launch of its ULEV only salary sacrifice scheme.

HGrosvenor Grosvenor Group’s multi-award winning 0Zone solution has been supporting companies with the transition to ultra-low emission and electric vehicles for five years. Major businesses such as Tata Steel, Glenmorangie Whisky, Weetabix and the Salvation Army Trading Company have all benefited from the support of the 0Zone team. The company has tirelessly been building its ULEV and EV company car choice lists and policies and last month, in the region of 80 per cent of the Grosvenor Group’s new car deliveries were either hybrid, plug-in hybrid or fully electric. Grosvenor Leasing has also published a simple guide which answers the most commonly asked questions by drivers who are new to electric vehicles.

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Charging & Refuelling Infrastructure Provider of the Year Award H ElectrAssure Ltd Over the past nine years, ElectrAssure has established a solid reputation for delivering EV charging solutions that provide reliable, scalable support for its clients’ business. ElectrAssure has a team of highly qualified electrical engineers that specialise in providing reliable, bespoke solutions to ‘operationally critical’ electric vehicle charging infrastructure systems for business. It is a familyowned business that has consistently punched above its weight; having won contracts on over 500 sites for its clients including Volkswagen UK’s eastern seaboard import centres, Western Power Distribution and British Car Auctions. It has also installed five rapid charging installations at car park locations for Uber drivers. In 2021 ElectrAssure was selected to provide National Grid with EV charging at over 250 of its operational and corporate sites to support their transition to zero emission vehicles in their fleets.

H SRG Electrical SRG Electrical to date is responsible for many EV charging installations across the country for many clients including BP Pulse, EB Charging, Rolec and EO to name but a few. It has delivered multiple large scale projects for many clients and remain very much a silent partner in the success of many organisations. SRG has launched its OCPP public facing backend system in November, called Parkable.

To date SRG now has over 160 charge points on the parkable back-end system with an incredible up time success story, with users benefiting from RFID, QR and APP access. This year has also seen the development of the new OCPP charging range from Rolec Services; many will be unaware that SRG Electrical, instigated and built the protype in which was taken to Rolec services for presentation and within three Months was in mass production and launched early December 2020.

H Osprey Charging Since the beginning of January 2020, the Osprey Charging network has grown from just 73 rapid charge points to over 500 charging bays at over 175 sites. This is growth of over 300 per cent, despite national lockdowns. The success of its customer-focused technology strategy is evident in its top three ranking in two major consumer satisfaction surveys in 2020-21 from both WhatCar? and Zap-Map. Osprey installed the first Tritium RTM-75kW units in Europe in May 2021, and the very first public Kempower chargepoints in the UK in September 2021. Kempower chargers dynamically share load to optimise charging across vehicles when more than one EV is plugged in at the same hub, distributing power based on demand, which varies significantly across vehicles. Throughout 2020-21 Osprey invested over half a million pounds in developing a proprietary ‘back-office’ software platform. Its roaming and interoperability achievements include being the launch partner of both Zap Pay and the Octopus Juice Network, using cutting-edge OCPI integration.

H Elmtronics This year Elmtronics has secured 304 new commercial contract wins, installing significant infrastructure on behalf of household names including BMW Group, Vanarama, Metrocentre, Taylor Wimpy and Keltruck Scania. It has also continued to work closely with the public sector including many NHS trusts and local councils to help them on their drive to net zero. Securing long-term partnerships has been a key achievement this year. One of the most exciting is to be named as Octopus Energy’s official commercial EV charge point supplier and installer. Whilst Elmtronics has celebrated major new account wins over the last twelve months, it is down to its on-going customer commitment that it has loyal customers. Milk & More is just one example having worked with Elmtronics since 2017. What’s more, significant investment is being made into its Hubsta back-office software.

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Charging & Refuelling Infrastructure Provider of the Year Award (Continued) H The Phoenix Works The Phoenix Works continues to offer best-in-class charging hardware and removing budget barriers to ensure its customers have a reliable solution that continues to perform for years to come. The company understands that installing EV charging systems come with sizeable upfront costs, so in 2021 The Phoenix Works launched its unique EV charging service plan. For a low monthly fee it provides industry leading hardware with connectivity, operation and maintenance, spreading the cost of charging hardware, so customers don’t have to compromise on quality to meet capex restraints. As well as traditional charging hubs at business premises, the Phoenix Works EV Charging service plan can also incorporate the rollout of EV charge points at employees homes. With over 8,000 charge points installed and maintained by The Phoenix Works, it has become a trusted long term partner to its customers.

H SWARCO With over 8,500 commercial charge points installed across the UK, SWARCO has continued to support the expansion of electric vehicle charging networks in the UK. 2021 saw the completion of project PACE – a joint Lanarkshire and Scottish Power Energy Network’s (SPEN) project where SWARCO supplied, installed and maintained up to 180 chargers across 44 sites in 2020 and 2021. What’s more, following on from its success in Scotland deploying networks for 32 Councils, SWARCO is working with Transport for Wales and Welsh Councils to install charging infrastructure, as well as working alongside Centrica Business Solutions to develop the most cost-effective solution for the charging and management of 32 fully electric double-decker E-Buses to operate on Manchester City centre routes.

H BP Pulse BP Pulse has opened the UK’s first rapid charging hub for fleet vehicles using renewable energy – and it intends to open hundreds more in other UK and European cities by 2030. Its first EV Fleet Charging Hub in London’s Park Lane is the largest rapid charging facility in the city with 22 charging points.

The model offered by bp pulse has already attracted the likes of Uber and Gett and stands to meet the needs of all professional drivers, whether it be taxi and delivery drivers or even blue light vehicles, including the Met Police. The EV Fleet Charging Hub in Park Lane is just the first of many hubs bp pulse is launching with Heathrow, Gatwick and other central London locations planned for later in the year.

H Energise Energy Solutions Energise Energy Solutions offers smart meter technology and EV charging solutions for both home and workplace charging. As a “One Stop Shop” for e-mobility, smart metering and renewable low carbon solutions, Energise Energy Solutions continues to grow its offer, with ambitious goals of becoming one of the market leaders in the sector. So far, the company has powered up over 4,000 vehicles, off-setting over 20,000 tonnes of carbon being released into the environment. This includes domestic (7KW), B2B (7-22KW) and Rapid (50kw) EV charge points. This year, it has introduced a new work management system to streamline its EV, Smart and Solar installation workflow. This year it has added 11 more Electric Vehicles to its fleet, taking the total number to 15.

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Fleet Car Manufacturer of the Year H BMW In addition to its new all-electric model expansion with the arrival of the four-door i4, the flagship iX SUV and the iX3 SUV, BMW launched its BMW Points programme, which rewards customers with charging credit for each electric mile driven in the UK or abroad. Working via geo-fencing technology, customers who drive electric miles within designated eDrive Zones, earn double points for faster rewards. During 2021 BMW was also the recipient of industry awards, including from Parkers, who recognised the plug-in hybrid 330e as ‘Best Company Car’. BMW was also named Fleet Manufacturer of the Year at the 2021 Business Car Awards, with five separate prizes for models including the 3 Series, the 5 Series, the X1 and the 128ti. The 3 Series and BMW 5 Series were also victorious at the 2021 Fleet World Great British Fleet awards, scooping prizes for ‘Best Compact Executive’ and ‘Best Executive’ car respectively. In the wider BMW Group, MINI UK announced a partnership with Longleat, supplying 10 Countryman Plug-in Hybrids for the safari park’s animal keepers, while customers could also use examples of the PHEVs to explore the park during August.

H Citroen Redefining its C4 family hatchback with a crossover-type coupé, Citroën’s daring choice may have been the right one. Launched at the beginning of 2021 in Europe, the new C4 and all-electric ë-C4 have proved popular, securing more than 30,000 registrations in the first six months in Europe. The range‑topping ë-C4 specifically ‘Shine Plus’ trim accounted for over 70 per cent of the total ë-C4 mix in the UK, in part thanks to Citroën adjusting the price of the model following the change in PiCG eligibility in March 2021. Electric car subscription service Onto also has faith in the 217-mile range ë-C4, adding 300 ‘Shine Plus’ versions to its fleet. Citroën’s other 2021 headlines included the announcement of the UK availability of the electric Ami quadricycle, which has a range of 46 miles from its 5.5kWh battery. Over 1,000 reservations were reached in the UK less than two weeks after the Ami became available to reserve online, with a total of 14,000 individuals registering their interest in the Ami. A cargo-carrying version will appear in the UK, too, suited for last-mile delivery use with 400 litres of load space. Additionally, Citroën also completed its electric van line-up with small, medium and large e-LCVs.

HHyundai Hyundai kicked off 2021 with revisions to its Kona Electric compact SUV. Exterior and interior styling refinements with added tecnology and connectivity enchanced the appeal of the popular all-electric model, now able to travel up to 300 miles on a single charge (64kWh battery version). Onto added 150 64kWh Kona Electrics to its fleet, along with 125 38.3-kWh IONIQ Electric models, further solidifying its position as the UK’s largest all-EV fleet. Kona Electrics were also supplied to Chelsea FC to create a ‘Turn the Blues, Green’ breakthrough brand campaign, to electrify Chelsea’s fleet and create engaging content to educate football fans on making the switch to electric vehicles. The arrival of the IONIQ 5 showcased the Hyundai Motor Group’s new E-GMP modular platform, specifically designed for electric vehicles. With 400V and 800V charging technology, drivers can refill the IONIQ 5’s battery – 58kWh or 72.6kWh – from 10 to 80 per cent in only 18 minutes. Rear (two-wheel drive) or front and rear motor (all-wheel drive) models are offered, the two-wheel drive 72.6kWh IONIQ 5 with a range of 298 miles.

Along with the new technology, the IONIQ 5 gets very striking and distinctive retro-influenced looks.

HKia Kia Europe and Uber have announced an electric mobility partnership that will accelerate the adoption of BEVs across Europe, the partnership seeing Kia offer its family of BEVs – including the e-Niro and Soul EV – to Uber drivers with special offers. The partnership is part Kia’s Plan S strategy, revealed earlier this year, which will see eco-friendly models take a 40 per cent share of all Kia sales globally by the end of 2030.

As part of this, Kia is aiming for a global annual EV sales target of 880,000 units by the end of the decade.

Eleven new BEV models will arrive by 2026, seven of which will be developed on the advanced E-GMP shared with Hyundai. The EV6 is the first of these models, and shares much with the Hyundai IONIQ 5, including 800V charging technology, rear or all-wheel drive models, and a 300‑mile all‑electric range. The popular Niro is continuing to do the work for Kia, though, too, the e-Niro crowned ‘Best Company Car’ at the Business Motoring Awards 2021. The e-Niro was also the UK’s most popular EV in the first two months of the year, with 75 per cent going to fleets in February alone.

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Peugeot’s electrification journey began three years ago with the e-208 and has launched a series of all‑electric models since then, including the e-2008, e-Traveller and a range of e-LCVs, alongside new plug-in hybrid versions of the 3008 and 508. The new electric and PHEV range has seen Peugeot become the second best-selling generalist automotive brand in Europe during the first five months of 2021, and up until July 2021, the e-208 and e-2008 models stood in second place in their respective BEV segments. Up until August 2021, Peugeot increased its EV car sales by 112 per cent vs YTD 2020, selling over 6,000 electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the first seven months of the year. Its passenger car EV sales also saw growth of 6 per cent year-on-year. The brand will offer electrified variants across its entire model range by 2025. The e-208 supermini and e-2008 small SUV have proved popular in the UK, car subscription service Onto adding 250 e-2008s to its fleet this year, following its addition of 300 e-208s in 2020. The e-208 has recognised by the fleet industry, too, winning prizes from the Great British Fleet Awards 2021 (‘Best EV Supermini’), and Company Car and Van Awards 2021 (‘Small EV Car of the Year’).

HRenault The ever-popular Zoe EV supermini with its 245-mile range maintained its well-known and favoured appeal during 2021, with electric car subscription service Onto ordering another 1,050 examples for its BEV‑only fleet, the model now accounting for over 25 per cent of the overall pool. Alongside the unveiling of a brand-new version of the all-electric Kangoo capable of 186 miles from its 90kW motor and 45kWh battery – and due for sale in spring 2022 – media company Sky took delivery of 11 of the current all-electric Renault Kangoo E-Tech van. Lambeth Council also added six Kangoo E-Techs to its landscape divisions fleet, joining the Zoe E-Tech already in use. Renault PRO+ also broadened its electrified offering substantially in 2021, adding dropside, Luton box van, and tipper conversions to the all-electric Master E-Tech family. The first EV conversions of these variants, they complement the established Luton low loader conversion already on sale. Workplace product distributor Lyreco also ordered 17 Master E-Tech Electric vans, with Kent County Council adding 20 Renault Kangoo E-Tech and four Zoe Vans to its fleet, and utility/energy provider SSE taking delivery of four Zoe E-Tech Electric Vans.

HToyota Toyota’s alternatively-fuelled range of technologies has been popular with fleets in 2021. As well as the arrival of the zero-emission Proace Electric van – nine of which have joined Electric Van Experience (EVE) hosted by Nottingham City Council, with a further three to be added to its own vehicle fleet – JCB, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction equipment, expanded its fleet with 40 Corolla Touring Sports Hybrid models. Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust also had faith in the selfcharging hybrid Corolla, taking delivery of 24 Touring Sports models to support its hospital operations.

The 1.8-litre cars return between 55 and 61mpg and have CO2 emissions from 103g/km. Alongside its long-established hybrid technology, Toyota is committed to developing and furthering the cause of hydrogen powertrains, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car shares this commitment, taking delivery of 17 Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric cars as part of a number of initiatives to explore how alternative fuels can deliver low and zero-emission transport. The Mirais will be used in a pilot programme by existing corporate customers in different parts of the country, by Enterprise Car Club members and employees.

HVauxhall Vauxhall’s complete range of small, medium and large electric light commercials were the most popular in the UK during 2021, with 2,158 all-electric vans sold up until November. The multiple award-winning Vivaro-e secured fleet orders by British Gas, Mitie and Riverford. Development has started on a hydrogen fuel cell version, too, which aims to have 249 miles of range. But it’s not just vans that have seen the popularity of Griffin-badged vehicles rise. During the first 10 months of the year, the Corsa was the UK’s most popular new car, with a total of 35,183 registered to October. The Corsa-e was one of the best‑selling all‑electric models in its class, as Vauxhall continues its EV expansion to offer an electrified variant across its whole model range by 2024. The Mokka-e compact SUV started that plan, using the same 50kWh battery and 100kW electric motor as the Corsa-e, and capable of up to 201 miles on a single charge. Away from EVs, the Insignia was named ‘Upper Medium Car of the Year’ by Company Car Today, and was a highly commended ‘Best Upper Medium Fleet Car’ by the Great British Fleet Awards.

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PHEV Manufacturer of the Year H BMW The family of award-winning BMW plug-in hybrids was boosted by the announcement of a new generation of 2 Series Active Tourer in 2021. Alongside versions with second-generation 48V mild‑hybrid technology, the pair of incoming 2 Series Active Tourer PHEVs features two plug-in hybrid models equipped with fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology for a significantly extended electric range of up to 49 miles on the WLTP cycle. The 230e xDrive and 225e xDrive Active Tourers will be fitted with a current-excited electric motor installed in a single housing along with the power electronics and transmission plus BMW’s latest battery and charging technology. In both models, the electric motor powers the rear wheels, while a three-cylinder petrol engine drives the front wheels. An intelligent powertrain management system aids the all-wheel drive system. Maximum system output is 322bhp (148bhp plus 175bhp) for the 230e xDrive Active Tourer and 242bhp (134bhp plus 108bhp) for the 225e xDrive Active Tourer. Maximum charging capacity is up from 3.7kW to 7.4kW, which means that a full charge can be achieved in around 2.5 hours, or just under eight hours via a conventional domestic socket.

The BMW Points programme arrived in the UK during 2021, which rewards drivers with charging credit for each electric mile driven in the UK or abroad. Working via geo-fencing technology, customers who drive electric miles within designated eDrive Zones earn double points for faster rewards. UK zones include London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Liverpool, Bath and Manchester. Once 3,200 points are earned, drivers receive £10 charging credit which can be used on the BMW Charging network.

H Hyundai Following the launch of its Tucson family SUV, Hyundai announced the introduction of the Tucson Plug-in Hybrid in March 2021. Using the 1.6-litre T-GDi Smartstream petrol engine already seen in the regular Tucson, the PHEV adds a 66.9kW electric motor and a 13.8kWh lithium-polymer battery. When combined, the petrol engine and electric motor deliver 261bhp maximum power with 258lb ft/350Nm maximum torque. Electric-only range is an official 35 miles. Hosting the same striking styling as the regular model, the Tucson Plug-in Hybrid has a number of technical changes, including active aerodynamics with an Active Air Flap that adjusts air intake depending on the engine coolant temperature, vehicle speed, and more, to minimise air resistance and maximise fuel efficiency. Four-wheel drive comes standard on the Tucson Plug-in Hybrid, with Hyundai HTRAC four-wheel drive technology and a Terrain Mode selector for safe driving on challenging terrain. HTRAC can variably distribute driving power to the front and rear wheels depending on traction conditions and the driving state, while the Terrain Mode selector will optimise power, torque and braking depending on the road conditions. The sporty Tucson N Line Plug-in Hybrid offers more sports-orientated styling, with CO2 emissions of only 31g/km (WLTP), and a five-year Unlimited Mileage Warranty and an eight-year 100,000-mile High Voltage Battery Warranty should give fleet managers little to worry about. The Tucson’s PHEV powertrain is also fitted to the large Santa FE SUV, the first time the model line has featured a plug-in hybrid option. Emissions for the seven-seater SUV start at 37g/km.

H Kia Kia boosted its plug-in hybrid offering this year with the arrival of the Sorento PHEV. The first time plug-in tech has been fitted to the seven-seater SUV, the Sorento PHEV features the same 1.6-litre T-GDi Smartstream petrol engine, 66.7kWh electric motor and 13.8kWh as the Hyundai Tucson and Santa Fe Plug-in Hybrids. Emissions start at 38g/km for the big Kia, and advanced technology such as an exhaust heat recovery system allows for further improved fuel economy, as heat from the exhaust is recovered to support a faster warming up of the engine. The 261bhp of system power is put through a six-speed shift‑by-wire actuated automatic transmission, reengineered for hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) and PHEV models for greater fuel efficiency and a smoother power delivery. All-electric range is up to 35 miles.

Despite the Plug-in hybrid powertrain, the new Sorento PHEV has 809 litres of luggage space, as well as more space in all three rows of seats. Inside, there is more technology and premium materials than ever before, all models fitted with a 12.3-inch digital driving display, alongside a 10.25-inch colour touchscreen on higher-specification versions. Four-wheel drive is also standard-fit, with a Terrain Mode for added off‑road capability. Fleets are expected to favour the entry-level Sorento ‘2’ PHEV, but, overall, the PHEV is expected to appeal to company car drivers looking to minimise their Benefit-in-Kind tax bill compared to more traditional diesel power. Away from the introduction of the Sorento PHEV, the Niro Plug-in Hybrid continues to impress the industry, the popular 31g/km model taking the 2021 Driving Electric ‘Best Used Plug-in Hybrid’ award.

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PHEV Manufacturer of the Year (Continued) H Peugeot For 2021, Peugeot grew its low emission vehicle (LEV) sales by 112 per cent vs YTD 2020, selling just over 6,000 all‑electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the first seven months of 2021. The brand’s passenger car LEV sales mix has also seen growth of 6 per cent year-on-year. This year, the French brand also celebrated over 10,000 electric vehicle and hybrid sales in the UK since 2020. That tally is set to rise with the launch of the brandnew 308 family hatchback and SW estate. From launch, the new 308 is available with two plug-in hybrid powertrains, with a choice between the Hybrid 180 e-EAT8 or the more powerful, Hybrid 225 e-EAT8, with both vehicles powered by a 12.4kWh electric battery, 81kW electric motor and a 1.6-litre petrol engine. Both models are capable of driving up to 39 miles in electric mode under WLTP test and have CO2 emissions from 25g/km. With a BIK rate of 13 per cent, the 308 PHEV models should appeal to fleet and business users. A 3.7kW on-board charger is standard, with drivers able to add an optional – and faster – 7.4kW charger. A full battery charge using the standard on-board 3.6kW charger will take three hours and 50 minutess, the 7.4kW option reducing this to just under two hours. The 3008 SUV has also been updated, with two-wheel drive Hybrid 225 and four-wheel drive Hybrid4 300 models. BIK is 11 per cent, and since PHEV powertrain joined the 3008 range, it has accounted for over 11.7 per cent of sales. Finally, the 508 Peugeot Sport Engineered model is now available to UK drivers, with its 355bhp PHEV and four-wheel drive powertrain, 46g/km of CO2 emissions and official 139mpg economy. The most powerful car Peugeot has ever made, the PHEV can accelerate from 0-62mph in 5.2 seconds.

H Volkswagen The ID.3 and ID.4 might have grabbed recent headlines for Volkswagen, but its family of plug-in hybrids is growing as fast as its number of all-electric models. Alongside the well-established and fleet‑friendly Golf GTE PHEV, the Golf eHybrid uses the same petrol engine and electric motor/battery technology. Down on power compared to the GTE, the Golf eHybrid’s 201bhp 1.4-litre petrol engine and 10.4kWh battery help it achieve an official 21g/km of CO2 emissions, as well as economy of 235.4mpg under WLTP tests. Two driving modes – E-MODE (all-electric driving) and Hybrid (automatic or manual changeover between electric motor and petrol engine) – allow drivers to tailor the driving experience for efficiency, and when the battery is depleted of charge, a refill takes around four hours on a 3.6kW connection. Always starting in E-MODE, the Golf eHybrid has 44 miles (WLTP combined) of single charge range. BIK is seven per cent. Alongside the Golf, Volkswagen has also added plug-in hybrid technology to its popular Tiguan SUV and the Arteon executive car. The Tiguan eHybrid has the same 242bhp system output as the Golf GTE, with CO2 emissions from 38g/km (WLTP) and fuel economy of up to 176.6mpg (WLTP, combined). Capable of travelling up to 30 miles purely on electric power from a single full charge, the Tiguan eHybrid is BIK-rated at 11 per cent, and costs from £35,460 P11D. The stylish Arteon eHybrid is available in both fastback saloon and Shooting Brake (estate) body styles, with a 215bhp power output and official CO2 emissions from 26g/km. If you want something with more performance, though, the Touareg R is a performance plug-in hybrid, its 3.0‑litre TSI eHybrid powertrain claiming to achieve an official 94.2mpg and 67g/km (WLTP combined).

H Volvo Volvo Cars has introduced a new and improved version of its ‘Recharge’ plug-in hybrid powertrain on its 90 and 60 Series models. This significantly extends electric range while also lowering CO2 emissions, increasing performance and improving driveability. The single charge all-electric distance is now a projected 56 miles, which is more than enough for the daily driving range of an average premium car owner, which Volvo research states is less than 31 miles. The main improvement to the powertrain is the introduction of a new long-range battery, featuring a third layer of cells to increase nominal energy from 11.6kWh to 18.8kWh. A more powerful rear electric motor now delivers 143bhp/108kW. Combined system output is now 345bhp for Recharge T6 and 449hp for Recharge T8 models, which makes the latter the most powerful Volvo car ever produced. In addition to the new powertrain, other upgrades include a one-pedal driving function on specific models. The increased battery capability means that more customers will be able to drive primarily in pure electric, zero-emissions mode, and Volvo Cars estimates that the new powertrain has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by up to around 50 per cent under the WLTP drive cycle. The company also saw the sales of its electrified cars increasing. The share of electric or PHEV Recharge models totalled 25.5 per cent of all cars sold globally for the first 10 months of the year to 31 October. Two of those PHEVs were also award winners, the XC40 Recharge Plug-in Hybrid T4 scooping the ‘Best Hybrid Small SUV’ and the XC90 Recharge Plug-in Hybrid T8 taking the ‘Best Used Hybrid Luxury SUV’ at the What Car? Electric Car Awards 2021. Volvo has also committed to become a fully electric car company by 2030.

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Electric Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year Award H MAXUS (Harris Automotive Distributors) When it comes to the EV market, MAXUS (formerly LDV) has, since 2016, been leading the charge for greener motoring, introducing a range of commercial EVs. Distributed by Harris Automotive Distributors across all right-hand drive markets in Europe, MAXUS has become a favourite with UK business-owners and fleet managers – over 54 per cent of 2021 sales are electric and the brand is projecting a 400 per cent increase in sales by year’s end. The rise in sales has a lot to do with MAXUS’ two newest EV models.

The e DELIVER 3 is the first van MAXUS’ portfolio that does not offer a diesel engine alternative and the e DELIVER 9 is a large zero-emission vehicle that has it all in terms of spec and space. As a brand, MAXUS is aware that navigating the switch to electric can be difficult, and so set up a business advice service for those looking to invest in EVs. 2022 will see MAXUS build even further on its range of CVs with work underway to test the market feasibility for a seven-seat, electric MPV and minibus, and an EV tractor unit.

H MG Motor UK Limited MG Motor UK is rapidly redefining expectations of affordable electric vehicles in the fleet market.

Excelling in the important user chooser market, with the ZS EV and the MG5 EV, both models have a low 1% (2021‑2022) BIK rate and an electric range of over 200 miles. Also appealing to user-choosers is the MG HS PHEV, one of the cheapest PHEV SUVs when evaluated on a P11D basis. When it comes to pure fleet sales, the ZS EV and the MG5 EV are among the most affordable choices for fleet managers. The MG5 EV is also one of the most in-demand cars among ride-sharing services and ride-hailing drivers thanks to its unrivalled estate car practicality. There are some terrific deals to make it even more attractive to them, as well as private hire and professional driver fleets. MG Motor UK is now one of the most significant fleet players in the business car market, especially where affordable electrification is concerned.

H Hyundai In its largest revision since it was first introduced in 2018, the Hyundai Kona Electric was given a new face, new technology and a slightly longer range in 2021. A 10.25-inch driver’s digital instrument cluster and a 10.25‑inch infotainment system is now standard on every Kona Electric model, with the choice of 39.2kWh and 64kWh versions remaining the same. The 134bhp variant of Hyunda’s compact e-SUV offers 189 miles of single charge distance, increasing to 300 miles on the 201bhp, 64kWh model. Charging takes a little as 47 minutes on a 100kW DC charge point. The car that made most Hyundai headlines, though, was the new IONIQ 5, built on the Hyundai Motor Group’s Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP). With 58kWh or 72.6kWh batteries, and a choice of two or all-wheel drive configurations, the uniquely styled IONIQ 5 has a maximum range of 298 miles. Both 400V and 800V charging capabilities are supported, meaning the striking new spacious e-CUV can charge from 10 to 80 per cent in just 18 minutes.

H Kia While the launch of the EV6 dominated Kia’s 2021, the South Korean company was busy elsewhere in its range, shuffling cars and specifications, and introducing new electrified models. The popular e-Niro SUV won the What Car? Electric Awards’ ‘Best electric small SUV’ title for the second year running, with a new sub-£35,000 ‘2’ 64kWh Long Range version introduced, offering up to 282 miles on a single charge (WLTP combined). The Soul EV was also championed, picking up the prize for ‘Best value electric car’ at the Auto Trader New Car Awards 2021. Chosen from results of a survey by 148,000 UK car owners, the electric SUV offers up to 280 miles of range on single charge. The arrival of the Sorento PHEV also heralded the first time that a plug-in hybrid powertrain has been available in Kia’s seven-seat SUV.

H Peugeot By the summer of 2021, Peugeot increased its LEV car sales by 112 per cent vs YTD 2020, selling just over 6,000 full electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the first seven months of the year. The brand’s passenger car EV sales mix also saw growth of 6 per cent year-on-year. Along with the e-208 supermini, Peugeot’s EV car offering also includes the e-2008 small SUV, and the e-Rifter and e-Traveller MPVs. Plug-in hybrid versions of the new 308 compact hatchback, 3008 SUV and 508 and 508 SW family cars also helped with Peugeot’s electrifying 2021, complemented by a full line-up of small, medium and large electric LCVs.

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Electric Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year Award (Continued) H Renault Renault kicked off 2021 with more awards for the all-electric Zoe supermini, the model named ‘Best Buy’ for value in the small electric car category at the What Car? Car of the Year Awards 2021. The Zoe also proved popular with electric car subscription service Onto, who ordered another 1,050 Zoe E-Tech Electric for its BEV‑only fleet, the car now accounting for over a quarter of the overall Onto BEV fleet. The Zoe has been a mainstay on the fleet since the service launched in 2017. The next step of Renault’s EV passenger car offensive was also introduced with the unveiling of the Megane E-Tech Electric. Styled like an SUV and built on the company’s all-new CMF-EV electric car platform, the new EV features a choice of 40kWh and 60kWh batteries, its lightweight motor developing up to 160kW. It also doesn’t require rare earth metals, reducing its environmental impact. Range is a potential 292 miles. Alongside the new Megane E-Tech Electric, a new electric version of the Kangoo was announced, fitted with a 90kW motor and 45kWh lithium-ion battery.

Fast-charging technology can recuperate up to 106 miles of range in 30 minutes, minimising fleet downtime.

H Tesla The Model Y grabbed the Tesla headlines towards the end of 2021. The new compact SUV is based on the same technology as the very popular Model 3. Available with all-wheel drive as standard, a minimum of 315 miles of range, and SUV versatility, the Model Y may prove as attractive as its sibling. Able to use the network of over 30,000 Tesla Superchargers, up to 150 miles can be fed back into the battery in around 15 minutes.

Practical, but pacey, the Model Y Performance can seat up to seven people, yet accelerate to 60mph in just over three seconds. Cargo capacity is a maximum of 2,158 litres, and the interior features the same minimalist appearance as the Model 3, along with that car’s 15-inch touchscreen which controls all the vehicle functions.

Speaking of the Model 3, it proved very popular in 2021, being the fourth most popular car overall in Europe during March 2021, the best-selling BEV in Europe during Q1. The small Tesla also topped the UK registration charts in June and September 2021. With up to 360 miles, the Model 3 with the longest range is the Long Range AWD model; the Model 3 Performance can travel 340 miles; the Rear-Wheel Drive car, 305 miles.

H Vauxhall During the first 10 months of 2021, the Vauxhall Corsa was the UK’s most popular new car, with a total of 35,183 Corsas registered in the first ten months of the year. The all-electric Corsa-e was also one of the best‑selling all‑electric models in its segment, as Vauxhall continues its electric vehicle expansion with the goal of offering an electrified variant across its entire model line-up by 2024. By 2028, Vauxhall will offer only all‑electric cars and vans in the UK. That model expansion started with the arrival of the Mokka-e compact SUV in the spring of 2021. Using the same 50kWh battery and 100kW electric motor as the Corsa-e, the strikingly styled small SUV can travel up to 201 miles on a single charge. A 100kW DC charging station can replenish 80 per cent of the Mokka-e’s battery capacity in 30 minutes. Alongside the Corsa-e and Mokka-e, the Combo-e Life was also launched for those drivers who want MPV practicality with a zero-emissions powertrain. Capable of a 174-mile range (WLTP) from its 50kWh battery, the Combo-e Life is one of two Vauxhall e-MPVs. Like the Combo-e Life, the larger Vivaro-e Life is based on an electric Vauxhall LCV.

H Volkswagen Volkswagen has enjoyed a busy 2021. Adding to the ID.3 all-electric hatchback, the ID.4 SUV arrived, adding electric SUV versatility to VW’s family of zero-emission cars. Awarded the World Car of the Year 2021 prize, the ID.4 is VW’s first global EV. Production of the ID.4 is already underway in Europe and China, while the US is expected to start in 2022. It is also the second model to be based on Volkswagen’s electric-specific modular electric drive matrix (MEB) platform, and marks its global roll-out, which the Volkswagen Group hopes will underpin 22 million electric vehicles by 2030. A choice of 52kWh or 77kWh batteries give ranges of between 211 and 323 miles, with motors of 146, 167 and 201bhp. An all-wheel drive GTX model also introduced the idea of a sporty electric VW, and Volkswagen UK secured an order for 450 ID.4s for private transport firm Addison Lee. Additionally, a brand partnership with Onto in the UK saw e-Up, ID.3 and ID.4 added to the electric car subscription service. Popular with Onto’s client base, the previous supply of ID.3s were fully booked within 48 hours of going online. The fleet award-winning ID.3 has also been popular across Europe, with more than 144,000 orders received since its launch in 2020, with around 50 per cent of those from new Volkswagen customers. It was also Europe’s best-selling electric car in August 2021.

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LCV Manufacturer of the Year Award H Citroen Citroën has now added an electric version to every model in its light commercial range. The family consists of the small ë-Berlingo van, mid-size ë-Dispatch and large new ë-Relay, and it will soon be joined by the Ami Cargo Electric quadricycle in 2022, as a ‘last mile’ delivery solution in urban areas with a payload of up to 140kg and a maximum load capacity of 400 litres. The ë-Berlingo has a 50kWh battery and a 100KW electric motor, good for a range of up to 171 miles. It also supports 100kW rapid charging, and comes in two lengths: ‘M’ and ‘XL’, with a load capacity of up to 4.4m3. The ë-Dispatch has proved popular with fleets, with 30 ‘M’ 75kWh versions going to Sureserve Group, seven ‘XS’ 50kWh models ordered by Falkirk Council in Scotland via Arnold Clark in Armadale. Available with 50kWh or 75kWh batteries, with up to 205 miles of range, three lengths – ‘XS’, ‘M’ and ‘XL’ provide up to 6.6m3 of cargo space. The ë-Relay comes in a choice of L2, L3 and L4 lengths, as well as window van and chassis cab options. There is up to 15m3 of load volume, and 37kWh or 70kWh batteries mated to a 90kW electric motor for a range of 139 miles.

H Fiat Professional Now part of the vast Stellantis group of brands, Fiat Professional launched the all-electric E-Ducato in 2021. Priced from £47,675 excluding VAT (after the UK Government Plug-in Van Grant), it has an official WLTP tested driving range of between 113 and 230 miles. Available in panel van, chassis cab and passenger versions, the E-Ducato has a choice of 47kWh and 79kWh batteries. Both can be charged to 80 per cent of their capacity in 30 minutes thanks to 50kW fast charging support. A full charge takes two hours and 25 minutes for the 47kWh variant, rising to four hours for the 79kWh model. Both have the option of AC or DC charging. A 90kW electric motor powers all E-Ducatos, with maximum 206lb ft (280Nm) of torque produced at 12,000rpm. Load capacities and payloads are the same as for the internal combustion-engined Ducato: from 10m3 to 17m3 and up to 1,885kg.

A family of electric versions of the new Fiat Professional Scudo, based on the same technology as the Citroën ë-Dispatch, Peugeot e-Expert and Vauxhall Vivaro-e will open for UK order by the end of 2021.

H Ford The Transit is still doing the business for Ford, even though the badge was first launched way back in 1956.

The Transit Custom PHEV provided a plug-in option for the first time when it arrived in 2019, and even the diesel versions of Ford’s famed commercial model gained mild-hybrid technology. Now however, it’s the turn of the two-tonne Transit to get electrified, with the launch of the E-Transit. Ahead of a market introduction in spring 2022, major European fleet trials have got underway with potential customers in the municipal, postal and utilities sectors. In addition to panel vans, E-Transits on trial include chassis cab conversions with box van, refrigerated box, tipper and dropside bodies with gross vehicle masses from 3.5 to 4.25 tonnes. DHL Express is trialling the electric van in the UK, and other European operators include AWB waste disposal, Balfour Beatty, the City of Cologne municipal fleet, DPD, Norwegian Post, Ocado and Recover Nordic. In 2021, Ford maintained its position as the UK’s best-selling commercial vehicle brand during the first half of the year, with Transit Custom being the best-selling vehicle overall.

H Peugeot Similarly to other brands in the Stellantis group, Peugeot now has a full complement of all-electric light commercials. The family starts with the e-Partner, in Standard (4.4m) and Long (4.8m) panel and crew van versions. The 3.9-4.4m3 load volume is the same as the internal combustion-engined Partner as the 50kWh battery is mounted under the floor. Payload is 751-803kg, and the e-Partner achieves a single charge electric range of up to 171 miles. Alongside the Citroën ë-Dispatch and Vauxhall Vivaro-e, the e-Dispatch was named International Van of the Year for 2021 by judges from 25 countries, the first time a fully electric van has won the title. Available in three lengths – Compact, Standard and Long – the e-Expert is available with either 50kWh or 75kWh batteries providing a range of up to 205 miles under WLTP tests.

Load capacity is up to 6.6m3, and the e-Expert has a maximum payload of 1,226kg. Octopus Energy added 23 e-Expert Standard models with 75kWh battery to their fleet operating across London, and the van also joined the Cats Protection fleet. As well as the e-Partner and e-Expert, the up to 15m3 e-Boxer also joined Peugeot’s 2021 e-LCV family, in 37kWh and 70kWh forms, good for 73-139 miles of single charge range.

Payload is up to 1,150kg, withn a choice of L2 (5,413mm), L3 (5,998mm) and L4 (6,363mm) lengths.

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LCV Manufacturer of the Year Award (Continued) H Renault PRO+ Renault PRO+ broadened its electrified offering substantially in 2021, with the announcement of an all-new electric version of the popular Kangoo, and the widening of its Master Z.E (now rebranded E-Tech Electric) family. Master E-Tech Electric dropside, Luton box van, and tipper conversions complement the established Luton low loader conversion and are the first EV conversions of these variants. Range is up to 75 miles.

Lyreco, Europe’s leading distributor of workplace products and services ordered 17 Master E-Tech Electric vans for its London operation, while Kent County Council took delivery of 20 Renault Kangoo E-Tech and four Zoe Vans. Utility provider SSE also added four Zoe Vans to its fleet. In addition to the Master E-Tech Electric family expansion and fleet orders, Renault PRO+ also unveiled its 12m3 Master H2‑TECH prototype.

Available from 2022, the hydrogen offers zero CO2 emissions, a 310-mile range, and a fast refuelling time.

Equipped with a 30kW fuel cell, a 33kWh battery and four tanks containing 6kg of hydrogen combined, the electric and hydrogen integration is completed by PVI, a Renault Group subsidiary.

H Vauxhall With the arrival of the 800kg payload Combo-e, Vauxhall’s range of electric vans is complete. Having its global debut at the UK’s 2021 Commercial Vehicle Show, the Combo-e is powered by a 50kWh battery and 100kW electric motor. This combination gives it a range of 171 miles. At the other end of the scale, the Movano-e offers up to 139 miles of range from its 70kWh battery and 90kW electric motor, along with 17m3 of load capacity and a choice of two ‘L3’ and ‘L4’ lengths. Vauxhall is the UK’s the best-selling electric Light Commercial Vehicle manufacturer, with 2,158 all-electric vans sold up until November 2021. The multiple award-winning Vivaro-e has driven this success. Technically similar to its Citroën ë-Dispatch and Peugeot e-Expert relatives, 10 of the all-electric van have joined organic fruit and vegetable supplier Riverford. A further 2,000 were ordered by British Gas – the largest electric vehicle order for a commercial fleet in the UK – adding to the 1,000 purchased in 2020. Another 665 went to facilities management and professional services Mitie. Vauxhall/Opel will also launch a Vivaro-e Hydrogen model with a 249-mile range in 2023.

H Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles delivered 15 ABT e-Transporter 6.1 vans to aviation detailing business, Up & Away in 2021, the electric version of VW’s popular light commercial being chose to help the business reach carbon neutral status. Up & Away Aviation Detailing provides a full range of aircraft and helicopter interior and exterior valet and cleaning services, and the e-Transporter fleet will be used by to transport equipment to and from airports across the UK. Featuring a bespoke livery, each model in the Up & Away e-Transporter fleet has been converted with a tailored racking solution to store equipment securely in the vans. The ABT e-Transporter was developed in collaboration with Volkswagen Premium Partner ABT e-Line, and has an all-electric range of up to 82 miles, with cargo space of 6.7m3 (4.4m3 for the Kombi crew van version) and a payload of up to 996kg. Flexible charging options allow its 37.3kWh to be charged to 80 per cent battery of its capacity in 45 minutes. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has also introduced the ABT e-Transporter 6.1 onto its Mobile Service Clinic fleet, to support its London-based customers.

H MAXUS (Harris Automotive Distributors) LDV (now MAXUS) was relaunched in the UK in January 2016 by Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC). Since then, the brand has established itself as not just a contender, but a leader in the LCV sector.

In June 2020, LDV rebranded to the globally recognised MAXUS. Since then, it has launched three new vehicles to market, the e DELIVER 3, DELIVER 9 and e DELIVER 9, adding substantially to MAXUS’ already robust commercial product range. The 100% electric e DELIVER 3 and e DELIVER 9 LCVs are ideal for businesses looking to future proof their fleets and reduce their running costs and carbon footprint. The e DELIVER 9 is available in two sizes, and clocks up to 219 miles on a single charge from its 150KW motor. Three battery options – 51.5kWh, 72kWh and 88.55kWh (LH) reduce charging time (DC 45mins 5%-80%), and increase operating range. The e DELIVER 3 delivers up to 210 miles on a single charge from its 92KW motor and 52.5kWh battery. DC rapid chargers top up the battery to 80% in just 40 minutes. Available in a number of variants, the e DELIVER 3 is fantastically versatile. The DELIVER 9 meanwhile features a Euro 6d turbodiesel engine, a Stop & Start system and an Eco Driving mode. It also features a manual DPF regen button to ensure the van stays at optimum performance while helping to reduce CO2 emissions.

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LGV Manufacturer of the Year Award H Mercedes Benz Trucks UK Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK is responsible for all Daimler Truck products sold in the UK, and will sell only CO2-neutral new vehicles by 2039. It is set to revolutionise the trucking industry with the introduction of the eActros, eEconic and eActros LongHaul. The eActros will be available as a 19‑tonne two‑axle, and 27-tonne three-axle rigid truck, with 420kWh battery capacity providing a range of 250 miles, and peak power of 400kW. The noise level will be just 60dB, making zero‑emission night‑time deliveries possible.

Production of the eActros began in October 2021, and the battery-powered low‑entry eEconic (based on the five-star DVS-rated Econic) follows in 2022. In 2024, Mercedes-Benz Trucks will start series production of the battery‑electric eActros LongHaul – a 40-tonne articulated truck with 500km range.

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H IVECO IVECO, recognised leader in sustainable transport, has continued developing its Natural Power products, building on the successes of Stralis NP with the IVECO S-WAY, still the only factory‑built single fuel gas truck capable of 44-tonne operations. During 2021, customers took significant numbers of outgoing Stralis NP, including at the time, the largest single gas IVECO order in the UK. Impressive numbers of IVECO S-WAY have found homes, including new record gas orders with Hermes ordering 73 x CNG S-WAY. Ocado continues to grow its considerable CNG fleet with S-WAY and Romac Logistics took 10 x CNG, ordering a further 80. McCulla NI took 6 to run on waste from the Lidl stores it delivers to via anaerobic digestion.

IVECO S-WAY NP can offer an up to 40% reduction in TCO. Like-for-like, IVECO S-WAY 460 NP projects an up to £36,000 saving over a 3-year/ 150,000km/pa term or an up to £112,000 saving over a 5-year/ 210,000km/pa term, and using Hermes as an example, its IVECO Natural Power fleet will soon amass 160 trucks, over half its core tractor fleet. Estimates suggest a 24,000-tonne annual CO2 fleet reduction.

H DAF Trucks To help UK operators make the transition to battery electric trucks, a total of 20 DAF LF Electric 19‑tonne rigids built by Leyland Trucks, together with the required charging infrastructure, will be fitted with data‑logging equipment and used to support the UK Government’s Department for Transport (DfT) efforts to encourage the use of battery electric vehicles in commercial transport. Helping operators to understand the costs and considerations around the deployment of zero‑emission trucks, the DfT campaign is part of the Government’s £20 million zero‑emission road freight trials. Leyland Trucks will be partnering several public sector end-users in the trial, including NHS operations that will evaluate 11 DAF LF Electric rigids. Nine vehicles will go to local authorities to support recycling and deliveries to schools.

The LF Electric offers a range of up to 175 miles on a single charge, from its nominal 250kW (350kW peak) motor, and 282kWh lithium iron phosphate battery. Fast-charging from 20% to 80% at 150kW takes 60 minutes or two hours for a full 100% charge. The LF Electric has a body and payload of 11,700kg.

H FUSO FUSO Trucks won GreenFleet’s LGV Manufacturer of the Year award in 2020. FUSO’s current vehicle line-up includes the all-electric 7.5-tonne FUSO eCanter, which has been on UK roads in customer operation since 2018. This truck has a 135kW power output, with six batteries providing 66kWh usable capacity, and a body and payload allowance of up to 4,150kg. The eCanter has an operational range of 100km, and working in partnership with operators such as Calor Gas, DB Schenker, DPD, Warburtons and Wincanton, is revolutionising the distribution sector. Warburtons, the UK’s largest bakery brand, uses the light-duty truck early in the morning, setting off at 4am each day from Warburtons’ Bolton bakery to deliver fresh bread to 25 different customers, mainly in the central Manchester area. Globally, deliveries of the FUSO eCanter have now surpassed 200 vehicles, in use with customers in 16 countries including Germany, France, Netherlands, the UK, Portugal, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Finland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, the USA, Japan and New Zealand, and in cities such as New York, Tokyo, Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin, Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Lisbon. The total distance travelled by the global eCanter fleet exceeds a combined locally-driven three million kilometres – equivalent to 75 circumventions of the Earth.

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LGV Manufacturer of the Year Award (Continued) H Renault Trucks Renault Trucks has further expanded its range of electric heavy commercials in 2021, particularly in urban applications. The 18-tonne D Wide Z.E has joined the range alongside the 16 and 26-tonne Renault Trucks D Z.E and D Wide Z.E models. Fitted with a two-axle chassis for improved manoeuvrability, the 18-tonne D Wide Z.E is suitable for temperature-controlled distribution, with an optimised payload. Renault Trucks has designed a new system to increase the energy efficiency of all-electric trucks equipped with a refrigerated body. All Renault Trucks D Z.E and D Wide Z.E commercials are now available with a fridge-connection option, which supplies the energy required for the refrigeration system directly from the truck’s 600V traction batteries. To help manoeuvrability, Renault Trucks has also extended the range of wheelbases available for its D and D Wide Z.E models from 3,900mm to 6,800mm to optimise load distribution. The Renault D Wide Z.E comes in 18-tonnes or 26-tonne models, with 200kWh/225kWh batteries, and 62 or 112 miles of range. The 16-tonne D Z.E has a range of up to 249 miles from its 200kWh/225kWh batteries.

H Scania During the recent On COP26 Transport Day, Scania endorsed a first global Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on zero-emission trucks and buses. A coordinated effort by governments and industry leaders that have agreed to support and work towards the MoU goals and to facilitate net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, the initiative is driven by CALSTART and the government of the Netherlands. Under the MoU, leading countries are aligned on a pathway toward reaching 100% zero-emission new truck and bus sales by 2040, and zero-emission trucks drive new investment, technology innovation, clean technology jobs and energy security, as well as deliver climate and health benefits. Other developments include Scania’s participation in a major nine-month feasibility study into long-haul electrified truck operation in the UK, using ‘dynamic’ charging provided by overhead wires. The first study of its type in the UK, it aims to demonstrate the tech for a national roll-out. Scania’s involvement in the £20m study is as part of a consortium awarded funds through Innovate UK and is part of the UK Government’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan (TDP).

H Volta Trucks The Zero from Volta Trucks is the world’s first purpose-built, full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle designed for inner-city logistics. It aims to reduce the environmental impact of freight deliveries in city centres, and has been designed and engineered from the ground up with an operating pure-electric range of 95-125 miles. Volta claims the Zero will eliminate an estimated 1.2m tonnes of CO2 by 2025.

The Zero has sustainability at its heart. The first commercial vehicle to use sustainably-sourced flax and biodegradable resin composite panels, the fully natural, lightweight, high-performance fibre material is almost CO2 neutral over its entire lifecycle. It matches the stiffness and weight of carbon fibre but uses 75% less CO2 to produce. Production of the first road-going ‘Design Verification’ prototype has started at a bespoke facility in Coventry, UK, and is the first of 25 such vehicles, when, once completed in January 2022, will embark on a rigorous testing regime. Final ‘Production Verification’ prototype vehicles will be built at the company’s new manufacturing plant in Steyr, Austria, in mid-2022.

H Volvo Trucks First launched in 2019, Volvo Trucks’ electric heavy commercial family now numbers six members, from the 16.7-tonne FL Electric, through to the 44-tonne FH Electric and FM Electric. There’s also the FMX Electric which can carry more heavyweight materials and machines. With tractors of 4×2, 6×2​, 6x4 and rigids of 4×2, 6×2, 6×4, 8×2, 8×4, there should be a configuration to suit every fleet. Ranges vary from 125 to 236 miles, depending on the model chosen, with power of 135kW to 490kW. In 2021, Volvo Trucks received an order for 100 Volvo FM Electric trucks from DFDS, the largest shipping and logistics company in Northern Europe. The largest commercial order to date for Volvo electric trucks, the deal is also one of the largest for heavy electric trucks worldwide. The manufacturer also hosted an online event to speed up the transition to electric trucks, and supplied an FE Electric to Sweden’s leading grocery retailer, ICA Sweden, as it begins its transition towards electric transport. The truck will deliver refrigerated goods in the Stockholm city area. Logistics company DHL is also enjoying the benefits of electric trucks in different parts of Europe. In London, the Volvo Trucks FL Electric is used for making last mile deliveries into the West End shopping district.

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Building on the success of its popular 330e plug-in hybrid model, BMW has introduced the all-electric i4. Sharing a similar silhouette to the 3 Series plug-in junior executive, the i4 offers up to 367 miles (WLTP) of range. Two models are available: the 335bhp i4 eDrive 40 and the 536bhp i4 M50, with even the more powerful car able to offer an official 316 miles of single charge distance. BMW’s Combined Charging Unit allows use of high-power 200kW chargers: up to 102 miles (i4 eDrive40) and 87 miles i4 M50) can be delivered in 10 minutes. In addition to the i4, BMW has also introduced the all‑electric iX (380-mile range) and iX3 (286-mile range) in 2021, as well as further developing its iX5 Hydrogen model.

H Hyundai IONIQ 5 Hyundai’s star of 2021 was undoubtedly the IONIQ 5, which introduces its new battery-electric vehicle-specific Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP). Supporting both 400V and 800V charging, the IONIQ 5 can charge from 10 to 80 per cent in just 18 minutes. It also has Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) functionality, meaning drivers can charge other electric devices. A mid-sized CUV, with a spacious interior, the IONIQ 5 comes with 58kWh or 72.6kWh batteries, and two electric motor layouts, with either a rear motor (two-wheel drive) or with both front and rear motors (all-wheel drive). The two-wheel drive 72.6kWh IONIQ 5 has a range of 298 miles, while all models get distinctive 1980s-influenced styling.

H Kia EV6 As part of the Hyundai Motor Group, the Kia EV6 shares much of its technology with the Hyundai IONIQ 5. There’s the same E-GMP chassis, 800V fast-charging capability and two or all-wheel drive layouts, but just one 77.4kWh battery choice. Range is 328 miles for the 226bhp rear-wheel drive version, with every model available from launch in the UK capable of at least 300 miles on a single charge. Performance is not what you’d expect from a Kia, the 321bhp all-wheel drive EV6 accelerating to 62mph in 5.2 seconds.

The first of 11 all‑new Kia BEVs to be launched 2026, the EV6 also previews a more unique style and more on-board technology than has ever been seen before on a car built by the South Korean brand.

H MG ZS EV Already popular for value it offers, the MG ZS EV has undergone a comprehensive raft of revisions for 2021, that tidy its looks, add more equipment, but most importantly, add more range. Starting at £28,495 on-the-road after the Plug-in Car Grant has been deducted, a larger 72kWh Long Range battery gives a combined WLTP range of 273 miles. This is a significant increase from the 163 miles offered by the outgoing model. Charging the battery from 0-100 per cent takes 10½ hours on a 7kW wallbox, tumbling to around 42 minutes on a 100kW rapid charger. New equipment includes LED headlights, and the MG iSMART connectivity system with a 10.1-inch colour touchscreen with over-the-air update capability. As well as the ZS EV, MG has also revised its MG5 EV estate car, introducing a 61.1kWh Long Range model with a 250 mile all-electric range.

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GREENFLEET Vehicle of the Year (Continued) H Peugeot e-208 A multiple award-winner, the 208 hatchback has become one of Peugeot’s most popular models. The best‑selling car in Europe during February and March 2021 and the 2020 European Car of the Year, the all‑electric e-208 makes up over 20 per cent of all 208 models sold since its launch in 2019. With over 4,000 vehicles sold from the start of 2020 to May 2021, the e-208 is Peugeot’s most popular electric car across its product portfolio. Powered by a 100kW motor, the e-208 uses a 50kWh battery which provides a range of up to 217 miles (WLTP) from a full charge. The e-208 supports up to 100kW rapid charging, with an 80 per cent refill taking 30 minutes. Available in Active Premium, Allure, Allure Premium, GT and GT Premium trims, several versions of the e-208 feature Peugeot’s latest-generation 3D i-Cockpit, consisting of a compact multifunction steering wheel, and either a seven-inch or 10-inch HD colour touchscreen, along with a digital instrument display. Electric car subscription service Onto has added 300 e-208s to its fleet, and 2021 also sees Peugeot celebrate 10,000 electric vehicle and hybrid sales in the UK since 2020.

H Toyota Professional Proace Electric With its decades-long experience of hybrid technology, it was only a matter of time before Toyota started to produce battery-electric vehicles. Ahead of the bZ4X SUV which arrives in 2022, the Proace Electric brings a zero-emission Toyota to the light commercial market. Sharing technology with the mid-sized vans from the Stellantis group, the Proace Electric comes with 50kWh or 75kW battery options, and a 100kW e-motor.

That’s good for an official range of up to 205 miles with the larger battery pack – the 50kWh version can achieve up to 142 miles officially – with the battery capable of being refilled up to 80 per cent of its capacity in less than an hour with a 100kW fast charger. The battery is also covered by an eight-year/100,000-mile warranty as standard, for complete fleet peace of mind. The choice of the 4,959mm-long ‘Medium’ body length mirrors that of the best-selling diesel Proace version, and load capacity is the same at 5.8m3. Nine Proace Electrics have joined a city EV initiative that lets potential users discover the benefits of zero-emission vans before deciding to buy run by Nottingham City Council, who has also added three to its own fleet.

H Vauxhall Vivaro-e Since becoming a member of the huge Stellantis family of brands, Vauxhall has substantially increased its electric and electrified offerings, able to use technology shared elsewhere in the group. It is now the UK’s best-selling electric Light Commercial Vehicle manufacturer, with a total of 2,158 all-electric vans sold up until November 2021. Named International Van of the Year alongside the Citroën ë-Dispatch and Peugeot e-Expert, the multiple award-winning Vivaro-e has been a key driver in this success. A massive fleet of 2,000 Vivaro-es were ordered by British Gas – the largest electric vehicle order for a commercial fleet in the UK – with a further 665 going to facilities management and professional services Mitie. Another 10 of the all-electric mid-size van joined organic fruit and vegetable supplier Riverford, further cementing the van’s reputation. As well as the all-electric version,Vauxhall/Opel and the other Stellantis brands will also launch a hydrogen model in 2023 with a 45kW fuel cell, a 249-mile range, a three-minute refuelling time and a 6.1m3 cargo volume. An initial batch of left-hand drive examples will go on sale in Europe by the end of 2021.

H MAXUS e DELIVER 9 The large van market has been slow to embrace the electric revolution due to challenges around weight, range and compromised load space, but MAXUS has addressed these issues with the e DELIVER 9. Launched in January 2021, this large LCV perfectly illustrates the company’s focus on the green agenda. With the biggest battery and the highest towing capacity in its category, the e DELIVER 9 has sizeable payloads and a range of up to 219 miles per charge. Three battery configurations – 51.5kWh, 72kWh and 88.55kWh – and various battery cooling methods reduce charging time (DC 45mins to 80%), extend battery life and increase operating range. A 150kW motor offers peak torque of 310Nm, there is a 1,200kg payload, room for three pallets and 9.7-11 cubic metres of cargo volume. Crew cab, chassis and minibus models offer variation, while specialist converters can create bespoke mobility, refrigeration and specialist cargo options. The e DELIVER 9 has proved particularly popular, and a delivery company purchased 750 electric MAXUS e-CVs, with 500 of those being e DELIVER 9s. VMS Fleet Management has purchased over 150 E DELIVER 9s since September 2020. Later in 2021 MAXUS will introduce another short wheelbase variant to the e DELIVER 9 family, and is forecasting a 400 per cent increase in UK sales by 2021 end (v 2020) with EVs accounting for over 54% of totals.

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AFV Champions In recognition that it should not just be those championing electric vehicles applauded, our AFV Champions (Alternatively-Fuelled Vehicle Champions) recognise and celebrate those individuals flying the flag for other, greener fuels, such as hydrogen, natural gas and Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO).

While alternative fuels come with their own challenges and limitations, there are individuals championing their cause, as well as lobbying government to put the incentives and infrastructure in place to make them more widely used.

Last year’s AFV Champions were Toyota’s Jon Hunt for his work with hydrogen, Graham Thomas from Ocado for using and promoting compressed natural gas, and Andy Eastlake for Zemo Partnership’s research on alternative fuels.

Amanda Lyne from ULEMCo and Jonny Goldstone from Green Tomato Cars meanwhile were crowned AFV Champions for their work with hydrogen.

There is no shortlist, and winners will be announced on the evening.

EV Champions Each year, the GREENFLEET Awards recognises individuals working in the fleet, transport and automotive industries that have championed the cause of electric vehicle uptake. These individuals, many who were early-adopters, are passionate about EV technology, work to overcome any challenges, and share their experience, wisdom and passion with others. This in turn has has a positive effect on driving up EV adoption.

The EV Champions last year went to Nigel Morris from Active Build Centre, Sukky Choongh from SMMT, Shayne Rees from ubitricity, Lorraine Fellowes from Kia, and

Jonny Berry from the EV Cafe and Renault.

Other previous winners include Alun Davies from ElectrAssure, Chris Beattie from WEGO Couriers, Sam Fraser from Coventry City Council; Charlie Jardine from EO Charging; and Craig Tonge from R-Z-O-C. Sara Sloman was also recognised for her previous work at North Somerset Council, as was Alexis Percival for her innovative work electrifying ambulances at Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

Now in its fifth year, the EV champions have no shortlist and are announced on the night.

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H Chestertons Chestertons has become the first large estate agency in the UK to convert its entire fleet of company cars to electric vehicles, after it replaced its previous petrol-fuelled fleet with over 65 electric BMW i3s in 2019/20. The company has calculated that this action has reduced its tailpipe CO2 emissions by 2,925kgs (183 tonnes) per year. Following the transformation of its fleet, Chestertons went on to become the first large estate agency in the country to be certified as Net Zero Carbon after offsetting the remaining 212 tonnes of CO2 it currently produces per year.

H Ground Control Ltd Ground Control has recently become Carbon Neutral four years ahead of target and have committed to fully electrifying its fleet of passenger vehicles in 2023, along with commercial vehicles, plant and machinery by 2026. Since the company’s first EV purchase in 2014, it has established the UK’s largest fleet of privately owned Teslas, with BEVs now representing 75 per cent of its passenger fleet. Ground Control has also developed ‘FleetFix’, a fully automated turnkey home EV charge point supply, installation and ongoing maintenance process.

H The Co-operative Group The Co-operative Group operates a fleet of more than 2,900 vehicles. From an ice cream van to a Land Rover hearse, it’s an incredibly diverse fleet. With partners Lex Autolease, the Group launched new company car policies in 2020, centred on ULEVs. By replacing ICE vehicles with electric vehicles, the average vehicle CO2 per km has reduced 47% since. Over 50% of the company car fleet is now electrified in some way (either hybrid, PHEV, or full electric) with a further 70 EVs and 100 PHEVs on order. Following a successful trial of five fully electric home delivery vans, 40 more will be delivered in 2021 with more planned for 2022.

H Co Wheels As a social enterprise, Co Wheels’ focus is helping members save money, reduce UK car ownership and create cleaner, greener local communities. Co Wheels’ 450-strong fleet of electric, hybrid and some fuel cars and vans, run an average of 8,811 miles per annum. Its vehicles emit 54% less than the average privately owned car. By 2025 Co Wheels aims for its fleet to be 90% hybrid or fully-electric vehicles, up from 78%. What’s more, Co Wheels has partnered with bus operator Go North East to host its membership and bus tickets on one smartcard.

H Mitie

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Mitie’s electric vehicle (EV) transition began in December 2018, with its first EV joining the fleet in May 2019.

It now has now grown this fleet to 1,682 EVs, the largest pure electric fleet in the UK, and have a further 805 on order. The EVs prevent 8,410 tonnes of CO2e from being emitted annually. Mitie has also focused on its ICE vehicle’s environmental impact, and have introduced technologies such as Driver Behaviour LED Lightbars to reduce idling time, this alone has reduced diesel consumption by 75,000 litres, saving 195 tonnes of carbon in one year. What’s more, Mitie has partnered with Mina, an EV charging start-up, to enable direct payment for home-charging. This allows Mitie to control the energy-source used for EV charging, ensuring it is 100% green.

H Eric Wright Group Eric Wright’s car fleet is currently 22-29 g of C02 less than the construction sector and LEX Autolease (LA) - its leasing partner’s corporate fleet - with 69g of C02 on average. Alternative fuels account for 47 per cent of the car fleet which is much higher than both the LA corporate fleet and the construction sector which are closer to 26-31%. 42% of the car fleet are ULEVs which is again higher than the peer group and our corporate fleet which sits at 19-24% of their fleets. As of the end of July 2021, the company has 42 BEVs on fleet. These figures are based on live car fleet not including the Eric Wright order bank of which 95% are BEVs or PHEVs. Eric Wright Group is projected to be circa 0g of C02 for 2030 if the current trajectory is seen.

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H Brecon Beacons National Park Authority Brecon Beacons National Park Authority maintains and manages 520 square miles of Wales’s second-largest national park. Its pool fleet of 10 vehicles is now comprised of entirely electric or plug in hybrid vehicles. More recently it has added a number of Zoe car vans. The electric pool fleet is expected to cover a combined 72,000 miles per year of zero emission travel. This has reduced its pool fleet average CO2 to 9.2g/km. What’s more, the Park’s education team uses an electric five seater Kangoo van which is powered by the sun. The Park has also introduced publiclyaccessible charging points at its facilities, and generates an increasing share of its energy from renewables. For example, its grid-connected hydro scheme has generated enough electricity in the last year to take its vehicles 739,000 miles.

H Scottish Water Scotland’s public drinking water and sewerage services are provided by Scottish Water, a public company accountable to Scottish Ministers and Scottish Parliament. As part of Scottish Water’s ambition to achieve Net Zero by 2040, it is aiming to transition its fleet to zero emission vehicles. For its 220 lease cars, Scottish Water has recently moved to an EV-only policy, which has seen a total of 81 EVs being introduced by the organisation, with an additional 41 on order. This will result in a 50% EV adoption across the lease car fleet. All its 20 pool cars are now also electric, and to support it, Scottish Water has installed 24 chargepoints, with many more to come. The lease car CO2 average has dropped from 103g CO2/km in 2020 to 81 g CO2/km in 2021 and this will reduce further once our 41 additional EVs on order are received.

On average expected mileages (once normal operations resume) we would expect to see annual savings of more than 131t CO2, with the additional associated air quality benefits.

H Lake District National Park Authority The Lake District National Park Authority looks after England’s largest, tallest and deepest National Park. Its road fleet currently consists of 42 vehicles including eight cars, 11 vans, two people carriers and 21 4x4s - plus a handful of quad bikes and diggers.

Over the last couple of years, the Park Authority introduced 13 electric vehicles to replace its diesel pool cars, as well as the charge-point infrastructure to support these. Since acquired in September 2020, the BMW i3 EVs have travelled around 57,500 miles. This has saved the equivalent of 12.7 tCO2e, and because the Park Authority is on a renewable electricity tariff, nearly all of this is a pure carbon saving. Even compared to ‘brown’ grid electricity, this represents a saving of 9.5 tCO2e. It is estimated that the electric fleet will save around £870 per vehicle per year on fuel and £670 on maintenance. The Park Authority has worked with AMP EV to provide a total of 28 charge-points across three sites. Most of these are for the Authority’s pool vehicles, but six are rapid chargers that will be available for public use at its offices at Kendal and Threlkeld. This adds to the charge-points already available to the public at five of its car parks.

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(small-medium) H Apex Lifts Lift manufacturing and servicing company Apex Lifts has recently updated its fleet vehicles (1.3 litres), including 11 hybrid cars. It has also reduced the size of its delivery truck from a diesel 7.5 tonne truck to a 6 tonne smaller, eco-friendlier vehicle. All vans currently meet the Euro 6 standard. The company records its average CO2 emissions across the fleet - this is demonstrated on the company website outlining a reduction in vans and total CO2 emissions since 2011. The current average CO2 value across the fleet is 101.19 and average mileage per annum is 10,404m. Since 2011, Apex has decreased commercial vehicles from 70 to 43; as a result, CO2 emissions have decreased from 10,552.55 (g/km) to 4,539.00 (g/km) 2011-2021. In order to reduce unnecessary travel for its staff, Apex Lifts encourages walking, using public transport and cycling routes for lift projects within London and where appropriate. Furthermore, Apex provides safe storage of employees’ bikes and entered into tax free bikes for work – Cycle Scheme. The company currently has 21 bikes within the scheme. Apex Lifts has an electric car and electric charging facility at its Head Office in Bexleyheath to trial its electric strategy for the future. The fleet also utilises Quatrix GPS tracking software to monitor fleet location, driver performance, battery performance and usage.

Apex Lifts is currently in the process of reviewing the option to replace all fleet vans to be fully electric by 2025.

H Nicholls Transport After winning last year’s GREENFLEET Commercial Fleet of the Year award, Nicholls Transport continued to invest in a further 17 LNG trucks, taking to the total currently on the fleet to 27.

All these trucks run on biomethane, meaning they produce over 75 per cent less CO2 than a conventual diesel truck. Even with the limited refuelling stations around the UK, MD Paul Nicholls is determined to increase the fleet further, with this year’s investment costing the company just short of £1 million.

Nicholls Transport is looking to increase the capacity at its only refuelling station in the southeast.

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Private Sector Commercial Fleet of the Year (small-medium continued) H Lyreco Lyreco UK’s fleet is composed of 274 vehicles ranging from 3.5 to 18 tons. In June 2021 Lyreco purchased 17, electric Renault Master E-Tech vans for its London operations. Between July and October 2021, the EVs total mileage was 11,455 miles generating 115 kgCO2e. The electricity charging the EV vehicles comes from REGO sources (T&D CO2 factors were applied). In its previous vehicles, for the same distance this would have generated 4.9 tons of CO2e which is a reduction of 97.7% in CO2e. In 2019, Lyreco signed up to the Clean Van Commitment Pledge, which is a public commitment for fleets to switch to zero tailpipe emission vans in cities by 2028. Charging of the electric vans is via Wallbox 7kW charge points.

Lyreco has always placed sustainability as a business priority, and this continues to drive any decisions it makes as a company. Since 2020, Lyreco has been powered entirely by renewable energy at 22 of its UK sites, and has installed over 13,860 solar panels. In line with its CSR Strategy Lyreco’s goal is to be carbon neutral by 2030 and its immediate aim is not to purchase further diesel vehicles for the fleet.

H Peel Ports The Peel fleet currently has 145 vehicles, each vehicle averaging 90K miles per year. Typical vehicles included mid-sized ICE engine LCVs and mid-sized electric LCVs, with a current average Co2 for the fleet at 142 g/km. Fifty per cent of the fleet is currently electric, and the business aims to be 100 per cent EV and zero-emission by the end of 2022. Working alongside Activa, Peel Ports is taking delivery of 36 pure EVs in the coming weeks, with new vehicles like the Maxus E being trialled and delivered on site soon. A police presence is required at the ports and currently, these vehicles need their engines running to power their lights. To reduce the emissions caused by idling, these vehicles are being replaced with EVs. As well as having telematics installed into all fleet vehicles, there have been 15 chargers installed, with a further 15 being installed in phase two. Peel Ports will continue to transition to a fully electric fleet, investing in new electric cranes and electric CMRGs that move freight onto the ships. Charging infrastructure is also being installed on the ships. At its site in Sheerness, manufacturers will be able to deliver EVs pre-charged to UK customers, which not only helps achieve Peel’s environmental goals, but also helps the wider consumer shift to EVs.

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H Co-operative Group Co-operative Group operates a fleet of more than 2,900 vehicles under 3.5t, including 1,300 company cars and 1,600 specialist vehicles. From an ice cream van to a Land Rover hearse, it’s an incredibly diverse fleet. Following a successful trial of five fully electric home delivery vans, 40 more will be delivered in 2021 with further electric vans planned for 2022. Co-op has also partnered with DriveTech to deliver bespoke EV training for ‘electrified’ stores, on appropriate driving styles and efficient charging routines.

The Funeralcare business also saw the delivery of the 40 first regenerative hybrid hearses and limousines last year. The company has been working with supply chain partners to source more sustainable parts and conversion techniques for its specialist vehicles - for example, using recycled plastics and reducing the weight of equipment through sustainable composite materials.

H Hermes Hermes successfully delivered 64 0million parcels in 2020-21, its biggest year on record. The company uses a biomethane CNGpowered fleet as an alternative to diesel and currently has 90 CNG tractor units. With another 70 on order, this brings the total to 160 – 50% of its core tractor fleet. This will result in Hermes having UK’s largest CNG parcel delivery fleet. Approximately 40% of its first-mile fleet is powered by CNG. Each new IVECO S-WAY unit reduces CO2 emissions by more than 80% when compared to a Euro 6 diesel vehicle – a reduction of 150 tonnes of CO2 per vehicle and 24,000+ tonnes of CO2 across the entire CNG fleet annually. What’s more, Hermes has ordered 168 new zero-emission Mercedes-Benz eSprinters to service our out-of-home ParcelShop network. In 2021 Hermes successfully trialled on-foot street-portering and local deliveries by electric eCargo bikes. Both models will be expanded in 2022. In 2020, Hermes alternative fuels fleet achieved a reduction in CO2 emissions of 8,410,742kg. The use of telematics reduced CO2 emissions by 4,806,073kg, while an initial batch of 32 double-decker trailers increased the parcel capacity of its trucks by 33%, reducing mileage by up to 1.5 million miles a year.

H Moy Park Food supplier Moy Park has committed to decarbonise its transport operation by taking on 50 Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) IVECO Stralis NP. The trucks run on 100% Bio-LNG sourced through anaerobic digestion, with Roadgas commissioning an on-site refuelling station and providing an extensive training course to those involved in its operation. The creation of gas fuels through anaerobic digestion means that Moy Park can take advantage of ultimate emissions reductions, negating waste output by collecting the gases given off for vehicle fuel while solids can be used as fertiliser for farms, locking carbon into earth and away from the atmosphere. The new biogas trucks are expected to cover around 160,000kms a year each, which Moy Park estimates will offset around an impressive 5,600 tonnes of CO2 annually. In-house trials have demonstrated that vehicles running on biomethane reduced CO2 emissions by more than 80%. This is a huge step forward in transitioning its own entire core fleet of 120 tractor units to gas by 2023. What’s more Moy Park has invested in electric car charging points and has revised its company car policy so only EVs or PHEVs can be introduced.

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H DHL Express In 2008, DHL launched GoGreen and became the first logistics company in the world to set a measurable climate protection target, to improve CO2 efficiency by 30% by 2020. This goal was achieved, four years ahead of schedule so in 2017 it took this one step further, introducing Mission 2050 - DHL’s ambition to reduce all logistics-related emissions to net zero by 2050. Electrification of its final mile fleet is key to achieving this goal. The company now has 60 electric vans operating across the UK and a further 50 will be introduced before the end of the year, with 220 more before the end of 2022. At this stage, 25% of its fleet will be electric. The company has a commitment that every new courier vehicle purchased is electric, which will result in a 100% electric fleet in the UK by 2030 at the latest. Earlier this year DHL announced the purchase of 12 fully electric Alice eCargo planes, a pioneering step into a sustainable aviation future. It has also launched a riverboat parcel delivery service on the Thames, supported by power-assisted bikes which reduces the number of vehicles on the road by replacing them with an environmentally sound alternative.

H Royal Mail In May 2021, Royal Mail launched its first ever Delivery Office to feature an all-electric fleet of collection and delivery vehicles. The Bristol East Central Delivery Office has had its 23 diesel vans replaced by fully electric equivalents. Twelve charging points have been installed on the site as part of the transformation, powered from 100% renewable sources from solar, wind and hydroelectric. Bristol was selected due to the City’s plans for a Clean Air Zone (CAZ), which will require certain vehicles to pay a daily charge to enter its centre. The Bristol all-electric office project forms part of Royal Mail’s rollout of zero emission final mile vehicles. In June, Royal Mail announced a ten-fold increase in the number of electric vehicles it runs across its UK fleet with plans to introduce around 3,000 additional electric vans throughout the UK. In May, the Company announced the launch of 29 low emission gas powered trucks, fuelled by Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (Bio-CNG).

H British Gas British Gas (owned by parent company Centrica) has about 11,000 vehicles on its fleet, made up of 9,500 vans and 1,500 cars. In 2013, the company worked with Nissan to help them bring the eNV200 full electric van to market, which led them to order 113 units. In 2019, the company worked with to test the Vivaro-e, which the company went on to order 1,000 of. This was followed with an order of 2,000 units this year, and all 3,000 are expected by the end of 2022. British Gas has rolled out just shy of 1,000 electric vehicles as it aggressively replaces its fleet of diesel vehicles, bringing its fleet total to about 10% currently - and 31% by the end of 2022. Centrica has agreed to be full EV by the end of 2025, on all cars and vans and has a strategy for procuring no further diesels after 2021. British Gas has also opened a salary sacrifice scheme for its employees to enable them to access electric vehicles, and its company car scheme will be BEV and PHEV only by the end of 2021, and BEV only from 2022.

Centrica has also developed a system and driver app which manages charging, both at home, work/ Depot and publicly.

H Mitie Mitie’s electric vehicle transition began in December 2018, with its first EV joining the fleet in May 2019. It now has now grown this fleet to 1,682 EVs, the largest pure electric fleet in the UK, and have a further 805 on order. The EVs prevent 8,410 tonnes of CO2e from being emitted annually. Mitie has also focused on its ICE vehicle’s environmental impact, and have introduced technologies such as Driver Behaviour LED Lightbars to reduce idling time, this alone has reduced diesel consumption by 75,000 litres, saving 195 tonnes of carbon in one year. What’s more, Mitie has partnered with Mina, an EV charging start-up, to enable direct payment for home-charging. This allows Mitie to control the energy-source used for EV charging, ensuring it is 100% green.

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Public Sector Commercial Fleet of the Year (small-medium) H University of Birmingham During 2019, the University of Birmingham had achieved its target to have 40 per cent of the fleet alternatively fuelled one year ahead of its five-year plan. During the lockdown period the University reviewed its fleet and kept to its principles of replacing vehicles with electric ones; if this was not practical, it would look at hybrid, or at the very least the cleanest engines available. In April 2020, the University’s total fleet was 114 vehicles, with a total CO2 of 11,268 g/Km. By July 2021, the CO2 had reduced down to 10,110 g/Km. By replacing vehicles with the cleanest engines, the University achieved a reduction of just over 10 per cent. In addition to this, the fleet now is 51 per cent alternatively fuelled, which puts the University well on track to achieve its next milestone of 60 per cent by 2025.

H Dundee City Council The Council fleet encompasses over 150 EVs, the largest of any local authority. The overarching aim is for all council cars, as well as small and medium vans, to be electric by the end of 2023. However, the transformation of larger fleet vehicles has also been a focus, with the recent introduction of six electric Refuse Collection Vehicles, two Orion E Mellor minibuses and a pure electric Johnston sweeper. What’s more, 26% of all taxis in Dundee are fully electric. Alongside vehicle expansion, the council’s public charging infrastructure now includes 39 rapid chargers and 82 fast charging posts. Dundee has also launched a new pop-up electric vehicle charging network whichh has 26 innovative, discrete EV chargers in the city, for those that don’t have driveways. The switch to electric vehicles has seen the council travel more that 5.6 million miles on pure electric, saving an estimated 250,000 tons of CO2 in the process. Vehicle replacement investments for 21/22 alone has an estimated CO2 savings of 124,565.44kg.

H Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service has switched to a cleaner fuel for its fleet of 162 vehicles, including its fire engines. In a move believed to be the first in the country, the fire service will be changing the fuel in its own fuel stores to Gas-To-Liquid, (GTL) fuel. GTL converts natural gas – the cleanest-burning fossil fuel – into high-quality liquid fuel that would otherwise be made from crude oil. Alongside the environmental benefit to using GTL, the move is also cost-effective. The service will spend roughly the same amount on the cleaner fuel each year as it was previously on diesel, and no money will need to be spent on modifying equipment at the bunkered stores to accommodate the change. The switch is much cheaper than replacing the service’s fleet with electric vehicles.

H AGH Solutions / Airedale General Hospital AGH solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Airedale General Hospital Foundation Trust. The dedicated Transport Team is responsible for the delivery and collection of patient samples and other vital medical equipment from the surrounding area, visiting over 100 GP Surgeries each day to ensure patient care is maintained to the highest standard. The transport team consists of 13 vehicles and cover approximately 20,000 miles a month. To reduce the environmental impact this high mileage, the team have moved over half of its fleet to electric vehicles. It has five fully electric cars with a further three electric vans due to start in early November. It is anticipated that this will reduce their CO2 emissions by up to 1,862kg per month and have a huge impact on the health of its patients in the community. It will also be looking to move to a fully electric fleet in 2022, battery range permitting.

H Westminster City Council and Veolia Westminster City Council (WCC) in partnership with Veolia operate a fleet of 286 specialist vehicles of various specifications and has a carbon footprint of 2954t of CO2 pa. WCC has secured funding to test modern technologies, such as hydrogen powered trucks and upcycling end of life old diesel large trucks to fully electric and alternative fuels, such as HVO and CNG. This project led to Westminster City Council being named winner of the Circular Economy Success category at the Awards for Excellence. This, along with the emissions savings, has enabled the Council to secure additional funding to transform the whole of west end cleansing operations to zero emission operations. Quarter of the 286 various vehicles operating on standard diesel have been replaced with fully electric specialist vehicles, ranging from electric flushers, waste buggies (Goupils), electric bikes to electric road sweepers, generating a saving of around 480kT of CO2 and NOx emissions per annum. The Council is also actively replacing the 40 large refuse trucks and 15 medium size vehicles with fully electric equivalent vehicles and charging these vehicles by the power generated from the incineration of the Westminster household waste.

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Public Sector Commercial Fleet of the Year (medium to large) H ODS (Oxford Direct Services/Oxford City Council) During the pandemic ODS has continued to operate almost all of its services, continuing to deliver essential services to its residents and businesses. Throughout this time the Motor Transport team have been considering how to transition its fleet to low or zero emission vehicles. And it has been very successful in growing this green fleet through the addition of new electric vehicles, installing charging points at 4 of its depots and a number of employee homes. It has also introduced a new fleet management systems and trialing alternative fuel sources such as HVO. In the last year and a half, ODS has purchased 41 new electric vehicles, almost quadrupling its total to 55 with another 26 due in 2022. This makes 17% of its 324 road vehicles electric. These new vehicles are a mix of LCVs, cars and also a few specialist items such as a Dennis E-collect 26t RCV, a Hako S2.0 sweeper, a JCB excavator and a Smiths-Cabac milk float for city street cleaning. These extra vehicles should provide an annual fleet CO2 emissions saving in excess of 83 tonnes.

ODS also has a target to convert 25 per cent of the fleet to electric by 2023, with the ambitious goal to grow this much higher in the next few years.

H West Midlands Ambulance Service WMAS continually invests in its vehicle fleet – it is the only service in the country to operate a five year replacement cycle for our front line operational fleet. This has allowed them to keep pace with and implement improvements in technology. WMAS has invested a lot of time into evolving the design of its front line emergency ambulance, part of this work has included lightweighting; its Fiat Ducato based ambulance is the lightest weight fully operational front line NHS emergency ambulance in the country.

NHS Improvement recently conducted a benchmarking exercise of all 10 english ambulance service fleets – WMAS’s model was recognised as class leading and has now become the basis for the National Ambulance Specification. In 2020, WMAS unveiled the world’s first fully electric front line emergency ambulance, which has been in operation since November 2020. It has also successfully implemented two electric rapid response cars in April 2021, and in December, two fully electric PTS (patient transport service) vehicles will be put into operation. WMAS has also transitioned its IT support team from diesel vehicles into LEVC hybrids and we have on order a number of fully electric Peugeot Experts due delivery in February 2022.

H Hull City Council Hull City Council has a fleet of 302 vehicles with 182 of these below 3.5 tonnes. The Council has a commitment to electrify its fleet below 3.5 tones by 2025 and the remaindered of the fleet to electric or hydrogen traction by 2030. The Council has a long tradition of electric vehicles in its fleet. It has had electric pool cars for several years and over the last 12 months has increased the number of electric vehicles to 33 electric vehicles. The remaining 149 will be become battery electric vehicles over the next four years.

To support this 44 charging points have been introduced across its main car parks, crematorium, mortuary, and depots. The Council has estimated that electrifying the fleet below 3.5 tonnes by 2025 will reduce the Councils overall carbon emissions by 1.25% saving 210 tonnes of carbon.

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H Steve Openshaw - Eric Wright Group Steve Openshaw is group fleet manager of Eric Wright Group and has been an advocate for electric vehicles for over eight years. Eric Wright’s car fleet is currently 22-29 g of C02 less than the construction sector and LEX Autolease (LA) - its leasing partner’s corporate fleet - with 69g of C02 on average. Alternative Fuel’s account for 47% of the car fleet which is much higher than both the LA corporate fleet and the construction sector which are closer to 26-31%. Forty-two per cent of the car fleet are ULEVs which is again higher than the peer group and its corporate fleet which sits at 1924% of their fleets. As of the end of July 2021, the company has 42 BEVs on fleet, as well as an order bank of which 95 per cent are BEVs or PHEVs. Steve is ensuring that the company is investing heavily in infrastructure to aid the transition to EVs. The head office power supply is being upgraded this year to accommodate an increase in EV charging points from five to 40 units starting in 2022. Eric Wright Group is projected to be circa 0g of C02 for 2030 if the current trajectory is seen. This is ahead of both the LA corporate fleet and the construction sector, which are projected to be closer to 50g of C02 by 2030.

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James Hornsby is the operations & service delivery manager at the Co-operative Group, which has an diverse fleet of more than 2,900 vehicles - ranging from an ice cream van to a hearse. With partners Lex Autolease, the Group launched new company car policies in 2020, centred on ULEVs. By replacing ICE vehicles with electric vehicles, the average vehicle CO2 per km has reduced 47% since. The Group’s choice list has been changed to encourage drivers to choose greener vehicles, ordering 275 ULEVs to replace ICE vehicles currently on its fleet. Almost two thirds (62%) of these new vehicles were delivered during 2020, alongside 35 pure electric vehicles.

Over 50% of the company car fleet is now electrified in some way (either regenerative hybrid, PHEV, or full electric) with a further 70 EVs and 100 PHEVs on order. Following a successful trial of five fully electric home delivery vans, 40 more will be delivered in 2021 with further electric vans planned for 2022. The Funeralcare business also saw the delivery of the 40 first regenerative hybrid hearses and limousines last year.

H Malcolm Oliver-White - Peel Ports Malcolm Oliver-White is the Group Head of Asset Management for Peel Ports, leading on the management of its fleet. The Peel fleet currently has 145 vehicles, each vehicle averaging 90K miles per year. Typical vehicles included mid-sized ICE engine LCVs and mid-sized electric LCVs, with a current average Co2 for the fleet at 142 g/km. Fifty per cent of the fleet is currently electric, and the business aims to be 100 per cent EV and zero-emission by the end of 2022. Working alongside Activa, Peel Ports is taking delivery of 36 pure EVs in the coming weeks, with new vehicles like the Maxus E being trialled and delivered on site soon. A police presence is required at the ports and currently, these vehicles need their engines running to power their lights. To reduce the emissions caused by idling, these vehicles are being replaced with EVs. The cost effectiveness of this project shows Malcolm’s dedication to building a more sustainable and environmentally conscious fleet. The delivery and introduction of the electric vans and pickups has cost the business an additional £107K over the next four years, but Malcolm has built the case for this ambitious environmental target, as a worthwhile additional cost. As well as having telematics installed into all fleet vehicles, there have been 15 chargers installed, with a further 15 being installed in phase two.

H Steve Winter, British Gas Steve Winter is head of fleet at British Gas (owned by parent company Centrica). The business has about 11,000 vehicles on its fleet, made up of 9,500 vans and 1,500 cars. In 2013, the company worked with Nissan to help them bring the eNV200 full electric van to market, which led them to order 113 units. In 2019, the company worked with to test the Vauxhall Vivaro-e, which the company went on to order 1,000 of. This was followed with an order of 2,000 units this year, and all 3,000 are expected by the end of 2022. British Gas has rolled out just shy of 1,000 electric vehicles as it aggressively replaces its fleet of diesel vehicles, bringing its fleet total to about 10% currently (and rising to 31% by the end of 2022). The company has agreed to make its fleet fully electric by the end of 2025, on all cars and vans and has a strategy for procuring no further diesels after 2021. British Gas has also opened a salary sacrifice scheme for its employees to enable them to access electric vehicles, and its company car scheme will be BEV and PHEV only by the end of 2021, and BEV only from 2022. The company has also developed a system and driver app which manages charging, both at home, work/ Depot and publicly.

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Public Sector Fleet Manager of the Year H Chris Lane - University of Birmingham Chris Lane is the transport services manager at the University of Birmingham. During 2019, the University of Birmingham had achieved its target to have 40 per cent of the fleet alternatively fuelled one year ahead of its five-year plan. In April 2020, the University’s total fleet was 114 vehicles, with a total CO2 of 11,268 g/Km. By July 2021, the CO2 had reduced down to 10,110 g/Km. By replacing vehicles with the cleanest engines, the University achieved a reduction of just over 10 per cent. In addition to this, the fleet now is 51 per cent alternatively fuelled, which puts the University well on track to achieve its next milestone of 60 per cent by 2025.

H Kevin Booker - Brecon Beacon Park Authority As fleet manager at Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, Kevin Booker has used his passion for EV technology and renewable energy to encourage change. Kevin has championed the cause of EVs through running talks and seminars, and by achieving three Guinness World Records for his EV driving.

The Park Authority deployed its first BMW i3 back in 2016 with one Pod Point Charger, followed by a second a year later enabling the organisation to achieve Go Ultra Low status. It now has four fully electric Hyundai Konas, four Renault Zoes, one Renault Kangoo Z.E Crew Van and five Outlander PHEVs. Its electric pool cars have become the first choice for many staff.

H Owain Pearce - ODS (Oxford Direct Services/Oxford City Council) Owain Pearce is the transport manager at Oxford Direct Services/Oxford City Council. The Motor Transport team has been very successful in growing its green fleet through the addition of new electric vehicles, installing charging points at 4 of its depots and a number of employee homes. It is also trialling alternative fuel sources such as HVO. In the last year and a half, ODS has purchased 41 new electric vehicles, almost quadrupling its total to 55 with another 26 due in 2022. This makes 17% of its 324 road vehicles electric. These extra vehicles should provide an annual fleet CO2 emissions saving in excess of 83 tonnes. ODS also has a target to convert 25 per cent of the fleet to electric by 2023.

H Fraser Crichton - Dundee City Council

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In 2019 we launched 7 new models all are powered by our latest generation hybrid powertrains with exceptionally low C02, virtually zero NOx and no diesel particulates. Studies show that in normal operation our advanced hybrids operate in electric mode for over 50% of the time. Towards the end of 2020 we launched the new battery electric Lexus UX 300e and this year we are launching the next generation of our zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell car, the Toyota Mirai, the Toyota PROACE EV alongside the New Toyota RAV4 Plug-In hybrid SUV and the brand-new Yaris Cross Hybrid. We will also be welcoming the all new hybrid Toyota Highlander to the UK this year for the first time.

This will extend our range of alternatively fuelled vehicles to 22 different models covering passenger car segments and LCVs, further demonstrating our commitment to provide the best range of low emission, low tax models uncompromised by inconvenience or body type.

Fraser’s main objectives have been to expand EV infrastructure, improve city wide air quality, prioritise the use of clean energy sources and lead on the growth of electric vehicles within both the council fleet and the wider www.toyota.co.uk community. The Council’s fleet now stands at 150 EVs and is the largest of any other local authority in the UK. The council has also recently introduced six electric RCVs, two Orion E Mellor minibuses and a pure electric Johnston sweeper. Alongside vehicle expansion, Fraser has overseen the growth of public charging infrastructure that now includes 39 rapid chargers and 82 fast charging posts. The switch to electric vehicles has seen the council travel more that 5.6 million miles on pure electric, saving an estimated 250,000 tons of CO2 in the process.

H Tony Page - West Midlands Ambulance Service Tony Page is head of fleet & facilities management at the Ambulance Serivce, and continually invests in its vehicle fleet. It is the only service in the country to operate a five year replacement cycle for our front line operational fleet. This has allowed them to keep pace with and implement improvements in technology.

WMAS’ Fiat Ducato based ambulance is the lightest weight fully operational front line NHS emergency ambulance in the country. NHS Improvement recently conducted a benchmarking exercise of all 10 english ambulance service fleets – WMAS’s model was recognised as class leading and has now become the basis for the National Ambulance Specification. In 2020, WMAS unveiled the world’s first fully electric front line emergency ambulance, which has been in operation since November 2020. It has also successfully implemented two electric rapid response cars in April 2021, and in December, two fully electric PTS (patient transport service) vehicles will be put into operation. WMAS has also transitioned its IT support team from diesel vehicles into LEVC hybrids.

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BringgGreen consists of a comprehensive suite of solutions focused on green fleet selection, carbon reporting, transparent internal and external sustainability communications and business innovation.

BringgGreen enables companies to meet their net-zero pledges by helping to reduce delivery-related emissions. The availability of zero-emission transportation methods is growing rapidly with delivery bots, drones and autonomous electric cars. Bringg’s technology connects customers with third-party eco-friendly fleets which use public transportation, bikes, electric vans and drones. BringgGreen also deliver efficiencies through route optimisation, efficient management of resources, and the incentivisation of eco-friendly delivery.

H DriveTech (UK) DriveTech is part of the AA and commits significant time and effort to promoting road safety – both in the UK with DriveTech, and internationally through DriveTech International. It manages approximately 500,000 delegates a year undertaking speed awareness (and other driver offender) training courses.

Its fleet driver risk and driver training business reaches an additional many hundreds of thousands of drivers driving for or on business. Driver’s Mate is an innovative new way of communicating safety with professional drivers. Designed to remind drivers of their moral and legal obligations just before getting behind the wheel, this innovative series of 90-second videos champions and reinforces on-road safety practices. With now hundreds of these videos available, Driver’s Mate encourages better behaviours and is designed to refresh a driver’s awareness and ensure an impactful change.

H Ground Control Ltd Using its own experience in transitioning our fleet, Ground Control developed ‘FleetFix’, a fully automated turnkey home EV charge point supply, installation and ongoing maintenance process managed directly with employees, which includes total visibility and monitoring for through its EV HUB. It can provide automated reimbursement of employee’s electricity costs for charging their EV at home and a fleet fuel card for use on public chargers – all this managed through dedicated EV HUB customer portal. The EV HUB is a bespoke system that has been designed and built around the business need for domestic fleet charging, providing a dedicated portal for its clients to monitor and track the supply, installation, and ongoing maintenance process.

H Webfleet Solutions Webfleet Solutions has committed to sustained investment in advanced EV fleet management innovations – developing a software solution that has become an indispensable feature of the WEBFLEET SaaS system. The Fleet Electrification Planning Report sits at the heart of the EV toolkit, enabling fleet decision-makers to identify the internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles that could be replaced with EV alternatives. The published ranges of EVs, based on dynamometer testing, can often be lower in ‘real world’ conditions. Drawing upon telematics insights from incumbent vehicles, ‘real world’ mileages can be selected by fleet managers within the planning report, along with criteria ranging from road types to standstill times, to signpost a fleet’s true EV potential. Webfleet Solutions’ recent innovation – the Energy Consumption Report – provides an analysis of energy usage in kWH, per vehicle, per day.

H BP Pulse BP Pulse has opened the UK’s first rapid charging hub for fleet vehicles using renewable energy – and it intends to open hundreds more in other UK and European cities by 2030. Its first EV Fleet Charging Hub in London’s Park Lane is the largest rapid charging facility in the city with 22 charging points. The model offered by bp pulse has already attracted the likes of Uber and Gett and stands to meet the needs of all professional drivers, whether it be taxi and delivery drivers or even blue light vehicles, including the Met Police. The EV Fleet Charging Hub in Park Lane is just the first of many hubs bp pulse is launching with Heathrow, Gatwick and other central London locations planned for later in the year.

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GREENFLEET Award for Industry Innovation (Continued) H The Miles Consultancy (TMC) TMC-e was launched in July 2020 to help businesses transition to, and manage, electric vehicles with confidence, based on real-world data about their fleets. The service includes identifying which vehicles could be swapped for electric vehicles based on their trip data, as well as the ongoing analysis of electric vehicles once live within their fleets. A key area of TMC-e is the reimbursement of electric vehicle drivers for business mileage. TMC-e’s analysis of the real world cost per mile of every electric vehicle available in the UK found that HMRC’s AER of 4ppm is insufficient for numerous vehicles, leaving many drivers out of pocket. The company has made this data freely available to the industry (AFP/ BVRLA) to support its lobbying with HMRC. TMC-e’s reimbursement tools are really simple for drivers - whether their business chooses to use AER, TMC’s Electric Rate (the cost per mile as mentioned above) or reimburse at actual cost.

H Masternaut The end-to-end solution developed by Michelin Connected Fleet (Powered by Masternaut) is designed to help fleet managers in delivering their EV transition, with two key components - a transition tool, that will help them assess their readiness and cost and emissions savings, and advanced tools for fleet managers, such as dashboard, reports, and alerts. The company uses the telematics data gathered from the customer fleet to analyse the daily mileage profile of each vehicle, and make recommendations on their suitability for EV transition. When it comes to managing and optimising an electric fleet, the company connects not only drivers and vehicles, but also chargepoints, to ensure customers achieve efficient charging. For this, it has developed EV insights, its dashboard designed with EVs in mind, which helps them with driver reimbursements, but also to understand where there may be some efficiencies to be achieved.

H Motability & Designability To prevent disabled drivers and passengers being left behind as the UK phases out the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles in 2030, disability charity Motability partnered with Designability, the human-centred design charity, on a world-leading project to ensure that future electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure is inclusive and accessible for disabled people. Motability oversees the Motability Scheme which leases vehicles to around 655,000 disabled people who enjoy the independence and freedom that access to reliable transport brings. Its research shows that by 2035, 1.35 million drivers or passengers with a disability will be partially or wholly reliant on public charging infrastructure that hasn’t been designed with their needs in mind. Given the rapid expansion of the UK’s charging network and the need to avoid expensive retrofitting of charge points that have already been installed, the charities felt it was important to act early and in support of Government and industry to make these changes. The charities have teamed up with the Department for Transport, OZEV and the British Standards Institute to create the design standards.

H The AA AA’s Freewheeling Hub is a game-changing innovation which has already transformed its breakdown service for thousands of its customers. The industry-first is a new addition to the AA’s Multi-Fit Wheel kit and a clever way for its patrols to safely tow vehicles, such as electric vehicles (EVs), 4x4s and SUVs, which normally cannot be ‘lifted’ and towed on two wheels. As well as rescuing EVs, the Freewheeling Hub can be fixed to the rear wheels of stricken vehicles so they can be towed rather than having to wait for a flatbed recovery vehicle.

The Freewheeling Hub was designed by the AA’s chief engineer Steve Ives who has worked for the AA for more than 40 years. Determined to find the seemingly impossible solution, Steve worked on his concept for months, eventually crafting a wooden prototype which was further developed with AE Oscroft.

H ULEMCo ULEMCo is leading project ZERRO (Zero Emission Rapid Response Operation) for the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust. The Zerro project, which is a collaboration between London Ambulance Service (LAS), Mellor coaches, Lyra Electronics and ULEMCo, has seen the development of a zero-emission electric fuel-cell ambulance. Using a base electric vehicle designed by Mellor to meet LAS’ specifications, ULEMCo have designed and integrated the fuel cell system, which can provide power directly to the motor and/or recharge the vehicle’s battery. The fuel cell uses hydrogen, which is stored onboard, and oxygen from the air to generate high voltage electricity which is transferred to the vehicle. This technology uses renewable energy resources, and the only emission is water, effectively cleaning the air as it travels. The prototype has been built and displayed at COP26.

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GREENFLEET Award for Outstanding Achievement The 2030 deadline for the phase out of new petrol and diesel cars and vans, as well as the recent announcement that only new zero emission HGVs will be sold from 2040, will no doubt focus minds and accelerate the green transport agenda. But there are individuals that have been flying the environmental-fleet flag for years and have been making excellent progress in eliminating emissions from their fleet operations.

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Milk & More, winners of the 2019 GreenFleet Award for Outsanding Achievement

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