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Welcome to the GREENFLEET Awards 2023 We are delighted you are able join us here at the British Motor Museum in Warwick for the 19th edition of the GREENFLEET Awards.

For many years, the GREENFLEET Awards has held its position as the key date in the EV industry calendar. Not only does it afford us the opportunity to thank you for supporting us, but allows us all a chance to celebrate the achievements of the fleet sector, over the last 12 months.

Tonight, we showcase innovation by the fleets themselves, the suppliers, the charging & infrastructure providers, the financiers and much more besides. And there is individual recognition with the Fleet Manager of the Year awards, in both the public and private sectors, plus the accolade they’re all after – The EV Champions! Tonight, we celebrate 10 years of the EV Champions and those recognised tonight will join the winners from the previous 9 years in the ‘EV Champions Hall Of Fame’. See pages 36 & 37 to see who they are.

Back by popular demand, we once again have the GREENFLEET Vehicle of the Year Award; a hotly contested category recognising the car, van or truck that has made the biggest impact on the UK fleet sector in 2023.

So, who will you meet tonight? Along with old friends, new faces and much-missed colleagues, we are delighted to be joined by award-winning comedian Simon Evans. Familiar from TV and radio appearances, as well as for his live tour shows and festival appearances, he is particularly popular on the corporate and after dinner circuit and will be your host for tonight, alongside industry ‘Big Man’, John Curtis!

On behalf of the GREENFLEET team, I would like to thank our kind sponsors, including Optimize, without whom, this event simply would not be possible.

That leaves us only to say we wish you a fun and relaxing evening and good luck to you all.

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IT Innovation Award

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Public Sector Car Fleet of the Year

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Leasing Company of the Year (up to 20,000 Vehicles) (New)

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Public Sector Commercial Fleet of the Year

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Public Sector Fleet Manager of the Year

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Leasing Company of the Year (over 20,000 Vehicles) (New) Sponsored by Plug Me In

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Private Sector Car Fleet of the Year Sponsored by Europcar

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Mobility Provider of the Year

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Private Sector Commercial Fleet of the Year Sponsored by Optimize

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Alternative Fuel Provider of the Year Sponsored by The AA

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Private Sector Fleet Manager of the Year Sponsored by Synetiq

Public & On-Street Charging Provider of the Year (New) Sponsored by Paythru

36,37 The EV Champions ‘Hall of Fame’

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16,17 Fleet & Workplace Charging Provider of the Year (New)

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GREENFLEET Vehicle of the Year Sponsored by Optimize

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HGV Manufacturer of the Year

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GREENFLEET Award for Industry Innovation Sponsored by Grosvenor Leasing

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LCV Manufacturer of the Year 43

GREENFLEET Award for Outstanding Achievement Sponsored by Optimize

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Thank you from the GREENFLEET team & sponsorship opportunities

21,22 Fleet Car Manufacturer of the Year Sponsored by Lookers Vehicle Solutions 23,25 EV Manufacturer of the Year Sponsored by ElectriX

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GREENFLEET magazine has been running for 24 years and successfully reaches thousands of fleet decision‑makers, keeping them up to date with the latest zero emission vehicles, alternative fuels, government legislation, and effective ways to run an efficient fleet.

GREENFLEET’s website has over 40,000 unique monthly viewers and carries the very latest industry news, features, road tests and case studies.

GREENFLEET runs a series of free events, including roundtables, webinars, and test drive events.

This year, GREENFLEET held the third incarnation of the EV Rally, following the success of the EV Rally of Scotland (EVROS) in 2021 and the Great British EV Rally in 2022. This event sees teams of electric vehicles drive over 1,200 miles to test the capabilities of electric vehicles and the public charging infrastructure.

As well as the magazine, website and events, GREENFLEET publishes white papers and thought leadership pieces on the environmental impact of transport and fleet operations.

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HPaythru Paythru provides innovative, scalable payment services tailored for both Charge Point Operators (CPOs) and EV charging customers. Its “Virtual Terminals” is a solution that empowers CPOs to initiate charging for customers when traditional payment terminals experience downtime. CPOs often suffer significant losses when their contactless terminals fail. An unsuccessful reader transaction means EV drivers cannot initiate charging, and call handlers are typically not authorised to take phone payments. The Virtual Terminal solution comes to the rescue by enabling CPOs to transact for the energy delivered, thus preventing costly “free vend” situations. Most importantly, this ensures that drivers are not left stranded without the charge they need.

Paythru has also committed to a comprehensive Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) exercise to evaluate its Scope 3 carbon footprint. This exercise will drive future reductions and include local offsetting schemes. With 14 years of experience in payments, Paythru has advanced its technology to suit the EV space.

HLightfoot Lightfoot’s telematics solution was developed to deliver a wholly new style of fleet management that empowers drivers through positive reinforcement.

Lightfoot is proven to reduce CO2 emissions by 15 per cent in petrol and diesel vehicles, by guiding drivers away from aggressive driving habits through real-time feedback. Research from the University of Bath’s Institute of Advanced Automotive Propulsion Systems found that Lightfoot’s driver coaching technology leads to a fivefold reduction in NOx emissions. Lightfoot’s technology also helps to prevent 45 per cent of vehicle wear and tear, which in turn results in fewer non-exhaust emissions.

Features included within Lightfoot’s EV platform consist of an automated charge expense management system; live state of charge monitoring; battery health reports; and automated charge reminders.

Last year, Lightfoot helped fleet customers save 29,985 tonnes of CO2 – equivalent to the amount absorbed by a forest of 1,427,857 trees annually.

HPaua Paua’s cutting-edge charging software is helping to drive the evolution of the electric vehicle (EV) charging paradigm. Central to Paua’s strategy was empowering enterprises, like Cinch and Motability, to adopt their white-label EV charging solutions. This involved crafting a tech-savvy platform, amalgamating a vast roaming network with diverse business models. Cinch partnered with Paua to revolutionise the used-EV buying experience by introducing a cohesive charging solution. cinchCharge was designed to simplify EV charging for end-users, merging multiple networks and payment avenues under cinch’s ecosystem.

Teaming up with Motability Operations, Paua introduced Motability Go Charge, a single-app payment solution curated for the Motability Scheme clientele, aiming to uplift their public charging network experience. Unveiled in May 2023, Motability Go Charge has received overwhelmingly positive feedback.

HDynamon Dynamon’s new Synthetic Telematics module allows businesses to run a virtual electric fleet, modeling exactly how vehicles will perform in real world conditions.

The technology, similar to that used by aerospace manufacturers and part of its ZERO software package, can either take existing telematics data or create its own for commercial vehicle fleets that don’t have the information, or can’t apply it.

Using ZERO’s extensive, bespoke database of almost all electric commercial vehicles, fleets can spec exact vehicles, including options such as battery size, tyre choice, weights, optional extras and accessories. Next, they can then create routes, using either existing journeys or by plotting new ones.

Synthetic Telematics is game-changing because fleets can now run their entire operation virtually before a wheel even turns for real, avoiding the need for expensive, often anecdotal and limited real world testing.

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IT Innovation Award (Continued) HOctopus Electroverse Octopus Electroverse for Business is an innovative management solution for businesses with EV fleets through a new online platform, with customisable reporting functions and access to over 590,000 public chargers on Octopus Electroverse. With over 190 businesses registered in the product’s first quarter, this platform targets and overcomes the typical challenges businesses face when managing an EV fleet. On the Octopus Electroverse for Business platform, businesses have ultimate visibility over their fleet’s charging sessions with the ability to view and download important charging history details all from one dashboard. Reports can be segmented by group or individual driver for further data breakdown. All bills appear in one consolidated invoice. Each assigned RFID charging card (Electrocard) links to the business account so they have complete control over the assignment of charging cards and can assign/ reassign Electrocards to each driver directly from the Octopus Electroverse for Business platform. Electrocards can access over 590,000 public charge points on the Octopus Electroverse network. Fleet drivers can also download Electroverse’s app, which includes access to features like: charger locations and availability, and the ability to start charging sessions from within the app.

HGeotab Latest innovations from Geotab include ‘Active Insights’, which is a free, turn-key intelligence engine leveraging a customer’s fleetgenerated data, together with more than 3.8 million vehicles in the Geotab ecosystem, to act as an ‘AI fleet manager’. As it continues to learn, it proactively identifies opportunities for managers to maximise safety, productivity, and sustainability. By keeping vehicles in optimum condition, it can also improve fuel economy by as much as five to ten per cent.

The Data Connector solution integrates with the organisation’s existing business intelligence tools. It features pre-built templates to quickly translate a fleet’s data into impactful insights, while helping to develop customer reporting dashboards. Project G, meanwhile, is an innovative beta solution that harnesses the power of generative AI to transform how Geotab Data Connector customers interact with vehicle data. It lets you ask questions in plain language and receive instant, data-driven insights. By leveraging generative AI, Project G simplifies data analysis and provides a user-friendly experience.

HBridgestone / Webfleet Webfleet – Bridgestone Mobility Solutions’ fleet management platform continues to break new ground to help businesses electrify their fleets. The most recent innovation is a new EV route optimisation solution that helps to maximise fleet productivity and minimise downtime. Businesses can now plan routes for drivers that take account of battery levels, capacity, average energy consumption and charge point locations. The capabilities of the Webfleet Energy Consumption Report have also been transformed. Fleet managers can keep track of the energy usage for every vehicle trip via a data report or visual map. Energy efficiency colour coding for journeys is depicted on a map trace, for an at-a-glance picture. Webfleet OptiDrive driving behaviour data for coasting and constant speed can then be analysed, alongside the energy consumption insights, to improve driver performance. The Webfleet Charger Connection Insight Report helps ensure charging occurs when tariffs are most favourable. The Fleet Electrification Planning Report, meanwhile, draws upon ‘real world’ mileages, and criteria ranging from road types to standstill times to enable fleets to identify the combustion engine vehicles that could be cost-effectively replaced with EV alternatives.

HAssetworks FleetFocus EDGE brings the power of AssetWorks FleetFocus fleet management software anywhere, with a fully responsive design, user interface, and workflow experience improvements. Edge has the ability to transform operations of all sizes and maximises their operational efficiency while helping them meet their sustainability goals.

Extensive research revealed that the average workshop consumed approximately 18,840 sheets of paper annually, resulting in the felling of 2.26 trees. Therefore, workshops using EDGE can effectively save 2.2 tons of CO2 a year. The company also plants a tree for each technician who chooses to switch to a tablet using FleetFocus EDGE. Other benefits include digital transportation - where FleetFocus EDGE can access critical fleet data from any device, anywhere, as well as enhanced maintenance planning and efficient asset tracking. Smart Analytics and reporting meanwhile is where EDGE provides robust analytics and reporting capabilities, allowing fleet managers to gain insights into fleet performance and identify areas for improvement.

HTrakm8 Trakm8 Optimisation Algorithm has been used within Sainsbury’s fleet to significantly improve its delivery efficiency performance.

Sainsbury’s wanted to address various challenges and offer more flexibility in its delivery time slots, ultimately resulting in increased customer satisfaction. Trakm8 developed and hosted a highly scalable elastic service algorithms for home delivery optimisation which provide end customers with flexible slot booking availability, as well as highly efficient schedule planning for delivery drivers. The key benefits were to significantly reduce last-mile delivery failures, meet customers’ home delivery expectations, and reduce fleet costs and decrease harmful environmental emissions. It also allows for dynamic optimisation: adding or removing deliveries, vehicles, or drivers.

Trakm8 exceeded Sainsbury’s initial optimisation performance providing nearly double the anticipated level. Trakm8 achieved a miles per drop efficiency improvement of over 10 per cent resulting in substantial savings in CO2 emissions, fuel consumption, and ultimately costs.

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H Grosvenor Leasing Grosvenor Leasing’s 0Zone EV transition consultancy service is guiding fleet customers to become some of the greenest in the country, while also ensuring its own fleet leads by example. By 2025, Grosvenor Leasing’s internal fleet will be completely emission-free. Already, its in-house fleet is 85 per cent electrified, with 60 per cent of vehicles fully electric.

For customers, 0Zone’s whole life cost-based guidance has ensured more than 80 per cent of Grosvenor’s new car orders now having zero-emission capability, significantly higher than the leasing industry average, helping customers halve their overall CO2 emissions and cutting customer car fleet emissions below 70g/km on average.

Several customer fleets are now fully zero-emission, helped by an extensive EV product range that can provide new and used leasing for electric cars and vans.

Through Grosvenor’s innovative electric van switch programme, customers can source an ICE van on a flexible contract, then switch to an EV with free early termination when a suitable fully-electric van is offered by manufacturers.

As well as its car salary sacrifice solution, Grosvenor has launched a salary sacrifice scheme for home chargers, delivering a low-cost solution whether drivers have a salary sacrifice car or not.

H Prohire Limited Recognising the urgent need for zero emission transportation solutions, Prohire have ProGreen – a division committed to leading the charge toward a sustainable fleet future. ProGreen focuses on alternative fuels, electric vehicles, and other eco-conscious initiatives, for all types of vehicles weight categories and trailers that also support the cold chain industry. Prohire is proud to have achieved industry firsts with its ProGreen division, including the creation of all-electric temperature-controlled vehicles that cater to its customers’ specific needs. These include Wiltshire Farm Foods, Savona Foodservice, Unipart (NHS contract) and Apetito.

These all-electric temperature-controlled vehicles are equipped with cutting-edge temperature monitoring and control systems, allowing clients to maintain precise temperature ranges throughout the entire delivery process.

Having successfully partnered with over 450 companies, ProGreen has offered sustainable energy solutions that effectively diminish carbon emissions and encourage a more environmentally friendly atmosphere.

Meanwhile Proflex offers fully flexible fleet solutions, tailored to both short-term and long-term rental needs. Its diverse fleet encompasses a variety of vehicles, from 7.5-ton vans to robust 44-ton Tractor Units.

H Lookers Vehicle Solutions Lookers Vehicle Solutions’ outright purchase, leasing, rental and fleet management solutions are tailored specifically to its clients’ needs. As part of Lookers PLC, a major motor retail group, fleets can choose from a huge range of manufacturers.

The company can also tailor solutions to include breakdown cover, accident management, servicing and repairs, fleet management.

The percentage of fully electric car leases has increased enormously since 2019, from 0.4 per cent of its fleet to 52 per cent.

Lookers Group, and consequently Lookers Vehicle Solutions, is committed to the transition to battery electric vehicles and has also publicly announced its ambition to be net-zero carbon by 2050 or sooner.

Lookers Group, in conjunction with the Carbon Literacy Project, Auto Trader and other companies, has developed a Carbon Literacy Toolkit for the automotive industry. This provides industry-specific information on reducing carbon emissions.

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This year, GREENFLEET held the third incarnation of the EV Rally, following the success of the EV Rally of Scotland (EVROS) in 2021 and the Great British EV Rally in 2022. This event sees teams of electric vehicles drive over 1,200 miles to test the capabilities of electric vehicles and the public charging infrastructure.

As well as the magazine, website and events, GREENFLEET publishes white papers and thought leadership pieces on the environmental impact of transport and fleet operations.

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(over 20,000 vehicles) H Volkswagen Financial Services Fleet VWFS Fleet has made substantial investments to continue supporting fleets of all sizes with their EV transition with its EVolve proposition – which offers support for fleets, including a host of tools, solutions, services and advice.

VWFS Fleet has achieved exceptional organic growth – 43 per cent between 2016 and 2022 – with its fleet now at 205,176 vehicles. Its ongoing work to strengthen its EVolve proposition has had significant environmental impacts, with a 58 per cent CO2 deduction across its order bank between 2020 and 2022, and EV orders growing ahead of industry averages.

An example of VWFS Fleet’s decarbonisation success is with customer Wincanton, which resulted in an 18 per cent CO2 deduction, where the customer’s carbon footprint has reduced from 100g/km to 71g/km in the last 12 months.

H ALD Automotive The newly merged ALD Automotive and LeasePlan (ALD-LP) put decarbonisation at the core of what they do. The ALD-LP merger combines two market-leading propositions that are different but complimentary. As of June 23, 19 per cent of LeasePlan and 45 per cent of ALD car deliveries were EVs, far higher than the industry average (14 per cent). They also have an ambition to achieve net zero tailpipe emissions by 2030.

Electrification is advocated through the EV100, World EV Day, World Economic Forum, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and the BVRLA. Its expert teams provide insight and guidance on the EV business case, scenario modelling, and charging solutions to ensure seamless, cost-effective EV transitions.

H Novuna Novuna Vehicle Solutions’ has a track record of maintaining an 100 per cent vehicle compliance rate and ensuring 99.6 per cent vehicle availability rate. Novuna’s fleet has experienced impressive growth, expanding by an impressive 46 per cent over the past five years. Its extensive fleet, comprising over 100,000 assets, allows it to provide comprehensive fleet solutions, regardless of the mix of specialist and commercial vehicles. Novuna empowers clients to reduce the total cost of operating their fleets, alleviating internal management pressures, and creating a clear path towards electrification.

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H Tusker Tusker has led the way in providing new cars to people who wouldn’t traditionally have been offered one, and who may not otherwise be able to afford one, for the past 15 years. The scheme is now available to more than 1.6 million people from more than 1,600 organisations. Tusker is committed to reducing the impact on the environment and now not only offsets the emissions of its cars on the road, but also charging emissions for EVs and have now offset more than 250,000 tonnes of carbon. Tusker’s fleet has gone from three per cent EV to 80 per cent EV in less than three years.

Tusker is also a member of the EV100 and a founding partner of World EV Day.

H Arval Arval UK provides sustainable mobility solutions including vehicle funding and fleet management.

The company’s global “1 Electrified Vehicle = 1 Tree” scheme is an initiative which pledges that a tree will be planted for every new electrified vehicle it leases. In the UK, the initiative has so far seen more than 41,000 trees planted.

Arval’s customer AkzoNobel has reduced the overall CO2 output of its UK car fleet by 47 per cent in 18 months using a green company car scheme. The company also trialled three electric vans using Arval’s Flex-EV – its electric mid-term rental product.

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Mobility Provider of the Year HAX AX provides accident aftercare services and intelligent fleet management solutions and has undergone a significant transformation over the past few years to focus green mobility. AX has pioneered the concept of an EV-for-EV guarantee following an accident, this ensures that an EV driver doesn’t need to compromise. It offers this EV promise despite the General Terms of Agreement not accounting for the increased cost of EVs, impacting its margins by over seven per cent, while passing on the benefits to its fleet partners and drivers. To this end, AX has made significant investments in electrifying its fleet, resulting in a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. It has also invested hundreds of thousands of pounds in infrastructure to cater for these vehicles, including charge points. Its ICE car fleet has become increasingly efficient, too. A customer car that is damaged is less efficient than the AX replacement vehicle. Typically, an AX car emits 4.4 per cent less CO2.

AX has also published a white paper explaining the need for fleets to accelerate EV adoption and outlining the obstacles businesses may need to overcome.

HEuropcar Europcar Mobility Group UK is committed to maximising carbon reduction and supporting sustainability across business mobility.

Its strong manufacturer partnerships have enabled Europcar to continually upgrade the quality and sustainability of its fleet. Over 1,000 fully electric and a further nearly 600 plug-in hybrids are already available to all customer types at reservation; Europcar also actively offers electric vehicles at point of pick up.

Setting the right example, 86 per cent of Europcar’s own company car vehicle orders in the past 24 months have been for fully electric and plug-in hybrid. Since 2021 CO2 emissions on employees’ company vehicles have been reduced by 85 per cent compared with the legacy fleet. The Delivery & Collection service using electric cars and bikes has so far taken a total of 141,734 ICE miles off the road in 2023 (up to August), saving an equivalent of 36,000 Kg of CO2. There are now more than 200 EV charge points installed across the Europcar UK network. Europcar was also the first UK rental operator to partner with Zapmap, providing a UK-wide map of electric charging points to help drivers, and a journey cost calculator to help compare the savings of switching to electric.

HCo Wheels Car Club Co Wheels is a social enterprise set up to provide an environmentally friendly, socially just, community-based alternative to car ownership offering low emission, hybrid and fully electric vehicles across 60 locations around the UK. As the largest community interest car club operator, Co Wheels are committed to improving society. Its focus is helping its 30,000 members save money, reduce UK car ownership and create cleaner, greener local communities by making lower impact transport options widely available.

Co Wheels is proud to operate over 500 electric, hybrid and fuel-efficient petrol cars across England, Scotland and Wales. Its vehicles emit 54 per cent less than the average privately owned car and its aim to become an entirely green fleet will lower these statistics even further. Its Corporate Fleet Management Car Sharing solution provides a fresh alternative to grey fleet, pool cars and ad-hoc rental vehicles, proven to reduce fleet mobility costs for private organisations.

HHiyacar Hiyacar is a tech company which has developed a versatile vehicle sharing platform. It is the only CoMoUK accredited car club operator allowing both P2P car sharing (Airbnb for cars) and traditional return to base car clubs on the same platform. It is currently allowing 33,000 verified drivers share 2,600 live vehicles.

Hiyacar provides a low cost technology solution to allow community car clubs with all the tools to operate a fully automated return to base car club services. Hiyacar also provides Car Club Solutions for new developments, pool car fleet management systems for NHS Trusts, as well as for local authorities.

Most recently Hiyacar are working with a London Borough to allow their staff to share their pool cars internally amongst their staff during working hours and then opening them up to the public in evenings, weekends and holidays. This provides the public with affordable access to low emission vehicles as well as providing the Council with an income stream to offset the cost of the vehicles.

HElectriX Powered by LV General Insurance ElectriX powered by LV= General Insurance is a one-stop shop offering drivers everything they need to get on the road with an electric car – from leasing a vehicle, through to buying a home charger and getting electric car insurance. Throughout 2019 and 2020, ElectriX spent a great deal of time researching car leasing companies and home charging solutions that aligned to its key strategic goals – “putting customers at the heart”. From finding the right vehicle leasing experts – CBVC, to providing a smart home charging solution via a leading provider Indra, as well as offering bespoke insurance as well as useful guidance and advice, its Car-Charger-Cover solution was born! In addition, Electrix designed a comprehensive online information hub to truly support its values.

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H CNG Fuels CNG Fuels has acquired a majority stake in Renewable Transport Fuel Services (RTFS), the largest renewable biomethane sourcing company for UK transport.

A new holding company, ReFuels has been established. ReFuels combines CNG Fuels’ rapidly growing UK network of public access Bio-CNG refuelling stations with RTFS’s upstream biomethane sourcing activities to create one of Europe’s largest fully integrated renewable biomethane suppliers for heavy transport.

ReFuels has recently opened its 13th low-carbon refuelling station – the first station of its kind to open in Wales. The new site, with 12 pumps capable of refuelling over 500 HGVs daily and cutting over 60,000 tonnes of CO2 annually.

H Element 2 Element 2 is constructing a new, high-volume hydrogen refuelling station at Teesside International Airport, supported by a grant from Innovate UK. The project will see the development of a large-scale hydrogen refuelling station at the airport, supporting a long-term trials of commercial vans, led by IVe, as well as additional passenger cars and airside support vehicles, led by Tees Valley Airport. What’s more, the HyNTS consortium, which includes Element 2, has moved to the Beta stage of the HyNTS Deblending for Transport Applications project. This will create a de-blending and refuelling facility to showcase how grid-extracted hydrogen can be purified, stored and used for heavy transport refuelling. Element 2 is also partnering with fuel card provider Radius and its UK Fuels network to enable access to a reliable supply of fuel cell grade hydrogen.

H Gasrec Bio-LNG supplier Gasrec is undertaking a considerable expansion over the next few years, with three new refuelling locations to open before the end of Q1 2024.

Earlier this year, the business reported an all-time sales spike for biomethane across the road transport sector, a trend which is expected continue. To ensure it can meet those growing demands, Gasrec has signed a multi-year supply contract with a UKbased LNG wholesaler at Grain LNG. That deal complements the existing long-term agreement with the National Grid, which operates the facility on the Isle of Grain – the largest LNG terminal in Europe. In addition, new agreements have been put in place with two other European LNG terminals – in Dunkirk, France and the Gate terminal in Rotterdam, the Netherlands – to ensure a constant supply of biomethane.

H Fuel Cell Systems Fuel Cell Systems designs, builds and supports electrolyser systems for hydrogen production and storage. For refuelling, it can deliver everything from an emergency-fill mini-dispenser to a fully plumbed-in static station.

Fuel Cell Systems’ Mobile Hydrogen Refueller – HyTruck, was present at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, providing a refuelling service for a new generation of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, including the debut of the new BMW iX5 Hydrogen.

Fuel Cell Systems also supplied its HyQube Refueller to support the H2 City Gold electric bus at a zero-emission public transport demonstration at the Neat Port Talbot and Swansea area of South Wales. Protium produced the hydrogen from its installation at the University of South Wales Hydrogen Centre.

H Certas Energy Certas Energy HVO is a drop-in alternative diesel made from renewable raw materials and sustainable waste from verified vegetable fats and oils. Certas Energy has switched its own fleet to HVO, and has been featured as a case study in Zemo’s latest Renewable Fuels guide, demonstrating the power of the renewable diesel to decarbonise heavy duty vehicle fleets. Certas Energy is also a Recognised Fuel Supplier under Zemo’s Renewable Fuels Assurance Scheme (RFAS).

Certas Energy will also provide assistance to Royal Mail with its roll-out of HVO for its HGVs, and has launched a HVO delivery service, to make it easier for businesses.

As the UK’s number one provider of roadside assistance, we serve almost 10m business customers, working with around three fifths of the UK’s top 20 fleets. We’re also quickly becoming the UK’s leading mobility technology and customer service provider for SMEs, manufacturers and charge post operators. We offer the perfect mix of industry leading services with first-class customer service, being named as a Which? Recommended Provider for breakdown cover for four years running.

Our organisation is strongly technology and data-led, while our service for corporate customers goes beyond just keeping drivers on the road. We also help minimise wider stress and disruption to fleets and ensure the smoother running of operations through our awardwinning services, including Key Assist, Battery Assist, Fuel Assist and EV Support.

We put our customers first, through core values of care, courtesy, collaboration, dynamism, and expertise.

Whether it’s our Patrols rescuing a driver at the side of the road, our garage network providing service, maintenance and repairs, our new electric vehicle charge post support, our financial services and banking services, accident management, garage accreditation and vehicle sales, manufacturer recalls or vehicle inspections.

We’re there for customers at every step of their journey.

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H Mer UK To date, Mer has installed over 350 public charge points, which have enabled 32 million EV miles. Mer is building hubs with multiple charge points to increase availability and reliability of EV charging for drivers. It supports commercial landowners as they install EV charging at retail parks, leisure and hospitality businesses, garden centres, and commercial properties. Clients include Stane Retail Park, Blue Diamond, Gateway Café, and Sears Retail Park. Mer also offers financed packages via frameworks, saving time and costs for local authorities. Its public sector clients include Durham County Council, Eastleigh Borough Council, and Dorset Council. Drivers can easily locate charge points by using the Driver Portal, the Mer Connect UK app, and Zap-Map. Its Driver Portal and app note the charger type and whether the charger is in use.

H Char.gy Char.gy is a fast-growing public network focused on helping a key group of people change to electric cars: the 40% of UK homes without a private driveway suitable for EV charging. In the last year char.gy has nearly trebled the size of its network, whilst continuing to provide exemplary customer service and innovations that make EV adoption easier. The company has delivered the fastest monthly installation rate of any public network – 500 new charge points in four weeks. Char.gy has also introduced a market leading day/night tariff to keep public charging affordable, and has delivered record reliability for an on-street network of over 98.5%. Char.gy makes its own charge points and the software that they run on. Together with its in-house team of maintenance technicians, Char.gy delivers an outstanding network-wide reliability.

H SWARCO Smart Charging SWARCO Smart Charging’s dedication to revolutionising the EV charging landscape has garnered recognition and trust from esteemed partners such as SSE, Transport for Wales, and the Scottish Government. SWARCO operates the largest public charging network in Scotland, ChargePlace Scotland. With thousands of charging points strategically placed throughout Scotland, the company has ensured that drivers have convenient access to reliable network, with the support from the Scottish Government. Transport for Wales also selected SWARCO Smart Charging to provide essential EV charging infrastructure.

By collaborating closely with Transport for Wales, Swarco has played a pivotal role in accelerating the transition towards sustainable transportation solutions. Swarco’s charging infrastructure complements its vision for integrated, eco-friendly transport.

H GRIDSERVE The GRIDSERVE Electric Highway is a nationwide, sustainably-powered EV chargepoint network covering 85 per cent of the UK’s motorways. The network has chargers at over 170 locations delivering over 10 million miles of range into the UK’s electric vehicles each month, including 28 Electric Super Hubs and two innovative Electric Forecourts®.

This equals over 680 chargepoints with over 260 of them being High Power 350kW chargepoints. GRIDSERVE has seen a 35 per cent increase in charging sessions in August 2022 in comparison to August 2023, saving 300,00kg of CO2 as demand grows. Gridserve’s chargepoints are powered by 100% net zero carbon energy through GRIDSERVE’s pioneering Sun-to-Wheel platform.

H Qwello UK Launched in the UK in late 2022, Qwello has already installed 50 charging stations in The City of London near iconic locations such as the Tower of London, St Paul’s Cathedral, Smithfield Market and The Barbican. It has also recently won contracts with Essex CC, the Metropolitan District of Solihull, and East Lothian, meaning by mid-2024 Qwello will have at least 300 more contactless cable attached 22kW AC on-street charge points installed. Qwello’s fast charging stations offer up to 22 KW of AC power through socket charging and/or via a distinctive integrated retractable plug and cable in a protective drum reducing trip hazards. Its unique modular charging poles feature multiple payment options including access via an integrated contactless credit/debit card.

Paythru specialises in tailored payment solutions for the Electric Vehicle (EV) and eMobility sectors, leveraging 14 years of expertise in payment and mobility services.

Driver-Facing Frontend Services: White-label mobile apps for iOS and Android, customised for seamless EV charging. Browser-based web apps offer accessible interfaces.

Flexible Backend Integrations: Seamless integrations with Charge Point Management Systems, supporting standard interfaces like Open Charge Point Interface (OCPI) and APIs. Payment Processing: Secure payments processed through a cost-effective gateway, supporting Google Pay and Apple Pay. Advanced Mobile App Features: Mobile app includes private charger support, charger mapping, and a seamless payment experience.

Hassle-Free Web App for Operators: Operators can use the web app for guest users, offering a QR interface for quick charging.

Streamlined User Experience: Launch apps via QR codes or NFC tags, with design and print services available.

Roaming and RFID Support: Roaming hub integrations and RFID cards for corporate fleets.

Ongoing Innovation: Emerging technologies like ISO15118 to keep your business innovative.

Data Ownership: Complete data ownership and access for tailored marketing and customer service.

Compliant with PCI, ISO, and ESG standards, Paythru also offers contactless solutions adhering to regulations, with revenue opportunities through advertising. Financial partnerships can also cover installation costs.

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GREENFLEET runs a series of free events, including roundtables, webinars, and test drive events.

This year, GREENFLEET held the third incarnation of the EV Rally, following the success of the EV Rally of Scotland (EVROS) in 2021 and the Great British EV Rally in 2022. This event sees teams of electric vehicles drive over 1,200 miles to test the capabilities of electric vehicles and the public charging infrastructure.

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Fleet & Workplace Charging Provider of the Year H Novuna Novuna Vehicle Solutions’ comprehensive charging solutions cover all aspects, from sourcing to installation, and charge point management for a wide range of vehicles, ensuring accessibility, efficiency, and sustainability. Novuna’s workplace and depot charging solutions further compliments its fleet leasing services and provides customers with a true end-to-end fleet decarbonisation offering through working with a single organisation. One of its standout achievements is Novuna’s Trowbridge Charging Forecourt. This exemplar facility showcases innovative energy management practices. At the core of this facility lies the integration of a solar carport with a 180kWh battery storage system. This innovative setup optimises the utilisation of renewable energy sources, resulting in substantial cost savings and a significantly reduced carbon footprint. Novuna also employs off-peak charging methods, optimising energy usage.

H SWARCO Smart Charging SWARCO Smart Charging’s Fleet Charging Division is a distinguished provider of comprehensive EV fleet charging solutions, encompassing consultation, design, installation, management, and maintenance of tailored charging points. Its custom solutions optimise infrastructure for precise charge delivery, reducing operational costs and enhancing fleet efficiency. It prioritises lower total ownership and charging costs through high-efficiency, low THD chargers. Its competitive edge lies in SWARCO’s global presence, boasting over 5,000 employees and a 1 billion euro turnover last year, ensuring reliability and long-term partnership. Cutting-edge software empowers efficient fleet management and charging point optimisation. With a dedicated team of 70+ support and engineering experts, Swarco Smart Charging maintains an impressive 99% charge point uptime, often achieving a four-hour SLA across mainland UK. Strategic partnerships with leading hardware OEMs enable tailored solutions for diverse fleets.

H ChargedEV ChargedEV has demonstrated exceptional growth and achievements in the past year.

Notable projects include a major installation for North Tyneside Council, involving 66 chargers at a single location, showcasing its expertise in managing large-scale projects.

The company has also secured maintenance contracts with Smith Brothers Stores Ltd for their UK sites and a substantial contract with Cygnet Healthcare, involving approximately 150 chargepoints nationwide. In total, ChargedEV has completed over 200 installations, adding 900 new sockets to the UK’s charging network.

ChargedEV’s proprietary software, Chargeasy, has emerged as a vital tool for users. It streamlines charging session management, monitoring, and enhances the overall user experience.

H Vital EV Solutions Vital EV Solutions provides an industry-leading service level that makes electrification easy for the HGV/LCV industry. As experienced Electric Vehicle (EV) charger installation experts, and specialists in high-power, fast-charging DC truck and LCV solutions, this year marks its biggest and best ever for service development, growth, and customer feedback. Since foundation in 2019, Vital has seen an average 400% YoY growth – 437% in the last year alone. This is derived from 1,129 successful charger installations for 106 clients, up 324% and 195% last year, respectively. Key highlights include the UK’s fastest EV charger (400kW) installed at UTAC Millbrook and the UK’s largest electric truck depot (42 bays) installed at Landmann Way. Vital’s workforce has grown from 38 last year to 63 this year, including 30 nationwide, fully-equipped, highly-qualified engineers able to fulfil and often exceed our four-hour SLA for on-site attendance.

Vital EV Solutions has launched its Networks Team this year, dedicated to providing truly 24/7 service, supported through the company’s Occulus software.

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Fleet & Workplace Charging Provider of the Year (Continued) H Plug Me In Spotting a gap in the market, Plug Me In sought to encourage further commercial EV adoption by providing an innovative, hassle-free solution for businesses taking steps to electrify their fleet or workforce. While it has historically offered funding support for businesses, the vision was to go further and create a comprehensive solution covering all elements of the EV charging process, from planning, survey and installation; to workplace, home and on-the-go charging; and financial support. By partnering with Mina, Plug Me In combines best-in-class service, funding support, and installation expertise with Mina’s software and solutions. An all-in-one solution, ‘Onefleet®’ offers businesses a low-effort and cost-effective path to embrace EVs. Essential services have been consolidated into a single package, streamlining the complex process of EV adoption, making it easier and more financially viable.

The Onefleet® partnership showcases Plug Me In’s dedication to encouraging widespread EV adoption. Offering innovative financing solutions and a no upfront fee option, Plug Me In is empowering businesses to transition and contribute to a greener, more sustainable future to the benefit of all.

H Mer UK Combining its understanding of fleet vehicles and their charging requirements with its experience of overseeing more than 2,000 commercial installations, Mer UK’s fleet and workplace division designs bespoke, end-to-end, reliable EV charging solutions for businesses across the UK. Mer UK guides its clients through infrastructure requirements and operating models, offering on-site surveys, feasibility assessments, and project design and planning. Its aftercare packages include annual safety checks, infrastructure maintenance and a 24/7 helpline.

To support IKEA’s stated aim of reaching 100 per cent zero emission deliveries by 2025, Mer enabled IKEA to make one of the biggest EV charging infrastructure investments for last-mile deliveries in the UK to date. The charging points will be available for all EVs making home deliveries across the UK and Ireland for IKEA. Mer installed 7kW fast chargers at DX Freight, allowing drivers to plug in at the end of the day and recharge overnight. The Mer Connect back-office platform gives DX full visibility in real time of charger status and usage, carries out regular health checks on each charge point, and can remotely fix some issues without the need for an engineer call-out, reducing downtime.

Other Mer clients include The AA, NTW Solutions, Kings College London, Medequip, University of Bristol, Costain, Tarmac, Stapletons, Scottish Water, Asda, Breezemount, Close Brothers, and Dawson Group.

H ElectrAssure ElectrAsssure is a family-owned EV charging solutions provider with big ambitions that consistently overachieves on its customer expectations. ElectrAssure constantly reviews the ever-changing market to ensure it offers its customers the best suited charging hardware and software for their requirements. Once a high-quality installation has been delivered, ElectrAssure provides ongoing service and maintenance to ensure customers fleets are fully operational and constantly achieve uptime of over 99 per cent.

ElectrAssure is proud to partner with Herts college to present the ElectrAssure Training Academy. The academy will provide young apprentices and full time students an opportunity to work with EV charging as part of their regular courses, exposure they simply wouldn’t have without the academy. It also creates a pathway for work offering candidates paid apprenticeships at ElectrAssure.

ElectrAssure offers value and cost efficiency by offering multiple hardware and software solutions so the customer purchases the products and services their fleets need to operate. By combining a thorough consultation and using EV charging experience, ElectrAssure can truly understand its customers’ requirements and potential challenges in the present or future. With a focus on high quality installations, its customers experience fewer operational delays/cost post installation. By future proofing, ElectrAssure saves its customers time, money and operational pressures in years to come.

H Ohme Ohme’s chargers make a difference as they are energy agnostic, work with any energy provider and also any tariff. Ohme chargers are the only EV chargers that work with Octopus Intelligent, the cheapest off-peak electricity tariff in the UK. Ohme’s technology enables drivers to charge their cars when their rate is at its lowest and also when there is the highest level of renewable energy on the grid with the lowest Co2 per kWh. This enables fleet managers not only to save on their running costs but also to have a verified CO2 rating for their fleet which helps with tendering processes. The Ohme software portal can also align with other fleet software from the likes of Allstar and Mina to give the fleet manager a total solution.

Eddie Forrester, EDSB fleet manager, said: “The Ohme software portal has been the key to the success of us running these cars, we simply couldn’t have made the switch without it.The directors wanted to ensure that no driver felt out of pocket and Ohme gives us a monthly report of EV use across the whole company.”

With only a fifth of EDSB’s fleet having transitioned to electric, Forrester estimate he has already saved around £43,000 a year on fuel savings.

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HGV Manufacturer of the Year HDAF Trucks The expansion of production facilities with a new Electric Truck Assembly factory in Eindhoven fired the starting gun on the arrival of DAF Trucks’ 2023. The new plant manufactures the ‘International Truck of the Year 2023’ New Generation DAF XD and XF Electric which has a WLTP range of over 310 miles, and come in 4x2 and 6x2 rigid, and 4x2 tractor forms. The PACCAR e‑drivelines have 170-350kW outputs, with modular battery packs. The smallest has a capacity of 210kWh and offers a range of up to 124 miles, with the largest at 525kWh and over 310 miles. DAF’s e-trucks are also embedded in UK fleets, with the Asset Alliance Group placing an order for 1,500 new models – including at least 75 e-HGVs. There is more reason for DAF to celebrate in 2023, too; an LF Electric driven by Team DAF-Cenex completed the GreenFleet 2023 EV Rally. The 19-tonne DAF e-HGV was seconded from the UK’s Battery Electric Truck Trial (BETT), which now has 20 LF Electrics in service.

HIveco While its eDaily made a splash in the LCV sector, IVECO’s big 2023 news in the heavy truck arena is the announcement that it will produce and market its Heavy-Duty Battery Electric Vehicle (HD BEV) and Heavy-Duty Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (HD FCEV) under its own brand, after IVECO Group’s acquisition of the full and sole ownership of the German company from the former joint venture Nikola IVECO Europe. The HD BEV has a range of up to 310 miles from its 738kWh batteries, with charging power up to 350kW, while the 480kW HD FCEV can travel up to 497 miles on 70kg of hydrogen stored at 700-bar pressure. Away from electrified trucks, German supermarket EDEKA Minden-Hannover has announced plans to replace its diesel fleet of 700 vehicles with IVECO S-WAY LNG trucks to meet its goal of a complete low-CO2 vehicle fleet by 2025. The firm has already ordered 275 S-WAY LNG trucks in 2022 and 2023; these join 80 IVECO LNG trucks already in service.

HMercedes-Benz Trucks UK GREENFLEET’s reigning HGV Manufacturer of the Year, Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK is hoping for a hat-trick of wins in 2023. As the sales and marketing organisation responsible for Daimler Truck products in the UK, Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK (MBTUK) offers electric trucks spanning 4.25 to 44-tonnes. In 2023, MBTUK successfully completed the GREENFLEET EV Rally in the 27-tonne eActros 400 6x2. On day one, the eActros was the only vehicle which didn’t need to stop to charge, the truck travelling 325 miles from Cardiff to Nottingham, with 12 per cent SoC left, thanks to its efficient eAxle. The eActros is also available as a 19-tonne rigid truck, and like the eActos 400 6x2, has been in operation with UK customers for the past year. The Drinks Club operates its eActros 300 from Heathrow, running goods into Central London, and a UK supermarket has taken delivery of a rigid eActros 300 and an articulated eActros 300LS with a gross combination weight of 40-tonnes. 2023 has also seen the World Premiere of the long haul eActros 600, with over 600kWh of battery capacity, and a range of over 310 miles.

HRenault Trucks Just before the turn of 2023, Renault Trucks unveiled its latest E-Tech T and C heavy-duty electric trucks. The first to bear the maker’s updated logo, the new arrivals mean Renault Trucks provides electric mobility for all uses: from a 650kg cargo bike to a 44t e-tractor and construction truck. Vehicles from the E-Tech T family will be supplied to two consortiums selected to receive funding as part of the UK Government’s £200m Zero Emissions Road Freight Demonstration (ZERFD) Programme, which aims to accelerate the uptake of zero emissions HGVs. The eFREIGHT 2030 consortium, led by Voltempo, consists of logistics specialists, high street names and hauliers to demonstrate up to 100 battery electric 40-44 tonne 4x2 and 6x2 tractor units, and a network of 32MW capacity charging locations. Operators adding Renault e-HGVs to fleets in 2023 include the Ashcroft Group and Welch’s Transport, while Tarmac has trialled the UK’s first all-electric concrete mixer.

HScania Swedish truck manufacturer Scania has focused heavily on its BEV truck family in 2023. In March it delivered a 66-tonne, 300kWh, three-axle P 45 e-HGV to the Verdalskalk limestone quarry in Norway, while another Scania electric truck arrived with the Shoprite Group in South Africa. The world’s first all-electric car transporter – a Scania P 25 230kWh with Kässbohrer body and trailer – has also been introduced by German logistics specialist ARS Altmann Automobillogistik. Scania has also announced that it is starting series production of its updated BEV truck family for regional transport. The new e-HGVs have a gross vehicle weight of up to 64 tonnes, new electric drive systems from 270 to 400kW and new batteries with cells from Northvolt. Range is up to a quoted 242 miles. Scania has also begun work on a solar-powered truck, whose electrical propulsion is generated by the vehicle’s own solar cells, sited in a trailer attached to a plug-in hybrid truck/tractor.

HVolvo Trucks Volvo Trucks’ reputation has been built on consistently developing and investing in latest technologies. The flagship and bestselling FH series celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2023, while new gas‑powered Volvo FH and FM models with upgraded 493bhp engines, and a driving range of up to 621 miles, have also been unveiled. The only truck manufacturer in the UK to offer a complete all-electric line-up from 16.7 to 46 tonnes, over 4,300 Volvo e-trucks have been sold globally. Continuing to explore hydrogen mobility, Volvo also completed the first public test of its fuel cell EV truck technology in 2023.

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LCV Manufacturer of the Year H Iveco IVECO’s star launch in 2023 is its new eDaily which offers class-leading advantages in towing capability and battery options due to a modular battery set-up. The eDaily is a comprehensive family of panel and window vans, chassis cabs/cowls, and minibuses from 3.5t to 7.2t GVW. A choice of one (37kWh), two (74kWh) or three (111kWh) batteries means an operator can add or remove batteries or swap a unit between vehicles should a vehicle mission change. Official WLTP combined cycle ranges start at 64 miles for the 3.5t, 37kWh single-battery model, through to 186 miles for the 111kWh, three-battery 4.25t variant. Every model includes the eSTART connectivity package for a four-year period, allowing fleet managers to monitor and manage vehicle downtime and plan routes, and precondition batteries. New fleet deals have been signed, one with the Petit Forestier Group, which has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 2,000 eDaily chassis cabs that will be converted by its subsidiary Lecapitaine.

H Maxus / Harris Automotive Distributors MAXUS (formerly LDV) was relaunched in the UK in January 2016 by Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC). Since then, the brand has established itself as a leader in the LCV sector, following the launch of new zero-emission commercial vehicles, including the all-electric eDELIVER 3 and eDELIVER 9 vans, and most recently, the eDELIVER 7, which targets the 1-tonne payload van sector in the UK. A key focus is providing businesses and fleet managers with sustainable options for their fleet needs. The key to MAXUS’ success is functionality, providing customers with an LCV range that offers significant choice in terms of body styles, size and powertrains. The brand supports each customer, ensuring they’re ready when the time is right to move to electric motoring, providing analysis on the life cost of an EV fleet versus the cost of an existing fleet. In collaboration with LEVL, the MAXUS Intelligence Onboard telematic system offers EV data to empower fleet operators with insights to enhance productivity and safety.

H Mercedes-Benz Vans UK Mercedes-Benz Vans began 2023 by announcing the arrival of the latest eCitan compact panel van. With a WLTP all-electric range of up to 176 miles and rapid DC charging from 10-80 per cent in 35 minutes, Mercedes’ smallest e-LCV is available in panel and crew van variants with a choice of two lengths and Progressive and Premium trim lines. Powered by a 90kW electric motor, and 45kWh battery, the eCitan can carry up to 3.62m3 of cargo. Fleet deals have included entertainment and media company Sky which has purchased 66kWh-battery eVitos for its service vehicle fleet, with further examples of the e-LCV added to the operations of Head-on Electrical, healthy food and lifestyle venture The Key, and Topspeed Couriers. Fully electric Mercedes-Benz eVito Tourer minibuses have also been delivered to Scottish residential school Beannachar. A new version of Mercedes-Benz Vans’ largest e-LCV, the eSprinter has also been announced, with up to 248 miles of range, 56, 81 or 113kWh LFP-chemistry batteries and 14m3 of space. The current model is still popular, however, with FedEx Express Europe adding 23 eSprinters to its UK operations fleet.

H Vauxhall Continuing its success from previous years, Vauxhall remains the UK’s best-selling e-LCV manufacturer in 2023. The mid-sized Vivaro Electric again leads the market, with the compact Combo Electric occupying third place. As of October 2023, nearly one-third (31.7 per cent) of e-LCVs sold in the UK so far in 2023 is a Vauxhall, and the brand is popular with the fleet and private sectors. Vauxhall will be an electric‑only manufacturer from 2028, and parent company Stellantis announced the start of electric vehicle production at the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port in September 2023. Following a £100m investment, the site is the UK’s first EV-only manufacturing plant, building the Opel and Vauxhall Combo Electric, Citroën ë-Berlingo, Fiat E-Doblò, and Peugeot e-Partner vans. In October, as part of the wider Stellantis Pro One van lineup renewal, Vauxhall announced new versions of its complete e‑LCV family with new technology and looks, including the incorporation of Vauxhall’s ‘Vizor’ front grille styling.

H Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Pardoning the pun, the big ‘buzz’ around Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in 2023, was the retro-styled ID Buzz and its ID Buzz Cargo stablemate. With looks that hark back to the Type 2 which first appeared in 1950, the commercial version of the new star VW enjoyed a full order book of over 26,000 units at the end of 2022. Miele in Germany has taken one of the first fleet orders, continuing a partnership which dates back to those first T2s of 70 years ago, while the company’s UK arm took delivery of its liveried and specially customised ID Buzz Cargos in May 2023. Named ‘International Van of the Year 2023’ the ID Buzz Cargo has also joined the fleet of UK luxury tea manufacturer Ringtons. Available in Commerce and Commerce Plus trims, all ID Buzz Cargo e have a 150kW motor and a 77kWh battery for up to 256 miles of range (WLTP), and is supplied on a carbon-neutral basis with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles reducing as many emissions as possible during production and delivery to the customer.

H Renault Pro+ Renault Pro+ has enjoyed a successful 2023. The latest version of the compact Kangoo E-Tech Electric has won numerous industry awards. Capable of carrying up to 4.2m3 of load volume and up to 1,000kg of payload, the electric LCV has a WLTP range of 143 miles and is a well-regarded nameplate in the electric LCV sector. An all‑new Trafic E-Tech Electric van joins the Kangoo. Its 52kWh battery gives a range of up to 149 miles, and its 5.8‑8.9cm3 load volume and 1.1-tonne payload gives Renault an e-LCV in each market segment. A brand-new Master van – with future electric and hydrogen versions – was also unveiled as we went to press.

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H BMW BMW’s biggest 2023 story is arguably the arrival of the all-electric version of its 5 Series fleet staple. Available in single-motor eDrive 40 and dual-motor M60 xDrive – as well as plug-in hybrid – variants, the i5 offers up to 356 miles of electric driving range and looks set to carry on the mantle and appeal that BMW’s mid-sized executive car has enjoyed for over five decades. The larger and more luxurious all-electric 7 Series, the i7, has also had a major role to play in BMW Group UK’s fortunes this year, taking over four major industry awards. The company has also added several fleet awards to its trophy cabinet this year – but will it scoop the GreenFleet title, too? – with its broad range of models, including the X1, 3 Series, i4 and 5 Series, taking home the honours. The all-electric i4 strikes at the heartland of the fleet market, and this year a new entry level i4 eDrive 35 model has been launched, the 210kW, 299-mile range saloon adding more fleet appeal.

H Hyundai Striking newcomers have featured heavily in the Hyundai headlines for 2023. The Ioniq 6 is the second of the South Korean company’s next-generation electric vehicles, and uses the same E-GMP platform, 77.4kWh battery and 800V technology as its Ioniq 5 sibling, to give up to 338 miles of all-electric range. The new Kona Electric is another 2023 Hyundai star, and the brand’s new-found avantgarde style and high level of technology has attracted more drivers to Hyundai than ever, the firm reporting a registrations rise of 13.3 per cent year-on‑year in July 2023. The fourth biggest seller of alternatively fuelled vehicles in the UK, Hyundai Motor UK’s business division has also been the recipient of a number of fleet wins, helping claim a market share of 4.88 per cent in the first half of the year. The notable major orders of more than 100 cars have come from building materials supplier Nicholls & Clarke, textile rental company Johnson Supplier Group as well as a landmark deal with Michelin to provide the tyre manufacturer’s UK division with its first-ever electric vehicles.

H Kia Hoping to claim the GREENFLEET Fleet Car of the Year Award for the second time – 2021 marked the first – Kia UK has enjoyed a busy 2023. At the beginning of the year the company reported that it achieved 100,000 annual sales for the first time, with a 6.2 per cent market share in 2022. The popular Ceed, Niro and Sportage models have been refreshed too, and with a 43 per cent electrified share of sales, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and full EV models prove a big draw to the brand. That success continued in 2023, with the 50,000-unit electric sales milestone reached in July 2023, the Niro EV and EV6 charting in the UK’s top 10 most popular EVs. In September 2023, Kia UK recorded the most EV sales it has ever achieved in a single month, with 2,972 units sold, beating the previous record set a year earlier by more than 500 units. Kia UK’s most popular fleet model is the Niro EV, and it’s good news for Kia’s European sales, too: in September 2023, the year‑to-date count is up to 447,879 units, a five per cent increase compared to 2022.

H MG Motor 2023 has seen MG Motor UK build on its 2022 GREENFLEET Awards success where it won the hotly contested EV Manufacturer of the Year title, and the company has enjoyed a full programme of activity during the past year. In April 2023, the company announced record first quarter results, and saw itself positioned as the second-best selling electric car manufacturer in the UK. Over 12,000 cars were delivered in March, with the MG4 EV named as the UK’s second best-selling electric car up to April. As in 2022, that model has also played a major role in 2023 for MG Motor UK. Not only has it added even more awards to its already bursting trophy cupboard – most notably the UK Car of the Year 2023 prize – but a new Extended Range version fitted with a 77kWh battery to give up to 323 miles of range has been launched, priced just as aggressively as other variants in the MG4 EV family. Another new version, the 429bhp dual-motor and all-wheel drive MG4 EV XPower gives a credible performance boost, but other cars such as the popular MG5 EV – the UK’s first all-electric estate model – continue to plug away behind the headlines, all of them adding to the continuing success of the rejuvenated MG brand.

Lookers Vehicle Solutions provides mobility solutions. It’s made up of four businesses Lookers Leasing Limited, Fleet Financial, VRS and Lookers Group Fleet. We are backed by one the largest dealer groups in the country, Lookers PLC. As part of one of the largest automotive groups in the UK, we have access to the widest geographical spread of automotive dealerships in the UK and Ireland.

At Lookers Vehicle Solutions we are able to take care of every aspect of your fleet and vehicle mobility requirements. We are committed to our ethos of becoming the one stop shop for any mobility requirement that a client might have.

We strive to achieve this by working in partnership with our customers, not just on behalf of our customers.

Whether it’s Leasing, Contract Hire, Outright purchase or Rental, we can tailor a package to your business’s needs. We have amazing and dedicated teams throughout the UK who are all experts in their field and whose sole purpose is to make your life easier. We have exceptionally strong relationships with our manufacturer partners along with access to a complete network of vehicle preparation and delivery partners to facilitate even the largest fleet necessities. Whatever vehicle you need, whichever pay you want to fund it and wherever you want it, Lookers Vehicle Solutions is here to help.

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Lookers Vehicle Solutions provides mobility solutions. It’s made up of four businesses Lookers Leasing Limited, Fleet Financial, VRS and Lookers Group Fleet. We are backed by one the largest dealer groups in the country, Lookers PLC. As part of one of the largest automotive groups in the UK, we have access to the widest geographical spread of automotive dealerships in the UK and Ireland.

At Lookers Vehicle Solutions we are able to take care of every aspect of your fleet and vehicle mobility requirements. We are committed to our ethos of becoming the one stop shop for any mobility requirement that a client might have.

We strive to achieve this by working in partnership with our customers, not just on behalf of our customers.

Whether it’s Leasing, Contract Hire, Outright purchase or Rental, we can tailor a package to your business’s needs. We have amazing and dedicated teams throughout the UK who are all experts in their field and whose sole purpose is to make your life easier. We have exceptionally strong relationships with our manufacturer partners along with access to a complete network of vehicle preparation and delivery partners to facilitate even the largest fleet necessities. Whatever vehicle you need, whichever pay you want to fund it and wherever you want it, Lookers Vehicle Solutions is here to help.

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The Peugeot e-208 is popular with fleets, and GREENFLEET’s 2021 Vehicle of the Year has received a raft of updates in 2023 to make it even more appealing. Europe’s best-selling electric B-segment car in 2022, the e-208 now has even more striking looks, a new 115kW motor and a 51kWh battery with a WLTP all-electric range of up to 248 miles. The e-208’s e-2008 crossover sister has also benefited from similar improvements, its 54kWh battery giving it an all-electric single charge range of up to 251 miles. The same powertrain also features on the new e-308 C-segment family hatchback, with its range bumped slightly to 257 miles. A brand-new electric version of the e-3008 crossover has also been unveiled, joining revised 3008 and 5008 crossovers, updated plug-in hybrid 508 and 508 SW models, and a plug-in hybrid variant of the new 408 fastback. By 2030, 100 per cent of Peugeot’s vehicle sales in Europe are planned to be electric.

H Vauxhall Vauxhall’s all-electric models have been flying the flag for the brand beloved by many fleet drivers this year. Mirroring the success of its electric light commercials, the Corsa Electric supermini and the Mokka Electric small crossover have both dominated their respective markets in terms of registrations, with both models sitting proudly at the top of their segments for 2023 up to October. That success looks set to continue, with a new version of the Corsa announced, with styling changes, interior upgrades (including a new 10-inch touchscreen) and a new 51kWh battery and 114kW motor on higher trims, claimed to be good for up to 246 miles of WLTP range. A longstanding star of Vauxhall’s fleet range, the Astra gained electric versions in 2023. The hatch and Sports Tourer estate are available with a 114kW motor and 54kWh battery, said to achieve up to 258 miles (WLTP) between charges. From 2024, all Vauxhall cars and vans will be available with a fully electric version, with the brand to become an EV-only maker from 2028.

H Mercedes-Benz Cars Firmly embracing electrification, Mercedes-Benz’s all-electric EQ family of cars now numbers eight models, beginning with the EQA compact SUV, and ending with the EQV MPV. New releases for 2023 include the luxurious EQS SUV, which can officially travel up to 362 miles on a single charge in Business Class trim, thanks to its 108.4kWh battery.

Below the EQS, and almost as luxurious, the EQE is also new, and comes in 215 and 300kW guises with an 89kWh battery. Range is up to 334 miles. Changes to the smaller EQA and EQB bring exterior and interior revisions, efficiency updates and the arrival of Plug & Charge charging technology. Plug-in hybrid technology hasn’t been forgotten, either, and the compact A 250 e hatchback and saloon can now be charged with up to 11kW of alternating current. Finally, the model that forms part of the heart of Mercedes’ fleet offering has also been refreshed. The brand-new E-Class family features three fourth-generation plug-in hybrids, all able to travel up to 62 miles on all-electric power.

H Volkswagen The ID EV family has been rolled out by Volkswagen in a seemingly never-ending pace since 2019, and big news stories for the German manufacturer during 2023 have been the launch of an updated version of its all-electric hatchback, the ID 3, revisions to its ID 4 and ID 5 crossovers, and the announcement of the production version of its Tesla Model 3-rivalling ID 7 ‘saloon’. With tweaks to the exterior, better quality – and recycled – materials inside, and revised software that now features over-the-air updates, the ID 3 is much improved. Available with 58kWh and 77kWh batteries, the latter has an official WLTP range of up to 347 miles and 170kW DC fast charging. Similar updates have been applied to the ID 4 and ID 5 with the addition of a new drive unit that has over 200Nm of torque than before. Volkswagen’s flagship electric model, the ID 7, will arrive in early 2024 – followed by an ID 7 Tourer estate model and a bigger 86kWh battery version – promising up to 374 miles of range from its 77kWh battery. Not forgetting its popular electrified fleet models, plug-in hybrid versions of the new Tiguan and Passat Estate have also made headlines for Volkswagen this year, and now feature DC fast-charging.

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HBMW Following an increase in sales of fully electric vehicles to 215,755 units (+107.7 per cent) in 2022, the launch of the all-electric i5 tops the German brand’s achievements for 2023. The new executive EV is available in single-motor, rear-wheel drive eDrive 40 and dual-motor, all-wheel drive M60 xDrive models, and can travel up to 356 miles on a single charge (RWD). The i5 is set to carry forward the mantle and appeal that BMW’s mid-sized fleet car has enjoyed for over five decades and is an important model for the brand. Further up the model family, the larger and more luxurious all-electric 7 Series, the i7, has also had a major role to play in BMW Group UK’s fortunes in 2023, winning a quartet of major industry awards. Continuing its fleet focus, the new entry level i4 eDrive 35 has been launched. The 210kW, 299-mile range saloon adds even more fleet appeal to those drivers looking for a dynamic as well as efficient drive. Other new models include the smallest EV that BMW now makes. The iX1 eDrive20 replaces BMW’s trailblazing i3 – production stopped in July 2023 – and builds on the success of the X1 SUV, using a 152kW motor and a 64.7kWh battery to give a WLTP official driving range of up to 296 miles.

HMaxus / Harris Automotive Distributors MAXUS is committed to helping drivers transition to electric driving, through innovation, unparalleled vehicle range, support and education. Distributed in the UK

by Harris Group, MAXUS has introduced a full range of premium EVs including the award-winning flagship eDELIVER 3 and eDELIVER 9 electric vans, and most recently the eDELIVER 7, which targets the UK’s 1-tonne payload van sector. In 2022, MAXUS also introduced the T90 EV, the UK’s first electric pickup, as well an all-electric MPV, the MIFA 9, bringing the brand to a new customer base. MAXUS is aware that navigating the switch to electric can be difficult, and has set up a business advice service for fleet managers. Through its local dealership network, MAXUS provides each customer with a guide to make their transition to EVs as seamless as possible.

The brand also provides support through subsidies and aftersales, and in August 2023, launched a support programme, offering five-year warranty, a £6,000 conquest programme per vehicle, a free 7kW charger, and an eight-year battery warranty.

HKia Building on the success of 2022 – a year in which the brand achieved 100,000 annual sales for the first time – 2023 has been equally buoyant for Kia. Its biggest new model headline has been the announcement of the EV9, a large seven-seat SUV with daring styling, a 99.8kWh battery pack and a single charge driving range of over 300 miles.

Super-fast 800V charging technology means a charge from 10-to-80 per cent takes as little as 24 minutes when the car is plugged into a 350kW high-powered charger. The first ‘Kia EV Day’ has seen concept versions of the smaller EV3 and EV4 revealed, as well as a production version of the EV5. Back to the present, Kia UK has now reached its 50,000-unit electric sales milestone (July 2023), with the Niro EV and EV6 charting in the UK’s top 10 most popular EVs. In September 2023, the brand recorded the most EV sales it has ever achieved in a single month, with 2,972 units finding homes, beating the previous record set a year earlier by more than 500 units.

HPeugeot Peugeot’s all-electric models now number eight, from the e-208 supermini and e308 hatchback, up to the e-Rifter and e-Traveller people carriers. The e-208 has benefited from a large series of revisions in 2023, adding more appeal. A UK fleet favourite, and the best-selling electric B-segment car in Europe during 2022, the 2023 e-208 has an even more head-turning appearance, as well as a new 115kW motor, and a 51kWh battery with an official all-electric range of up to 248 miles. Similar improvements have been added to the e-208’s e-2008 crossover sister, with its new 54kWh battery good for an all-electric WLTP range of up to 251 miles. The same powertrain also features on the new e-308 C-segment hatchback, and 308 SW, and a brand-new electric version of the e-3008 crossover has also been unveiled.

ElectriX offers car leasing solutions to businesses of all sizes.

We provide business contract hire and salary sacrifice. In addition, we provide personal leasing to consumers.

ElectriX is powered by LV= General Insurance who were the first insurer in the marketplace to launch a specific electric vehicle insurance product in 2019. Our strategic goals revolve around putting customers first, which is why we have partnered with CBVC Vehicle Management – experts in vehicle leasing, and Indra - experts in smart home charging solutions.

As well as offering bespoke insurance to provide a complete package: ‘Car – Charger - Cover’.

We pride ourselves on being collaborative, customer-centric, agile, and innovative, which allows us to build long-term strategic relationships with our partners. Our aim is to achieve the best outcomes for our customers, making it easy and accessible to drive a brand-new electric car in as little as 30 days.

Our salary sacrifice proposition is popular among companies looking to achieve decarbonisation goals as part of their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) agendas. We help set up simple and cost-effective leasing schemes tailored to meet any business’s requirements, with no cost to them. Additionally, we offer a range of protection options to safeguard a company’s EV salary sacrifice scheme should employees leave a business.

As well as up to 40% savings on the cost of an EV lease for employees, our scheme helps businesses attract and retain staff, boost morale and reduce an organisation’s carbon footprint.

For more guidance and information on electric car leasing, visit our online information hub at LVelectrix.co.uk.

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HVauxhall Vauxhall has enjoyed much success in 2023, with both its electric automotive and light commercial families of vehicles performing well. Winner of the 2021 GREENFLEET LCV Manufacturer of the Year, the brand’s Vivaro Electric has proved incredibly popular with fleets. Up to October 2023, the model has been the UK’s most popular electric light commercial, with the smaller Combo Electric sitting just two places below it. The Vauxhall brand as a whole leads the UK’s electric light commercial market, with almost one-third (31.7 per cent) of e-LCVs sold in the UK bearing the well-regarded Griffin badge. Set to arrive in 2024, the company has released details of a new and updated Vivaro featuring Vauxhall’s now trademark ‘Vizor’ front end design and an increased driving range of up to 217 miles (WLTP) from a 75kWh battery – an increase of 12 miles on the current version. There is also a new e-Power Take-Off (e-PTO) unit to power ancillary items. New versions of the Combo Electric and Movano Electric have also been announced with the latter to include a hydrogen fuel cell variant in the near future. Vauxhall’s electric car portfolio has echoed the success of the light commercial range, with the Corsa Electric sitting at the top of the EV supermini charts, and its sister Mokka Electric leading sales in the compact crossover EV segment. New Astra and Astra Sport Tourer models have also broadened Vauxhall’s fleet appeal, and from 2024, the complete family of Vauxhall cars and LCVs will be available with a fully electric version.

HVolvo Trucks Volvo Trucks is a global leader in the commercial vehicle industry with a legacy spanning over 90 years. Founded on principles of safety, quality and care for the environment, it has consistently pushed the boundaries of innovation to encourage positive change in the logistics sector. With a relentless commitment to sustainable solutions, Volvo Trucks is working towards 100 per cent of its trucks being fossil-free by 2040 and 70 per cent of its European sales being electric by 2030. Central to this strategy is being first to market with a full range of electric trucks, leading to sales of over 4,300 electric Volvo trucks worldwide to date. Today, it is the only truck manufacturer in the UK to offer a complete all-electric line-up from 16.7 to 46 tonnes, with its portfolio already capable of handling 45 per cent of all goods transported in Europe: Volvo FH Electric, heavy local transport and regional distribution; Volvo FM Electric, regional and inter-city transport; Volvo FMX Electric, cleaner and quieter construction transport; Volvo FE Electric, local & city distribution, plus waste transport; and Volvo FL Electric, local/city distribution. The electric powertrain is based on solutions already pioneered within Volvo Group, which gives the trucks a strong track record for success and dozens of customers across Europe have engaged with Volvo Trucks to kickstart their fleet transition. During 2023, Chivas Brothers, DHL, Fox Group, Nationwide Platforms, Pegasus Skip Hire, and Tesco welcomed electric Volvo trucks in the UK, with over 60 more fleets also placing orders.

HMercedes-Benz Cars Mercedes-Benz’s fully electric EQ family of cars now spans eight models, beginning with the EQA compact SUV, taking in the EQC SUV, EQE and EQS saloons, through to the spacious seven-seat EQV MPV. New releases for 2023 include the luxurious EQS SUV, which can officially travel up to 362 miles on a single charge in Business Class trim, thanks to its 108.4kWh battery. Capable of carrying seven passengers, the EQS SUV is available with 265 or 400kW power outputs, and every model in the EQS SUV family has DC charging capability of up to 200kW. Sitting below the EQS SUV, and almost as luxurious, the EQE SUV has also arrived in the UK during 2023, and comes in 215 and 300kW guises with an 89kWh battery and a range of up to 334 miles. Updates to the smaller EQA and EQB this year bring exterior and interior enhancements and efficiency revisions that boost the EQA SUV’s single charge driving range to up to 347 miles. The arrival of Plug & Charge automated charging technology enables more convenient charging, too. Committed to electrification, since 2022, production at Mercedes‑Benz’s own passenger car plants worldwide has been net carbon neutral, and this includes factories responsible for the batteries. Net-carbon‑neutral production of battery cells is also a key requirement for all Mercedes-Benz’s battery cell partners.

ElectriX offers car leasing solutions to businesses of all sizes.

We provide business contract hire and salary sacrifice. In addition, we provide personal leasing to consumers.

ElectriX is powered by LV= General Insurance who were the first insurer in the marketplace to launch a specific electric vehicle insurance product in 2019. Our strategic goals revolve around putting customers first, which is why we have partnered with CBVC Vehicle Management – experts in vehicle leasing, and Indra - experts in smart home charging solutions.

As well as offering bespoke insurance to provide a complete package: ‘Car – Charger - Cover’.

We pride ourselves on being collaborative, customer-centric, agile, and innovative, which allows us to build long-term strategic relationships with our partners. Our aim is to achieve the best outcomes for our customers, making it easy and accessible to drive a brand-new electric car in as little as 30 days.

Our salary sacrifice proposition is popular among companies looking to achieve decarbonisation goals as part of their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) agendas. We help set up simple and cost-effective leasing schemes tailored to meet any business’s requirements, with no cost to them. Additionally, we offer a range of protection options to safeguard a company’s EV salary sacrifice scheme should employees leave a business.

As well as up to 40% savings on the cost of an EV lease for employees, our scheme helps businesses attract and retain staff, boost morale and reduce an organisation’s carbon footprint.

For more guidance and information on electric car leasing, visit our online information hub at LVelectrix.co.uk.

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Public Sector Car Fleet of the Year H Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust / Hiyacar Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust (NCH&C), in partnership with Hiyacar, has successfully transitioned to electric vehicles and hybrids within the pool vehicle fleet. This strategic shift has resulted in a substantial reduction in pool vehicle emissions, aligning perfectly with the principles of sustainability and environmental responsibility within the Trust’s Green Plan.

Additionally, the partnership has led to a notable reduction in grey fleet emissions. By providing a highly efficient and accessible pool car solution, NCH&C has discouraged the use of employees’ personal vehicles for work-related purposes. This reduction in the reliance on privately owned vehicles has not only contributed to lower emissions but has also improved road safety and compliance with regulatory standards.

Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust chose Hiyacar as the technology provider and Knowles Fleet Associates as the vehicle supplier. This partnership facilitated the creation of a fully managed, keyless pool car solution, meticulously tailored to meet the unique needs of NCH&C employees and the patients they serve.

Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust has achieved substantial cost savings and witnessed remarkable improvements in operational efficiency and vehicle utilisation. The adoption of the fully managed, keyless pool car solution not only addressed the challenges they previously faced but also empowered NCH&C to enhance the quality of patient care.

H London Ambulance Service NHS Trust London Ambulance Service has taken on a fleet of 35 electric Mustang Mach-E cars, making this the biggest fully electric fleet of Fast Response Units (FRUs) in the UK. The cars have been converted to suit paramedics responding to 999 emergencies.

It takes just 40 minutes to charge the Mustang battery to 80 per cent and that allows the car to travel more than 300 miles, which is about ten times further than an ambulance would normally cover on a shift.

The blue lights and sirens are powered by a 12-volt battery rather than the car’s drive battery but the Service is fitting solar panels to the cars to make them even more environmentally-friendly.

The Mustangs are fitted with a Crew Safety System to help keep clinicians safe. The system includes video cameras, panic buttons and electronic tracking.

London Ambulance Service also has 13 plug in hybrid cars, three electric motorcycles and 10 London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) electric vehicles which are used by its teams to travel around London teaching first aid.

London Ambulance Service has reached 75 per cent of its target to have EV chargers on all sites by 2028 with over forty 22KW chargers installed this year and are now embarking on installing 20 rapid and ultra-rapid chargers.

Its clinical team managers, advanced paramedics, ambulance operations, logistics, wellbeing, elderly fallers, resilience and cleaning teams all have new hybrid or plug in hybrid vehicles. These emit just 23 grams of CO2 per Km and are capable of up to 282 mpg.

The Service also has lightweight ambulances and an electric ambulance, along with ten electric vans with range extenders for the resuscitation training service, which are recognised in the Public Sector Commercial Fleet category.

H Police Scotland Police Scotland has 1,025 Ultra Low Emission Vehicles on its fleet, which makes up 30 per cent of the overall fleet. It also has 738 fully electric vehicles and plans are already underway to increase this during 2023/24 financial year.

Police Scotland will continue to test and assess new ultra-low emission vehicles coming on to the market to ensure it purchases the correct vehicles that meet the requirements of specific policing needs.

Over the past three years, Police Scotland has reduced diesel consumption from 5.7million litres in 2020/21 to 3.8 million litres in 2022/23. This equates to a projected gross reduction in carbon emissions of over 4,000 tCO2e.

To date Police Scotland has installed 394 charging outlets completed across 37 sites which consists of fast, rapid and ultra rapid charging units. This facilitates the charging for 1182 electric vehicles.

Phase one is likely to see completion by December 2023 providing over 400 charging outlets supporting up to 1,200 EVs.

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Public Sector Commercial Fleet of the Year H Nottingham City Council Nottingham City Council (NCC) has been operating a predominantly electric fleet since February 2023 with 243 of 475 vehicles fully electric. The Council’s fleet includes the UK’s first fully electric sweeper, cage tipper and minibus as well as the world’s first fully electric original equipment manufactured refuse collection vehicle (RCV). The electric vehicles in Nottingham’s fleet have proven their worth: over £1 million being saved each year in fuel and maintenance, reports from drivers of fewer headaches and reduced stress, 1,162 tonnes of CO2 saved each year, a saving in 2023 of £300k according to the Government’s carbon values, improved productivity resulting from the instant torque delivered and citizens complimenting the quieter vehicles operating in their streets.

At its Eastcroft Depot, the council has fitted 40 bi-directional charge points, 138kWp of solar panels, 720kWh battery storage (made from 48 second-life Renault Kangoo batteries), a 2MW substation and 84 Nissan EVs. The fleet charges off-peak and the depot runs from the stored energy in the battery storage during the day, with an estimated saving £130,000 p/a.

H Falkirk Council Falkirk Council is committed to decarbonising its fleet and has made a substantial investment in its vehicle replacement programme to achieve this. As well as replacing cars, the council is focussing on the higher polluting vehicles in its commercial fleet. This involves introducing EVs into its frontline services such as its Building Maintenance fleet where it has made a large amount of these changes. The users of this fleet consist of joiners, plumbers, electricians; trades that traditionally use diesel vans. The commercial fleet in this section consists of 143 vehicles and consists of large vans, small vans and tippers. So far the council has focussed on the large vans as this makes up the majority of the fleet (109) and just over 50 per cent of these are now electric (55).

On average the vehicles replaced were using approx. 1,500 litres of fuel per year, providing a CO2 saving of 4,000kg per vehicle. This provides a current saving of 220tCo2 per year from these vehicles. Due to this success, the council is also rolling out EVs in other departments.

In total the council has 70 electric vans out of a total of 172 so it is approaching almost 50 per cent across the fleet.

H Westminster City Council Westminster City Council (WCC) adopts a variety of alternative fuel technologies for its waste, cleansing, and recycling fleet. These include testing compressed natural gas (CNG), hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), and hydrogen, as well as upcycling old diesel trucks to fully electric vehicles and securing a large fleet of OEM full electric trucks.

In 2023, Westminster City Council launched the UK’s first large fully electric depot with highly sophisticated smart power balancing charging infrastructure for a fleet of 45, 27-tonne electric trucks and 15 LGV’s. The power for the depot to charge these large electric trucks is procured from an energy from waste plant (EfW), where Westminster’s non-recyclable waste is incinerated to generate power via a private power purchase agreement. This model has no impact on the already congested inner London power grid and saves over 2,600 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year which is equal to removing over 1300 cars off the streets.

WCC has also improved the efficiency of its fleet by having smart route planners on board. This includes measures such as optimizing routes, using lighter vehicles, replace large trucks with small EV vehicles from congested and areas and reducing vehicles idle time.

H London Ambulance Service NHS Trust Ambulances are the core vehicles in London Ambulance Service’s fleet with over 500 operating in London covering up to 50,000 miles per annum. The ambulances currently weigh five tons and are diesel powered. Following a significant investment and huge amount of innovation, London Ambulance Service (LAS) has reduced the weight down to 3.5 tons, saving 30 per cent of the exhaust emissions across 128 new vehicles. It has now taken this a step further and have just got its first fully electric ambulance from an OEM, a world first! This is years ahead of market expectations and will pave the way for zero emission ambulances across the UK with a number of Trusts having now ordered the vehicle LAS developed. LAS has three more being delivered and when proven, are planning to buy these at scale in 2024.

The electric ambulances will complement the largest fully electric response fleet in the country and join a fleet line up that now includes a zero emission option for every category. LAS is planning to move from 15 per cent to 50 per cent of the fleet being zero emission by 2028 meaning a further 360 vehicles, of which the majority will be ambulances. Fuel savings are as high as £4,800 per electric car and will be much higher on ambulances. Its resuscitation training service provides crucial training to the public and are currently rolling out a massive child education programme. They have ten electric vans with range extenders but are able to complete their shifts on all electric power alone.

H London Borough of Islington In 2019, Islington commissioned the UK Power Network (UKPN) to carry out a feasibility assessment to transition its fleet of 500 vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) including all HGV class vehicles, based at the Waste and Recycling Centre (WRC). The study revealed the need to increase the depot’s network capacity to 3,250 kVA to meet the Council’s aims in electrifying its fleet.

Ultimately this feasibility study was subsumed into the wider fleet electrification business case providing the strategic direction for the council’s fleet electrification programme, securing £33m in fleet replacement capital, £6m in EV charger infrastructure and £1.5m GLA Good Growth Funding. Islington capital and GLA funding supported the construction of a first-of-its-kind new substation in the basement of the WRC whilst EVCP installation has been programmed as required across a number of years. To date this is the UK’s largest indoor EV charging facility for a Local Authority owned depot. Completed under budget, it created opportunities for Solar decarbonisation projects, heat pumps, battery storage, V2X trials, EV charging points, and laid the foundation for the council’s net-zero commitments.

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Public Sector Fleet Manager of the Year H Edward Yendluri, Westminister City Council Westminster City Councils adopts a variety of alternative fuel technologies for its waste, cleansing, and recycling fleet. These include testing compressed natural gas (CNG), hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), and hydrogen, as well as upcycling old diesel trucks to fully electric vehicles and securing a large fleet of OEM full electric trucks. Edward Yendluri, the contracts manager with fleet management responsibility, has developed and delivered all these innovations and gained industry recognition by winning several national and international awards.

Since 2020 to July 2023, Edward has successfully introduced 100 specialist street cleansing electric vehicles and 40 medium electric vehicles and 45 large 27 tonnes electric trucks along with a state-of-the-art smart charging infrastructure into the Westminster waste, recycling and cleansing fleet contract. Savings are over 3,500 tonnes of C02 emissions per annum.

Edward led the electric depot project, which has highly sophisticated smart power balancing charging infrastructure for a fleet of 45, 27-tonne electric trucks. The power for the depot is procured from an energy from waste plant (EfW), where Westminster’s non-recyclable waste is incinerated to generate power via a private power purchase agreement. This model has no impact on the already congested inner London power grid and saves over 2,600 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.

H Stewart Taylor, Police Scotland Stewart Taylor, fleet manager at Police Scotland, has been instrumental in leading Police Scotland’s large scale fleet decarbonisation project. This includes introducing 1,025 Ultra Low Emission Vehicles on its fleet, which makes up 30 per cent of the overall fleet. It also has 738 fully electric vehicles and plans are already underway to increase this during 2023/24 financial year.

Police Scotland will continue to test and assess new ultra-Low emission vehicles coming on to the market to ensure it purchases the correct vehicles that meet the requirements of specific policing needs.

Over the past three years, Police Scotland has reduced diesel consumption from 5.7million litres in 2020/21 to 3.8 million litres in 2022/23. This equates to a projected gross reduction in carbon emissions of over 4,000 tCO2e.

To date Police Scotland has installed 394 charging outlets completed across 37 sites which consists of fast, rapid and ultra rapid charging units. This facilitates the charging for 1182 electric vehicles.

Phase one is likely to see completion by December 2023 providing over 400 charging outlets supporting up to 1,200 EVs.

H Chris Demetriou, London Borough of Islington Chris Demetriou is the London Borough of Islington’s head of corporate fleet, transport & accessible community transport. His role includes the decarbonisation of the council’s fleets and its supporting charging infrastructure.

In 2019, Islington commissioned the UK Power Network (UKPN) to carry out a feasibility assessment to transition its fleet of 500 vehicles to electric vehicles, including all HGV class vehicles, based at the Waste and Recycling Centre (WRC). The study revealed the need to increase the depot’s network capacity to 3,250 kVA to meet the Council’s aims in electrifying its fleet. The feasibility study was subsumed into the wider fleet electrification business case providing the strategic direction for the council’s fleet electrification programme.

Islington capital and GLA funding supported the construction of a first-of-its-kind new substation in the basement of the WRC whilst EVCP installation has been programmed as required across a number of years. To date this is the UK’s largest indoor EV charging facility for a Local Authority owned depot. Completed under budget, it created opportunities for Solar decarbonisation projects, heat pumps, battery storage, V2X trials, EV charging points, and laid the foundation for the council’s net-zero commitments.

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H Thomas Hardie Commercials Having begun its electrification journey in 2020, Thomas Hardie Commercials is now proud to announce its business car fleet is now fully electric, with 39 electric cars now operational, with another electric car due to be delivered in January.

The company does not operate a grey fleet, with specific policies prohibiting the use of private vehicles for business purposes.

Its five main locations each have four 7kw charge points installed and are available for paid use by customers, visitors, and employees as well as free for company cars. A further two 7kw chargers are available at another smaller depot.

Taking Q3 2023 as a comparison with the first quarter when around 50% of the fleet was electrified, Thomas Hardie Commercials has achieved a reduction of 9039 litres of unleaded fuel which, using a conversion factor of two.19352 kgCO2e, has resulted in a reduction of 19.83T CO2 after just three months. As business electric supplies are from 100% REGO-backed renewable sources, and with 70% of charging happening at the workplace, the company is confident that the quoted CO2 figures are close to representing actual reductions.

The company also provides a public charge card that provides access to a range of charge point operators, while minimising any personal expenditure. This service also extends to a home charge service whereby it directly pays for charging vehicles.

H Eric Wright Group Alternatively fuelled vehicles account for 87 per cent of Eric Wrights car fleet, with 69 per cent of cars being electric. What’s more, the company’s order bank comprises 84 per cent electric vehicles, 12 per cent PHEVs, two per cent PHEV & two per cent mild hybrid.

Regarding its grey fleet policy, all employees are made aware that they are not allowed to carry out any business trips unless they have been cleared to drive by the fleet team. Instead, pool cars are available to book and should be the first option.

Starting in early 2023, the company was able to offer a charging facility to all its staff including those that don’t have an entitlement to company cars and may not have off-road parking or a charge point at home. The company has also actively engaged with charge point partners to install charging points with its commercial partner’s sites to aid the transition of its commercial vehicles to EVs when they are operationally viable.

Eric Wright has a four-year replacement cycle for cars with powertrain choices of BEV, PHEV, and mild hybrid, with the option to choose ICE powertrains removed.

Despite massive supply chain issues, in three years, the company has managed to move from one BEV vehicle to 168 BEVs.

H E.ON UK E.ON UK currently has 620 company cars on its fleet, with 79 per cent of those vehicles now being electric cars. This keeps the company firmly on track for its target of being fully electric by 2025.

E.ON UK’s average CO2 across the company car fleet is 19g/km, an 85 per cent reduction in emissions in the three and a half years since the company started its fleet decarbonisation journey.

E.ON UK’s leasing partner Lex Autolease has recently confirmed E.ON is their leading corporate company car fleet in terms of the move to an all electric fleet, and has used it as an example to other companies as a best in class model in the transition to Electric vehicles.

E.ON has a good numbers of electric vehicle chargers at its sites, and is currently looking to increase these.

E.ON UK is also looking to reduce other travel related emissions. In the coming year, it will be looking to introduce the a travel booking system that will allow colleagues to be aware of best solutions to book in the air, rail and even hotel portfolio to reduce their own and E.ON’s business travel CO2 footprint.

Europcar Mobility Group UK & Ireland - There is still much to understand about zero emissions motoring and Europcar Mobility Group UK & Ireland is committed to helping motorists – whether for business or leisure – learn about the differences they can make in real-world conditions.

Recognising that there are still barriers to change - vehicle supply, charging infrastructure, driver resistance and impact on productivity to name but a few - Europcar is working with many organisations, supporting their sustainability journeys. We are helping employers understand the full implications of electric and plug-in hybrid motoring with the steady addition of sustainable vehicles to our fleet, enabling our customers to experience EV motoring in real-world conditions, but without having to make a long-term commitment.

The Europcar ‘One Sustainable Fleet’ programme is also driving our focus to reduce emissions with a goal to have 20% of our fleet fully EV by 2024 and to have reduced emissions in our fleet globally by 46% by 2030 with 100% of the fleet EV by 2036. And walking the talk, 75% of our own company car vehicle order is EV and 15% hybrid. The average CO2 for this fleet is 17g, compared to 114g 12 months ago. https://www.europcar. co.uk/en-gb

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H Evri Last year, Evri brought in 30 new Bio-CNG tractor units, increasing the total to 190 – almost half of its core HGV fleet. Each unit reduces CO2 emissions by up to 95% compared to a diesel alternative – a reduction of 150+ tonnes of CO2 per vehicle and 24,000+ tonnes of CO2 across the entire Bio-CNG fleet annually. The company is trialling two electric HGVs and has also doubled the number of electric vans in service in London, bringing EVs to around 37% of its total van fleet. Evri is also utilising e-cargo bikes.

H Welch’s Transport In 2023, Welch’s Transport has taken on one of the country’s first 19-ton Battery Electric HGVs. This bold move not only reduces their carbon footprint but also demonstrates their commitment to environmental innovation. Adding to this achievement is the installation of a 150-kW charger back which holds the mantle for the only HGV publicly accessible supercharger in the UK, a resource shared with fellow hauliers. The company is also harnessing artificial intelligence to optimize their routes and reduce emissions.

H Nicholls Transport - EH Nicholls Jnr ltd Nicholls Transport has a fleet of 105 trucks, with 42 of these run LNG from biomethane. In the last half of 2022, these vehicles produced over 191 per cent saving on GHG emissions compared to diesel trucks and in the first half of 2023, 142 per cent saving. During this period the company has covered over 1,821,000 kms in its gas trucks, saving circa 3,185 tonnes of CO2. The company has partnered with GasRec to install the only LNG refuelling station in the southeast on its site and is obtaining planning permission for an LNG/CNG/ Electric refuelling station on its site to be open to all hauliers.

H The Royal Mail Royal Mail Group has around 43,000 delivery and collection vans and 4,000 trucks. The company has an environmental plan to reduce the average carbon emissions per parcel and become net zero by 2040. Over the past two years, it has invested significantly in deploying electric vans and charging infrastructure. To date, it has the UK’s largest commercial EV fleet of over 5,000 vehicles across 154 electric delivery and collection units, 22 of which are 100% electrified. Royal Mail is also using bio-CNG and HVO in its trucks.

H Riverford Organic Farmers Riverford operates a fleet of 285 vans, 35 cars and 15 HGVs. The company is currently 33 per cent electrified across the car and van fleet, with 110 electric vehicles on fleet operating across the UK. Riverford has 78 electric vans and 32 electric company cars. Over the next two years as it works towards its fully electric fleet goal, Riverford plans to add more electric vans. To aid weight reduction in its vehicles, Riverford also fitted a 70 per cent recycled composite floor liner, which is lighter and has an improved grip.

H Speedy Asset Services Speedy has completely changed the company car list from diesel vehicles to either electric or PHEVs, and now has chargers at over 20 sites - with plans to have them in every location by the end of 2024. Speedy has a strategic partnership with an electric vehicle builder to supply all its HGVs in the coming years. The company also has a 27t full EV plant bodied vehicle, which is based in its new innovation centre in Milton Keynes.

What’s more, Speedy and FHOSS have partnered to enhance the vehicle safety of its fleet.

H Grundon Waste Management In summer 2023, Grundon unveiled its first electric waste collection vehicles, one of which is powered directly by electricity generated from the waste it collects. Demonstrating innovation, Grundon installed a dedicated EV charging point at the side of the EfW. This allows the driver to plug the vehicle in and recharge it with electricity created by the waste deposited. A number of the company’s vehicles are run on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) and its company car fleet is 68 per cent electric. Overall, Grundon has reduced its carbon emissions by almost 80 per cent since 2000.

At Optimize we specialise in fleet and freight transport optimisation, decarbonisation and transformation, using powerful artificial intelligence to solve the complex challenges our clients face today and in the future.

The computer algorithms we have developed deliver productivity breakthroughs for our clients as they seek to decarbonise their businesses, reduce emissions, improve efficiency and maximise the utilisation of their assets. We are leading the charge with this unique and innovative approach, enabling our partners, fleets and end-users, to achieve their net zero targets.

As the fleet and freight transport sector embarks on the journey to decarbonise, a new layer of complexity will be added to the transport ecosystem as businesses transition to new vehicle types, energy sources and infrastructure requirements.

Our algorithms are sharply focused on optimisation, a significant part of the AI landscape, and consider electrification, infrastructure and fleet transition to produce improved journeys, duty cycles and routes.

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H Stuart Murphy, The Royal Mail Stuart has been recognised for the highly successful rollout of the electric van programme and his efforts to explore and implement alternative fuel solutions.

Royal Mail has the largest fleet in the UK with around 43,000 collection and delivery vans and 4,000 trucks. Operational emissions represent about 70% of Royal Mail Group’s total emissions profile.

As head of fleet transformation, Stuart spearheaded the team that deployed the largest and quickest EV fleet transformation in the UK and significantly contributed to Royal Mail’s Steps to Zero strategy which includes the ambition to reach Net Zero emissions by 2040.

Stuart has secured funding and fully deployed over 5,000 EVs across 154 delivery and collection units, 22 of which are fully electrified. The rollout of these EVs have increased Royal Mail zero emission delivery routes to 21%, and over 14,000 drivers specifically trained in green EV driving methods.

Stuart’s team have also explored other low carbon options, fully deploying 80 Bio-CNG fuelled HGVs saving over 5,000tCO2e in this financial year and six key HGV refuelling sites have transitioned to Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) - a low carbon biofuel.

H Aaron Powell, Speedy Asset Services Aaron has completely changed Speedy Asset Services’s company car list from diesel to fully electric EV and PHEVs only, and has implemented the roll out of EV chargers at its locations; Speedy now has chargers at over 20 sites with a plan to have them in every location by the end of 2024.

Aaron has produced a road map to 2030 showing a reduction in fossil fuel vehicles by over 56 per cent with the remaining 44 per cent changing by 2050.

The company has a strategic partnership (the first of its kind) with an electric vehicle builder to supply all our HGVs over the coming years.

Aaron has brought in the industry first 27t full EV plant bodied vehicle, which is based out of the company’s new innovation centre in Milton Keynes.

The company has a range of electric commercial vehicles in the fleet ranging from Maxus E Delivery 3 panel vans with solar panels, 7.5t Mercedes E Canters, and 35 Ford E panel vans for its engineers. Aaron has also ordered 150 more E Transits, which are due to arrive before the end of the year.

Aaron has also made sure Speedy can deliver, collect and repair its equipment using an EV vehicle to reduce the carbon footprint for both Speedy and the customer.

Grey fleet drivers are encouraged to re-join the company car scheme, and over 45 have already opted back in and another 40 currently looking to opt back in.

SYNETIQ an IAA company (NYSE: IAA), is one of the UK’s leading integrated salvage, dismantling and vehicle recycling company, formed to become the most sustainable, innovative and trusted business in the industry.

SYNETIQ provides sustainable motoring solutions, working with clients and customers to maximise the environmental and financial potential of each vehicle as part of a successful Circular Economy model. SYNETIQ effectively utilises the waste hierarchy, underscored by a central ethos of ‘Reduce, Reuse, Remanufacture and Recycle’.

SYNETIQ is proud to have major household names in its portfolio, including insurers, accident management companies, fleets, police forces, logistics companies, vehicle repair bodyshops, and remanufacturers.

H Chris Welch, Welch’s Transport Led by Chris Welch, Welch’s Transport continues to push the boundaries of sustainable logistics. The company has embraced cutting-edge technology with one of the country’s first 19-ton Battery Electric HGVs. This bold move not only reduces their carbon footprint but also demonstrates their commitment to environmental innovation. Adding to this achievement is the installation of a 150-kW charger back in January which holds the mantle for the HGV publicly accessible supercharge in the UK, a resource shared with fellow hauliers, exemplifying their belief in the power of collaboration for a greener future.

One of the standout achievements of Welch’s Transport this year is the establishment of an Urban Consolidation Centre in Cambridge. This initiative optimises delivery routes and decreases the number of vehicles on the road, significantly reducing traffic congestion and emissions.

Moreover, Welch’s Transport has harnessed artificial intelligence to optimise its routes, resulting in up to a 15% reduction in fleet mileage.

Welch’s Transport is significantly expanding its solar estate with a three phase, 300 kwh PV array and is now exploring wind generation and batteries to maximise its reliance on clean energy. These efforts will see the company have the first fully Net Zero BEV operation in the UK in 2024 by harnessing and storing their own electricity.

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H BMW i5 BMW has finally unveiled, what was perhaps inevitable, an all-electric version of its fleet star, the 5 Series. Based on the brand-new, eighth-generation ‘G60’ version of BMW’s executive saloon, the i5 is available in 253kW eDrive40 rear-wheel drive and 448kW M60 xDrive all-wheel drive models. Range varies from up to 356 miles on the RWD model to 315 miles on the AWD M60, but both offer near 7 Series luxury with agility similar to a 3 Series. More restrained exterior styling bucks recent BMW trends, while inside, the new ‘Interaction Bar’ adds a stylish and hi-tech touch. A fully resolved car inside and out, an estate model is set to arrive in 2024, bringing yet more fleet allure.

H BYD Dolphin Chinese company BYD has a long history in ‘New Energy Vehicles’ (NEVs) and has now produced over 5 million of them. Just as MG did in 2022, BYD has surprised European car manufacturers with its range of value-driven electric models that offer decent ranges, and lots of on-board technology. The Dolphin is the entry point of the UK BYD family, featuring a choice of 44.9 or 60.4kWh batteries with BYD’s proprietary ‘Blade Battery’, ‘e-Platform 3.0’ chassis, and ‘8-in-1’ powertrain tech, as well as a range of up to 265 miles (larger battery models). Bold colour and material choices also offer something different, and a selection of four trims makes this newcomer appealingly competitive.

H Harris Automotive Distributors – Maxus T90EV MAXUS is fully committed to a greener motoring industry, supporting commercial drivers and buyers to future proof their fleets. The brand’s parent company, SAIC MAXUS, has invested £2 billion into innovation with particular focus given to its family of e-LCVs. The MAXUS T90 EV is the UK’s first electric pickup, and offers a WLTP-rated range of up to 205 miles on a single charge, from its 88.5kWh battery. In addition to a very practical 1,000kg payload and up to 1,000kg (braked) of towing capacity, the T90EV combines a visually sporty design with a high specification, a modern interior finish and ample space for occupants and storage. The T90EV represents a commitment to future mobility, and offers a compelling alternative, blending usability and a greener transportation approach.

H Iveco eDaily Launched in 2023, the new IVECO eDaily offers class-leading advantages in towing capabilities and battery options, and a wide range of body styles matching the DNA of the previous diesel Daily, just electric. Available in 3.5-7.2 tonnes in different van lengths, chassis and crew cabs, chassis cowls, stripped-down versions, and minibuses. With an urban driving range of up to 248 miles, modular batteries, 80kW rapid charging, up to 4.6-tonnes of payload, up to 19.6m3 of cargo volume, and an unrivalled 3.5-tonne towing capacity, the eDaily offers exceptional flexibility, and blends innovation with the trusted qualities that have made the Daily a renowned choice with LCV operators.

H Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK eActros 600 Following the success of the eActros for regional distribution comes the eActros 600 – a zero-emission long-haul truck. With an installed battery capacity of more than 600kWh and a new, efficient electric drive axle, the eActros 600 can achieve a range of 310 miles without intermediate charging. This means, by intermediate charging during a driver’s mandated 45-minute break, daily mileages of up to 621 miles are possible. In addition to CCS charging up to 400kW, the eActros 600 will later enable megawatt charging.

As part of Daimler Truck, Mercedes-Benz Trucks UK is committed to leading sustainable transportation, and eActros 600 represents the pinnacle of Daimler Truck’s e-truck family.

H Volkswagen ID Buzz Cargo With looks aping the iconic Type 2 van, there’s no denying the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles ID Buzz Cargo brings a sense of fun to the light commercial sector. Named as ‘International Van of the Year 2023’ and an industry multiple-award winner, the ID Buzz Cargo comes in Commerce and Commerce Plus trims, both models fitted with a 77kWh battery for up to 256 miles of range. Cargo volume is 3.9m3; payload is up to 607kg.

At Optimize we specialise in fleet and freight transport optimisation, decarbonisation and transformation, using powerful artificial intelligence to solve the complex challenges our clients face today and in the future.

The computer algorithms we have developed deliver productivity breakthroughs for our clients as they seek to decarbonise their businesses, reduce emissions, improve efficiency and maximise the utilisation of their assets. We are leading the charge with this unique and innovative approach, enabling our partners, fleets and end-users, to achieve their net zero targets.

As the fleet and freight transport sector embarks on the journey to decarbonise, a new layer of complexity will be added to the transport ecosystem as businesses transition to new vehicle types, energy sources and infrastructure requirements.

Our algorithms are sharply focused on optimisation, a significant part of the AI landscape, and consider electrification, infrastructure and fleet transition to produce improved journeys, duty cycles and routes.

We have recently rebranded to Optimize from The Algorithm People.

It’s the same great team delivering class-leading products. We think the new name better reflects what we do and who we are.

Optimize defines our business – it’s not only what we do, it’s who we are.

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H TVS Interfleet / Tarmac e-mixer TVS Interfleet (with stable brand, McPhee) and Renault Trucks submitted a proposal to develop the UK’s first fully electric mixer, after Tarmac initiated a Supplier Innovation Challenge. TVS Interfleet took the opportunity to challenge every element of the conventional mixer design, its interaction with the vehicle chassis and its operation. The new e-mixer has no less than seven new patents. Following a three month trial, the e-mixer has already saved over 5 tonnes of CO2 from being released. In full operation, the e-mixer is expected to save 42 tonnes of CO2 annually, with zero emissions per mile compared to 1.55 kg of CO2 per mile for its equivalent.

H Hydrogen Vehicle Systems - HVS HGV Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS)’s HGV, which was revealed in 2023, represents a leap in the commercial vehicle industry’s efforts to decarbonise.

The HVS HGV is powered by a state-of-the-art fuel cell stack that distinguishes it from traditional battery-electric alternatives. It boasts a class-leading range of 370 miles, setting a new standard for hydrogen commercial transportation in the UK. HVS’s modularity and technology-agnostic approach ensure that their vehicles do not need to be replaced as frequently. This not only reduces waste but also lowers the total cost of ownership (TCO) for vehicle operators.

H Cenex - taxi wireless charging demonstrator & V2G project Cenex led on the demonstration of the UK’s first electric taxi wireless charging demonstrator (WICET) which showcased both LEVC and Nissan eNV200 taxis wirelessly charging on a taxi rank at Nottingham station whilst waiting for customers.

Cenex has also led on the development of Vehicle 2 Grid technology over the last eight years. It has installed the first domestic and commercial V2G units in 2016 and in partnership with OVO, Indra and Nissan delivered the world’s largest V2G demonstrator.

V2X is now rapidly commercialising and is ready for CCS based systems in the coming months. Recent innovations include adapting the technology for use on small electric boats and showcasing UK made V2G hardware in India.

Grosvenor Leasing is the UK’s largest privately-owned contract hire and fleet management specialist, having served companies with cars and light commercial vehicle fleets since 1981.

Working with SMEs through to PLCs, Grosvenor Leasing offers the perfect balance between national infrastructure and financial muscle, delivered with a personal touch and attention to detail.

H Prohire - ProGreen Van for Savona Foodservice Prohire’s alternative fuels division, ProGreen, has developed a solution that redefines the possibilities of temperature-controlled deliveries. The company has created a bespoke, allelectric van for Savona Foodservice using a Maxus eDeliver 9 chassis.

The company embarked on this ambitious journey to design a van that would maintain precise temperature control, whilst carrying the required payload, ensuring the integrity of perishable goods while operating solely on electric power. The result was a state-of-theart system, powered by lithium-ion batteries and advanced power management systems.

H Allstar - Chargepass Allstar Chargepass accelerates the UK’s fleet transition to EVs by making paying for fuel and EV charging simpler at home and on the road. Allstar Chargepass is made possible following the acquisition of Mina by Allstar’s parent company Fleetcor. The solution eliminates the need for separate cards and suppliers, offering customers a single invoice.

Allstar’s EV network growth is achieved through 17 partnerships to date with leading EV charge point networks on the market, including GRIDSERVE and InstaVolt. The intuitive portal also gives organisation tools to manage their fleets effectively.

H Dundee City Council - The 4th Hub at Clepington Road The 4th Hub at Clepington Road consist of four 50kW and one 150kW charging units, accessible bays, a Bluewater renewable drinking water solution, solar canopies and a shared 300kW battery storage set up, contactless payment facilities, picnic area, local amenities, and appropriate signage. The design is ground-breaking in its approach to accessibility, with features designed in consultation with disabled people, charities and manufacturers. The site is well lit at all times, and shelter is provided via the overhead canopies

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GREENFLEET Award for Outstanding Achievement GREENFLEET’s Award for Outstanding Achievement goes to an organisation or individual that has been championing the decarbonisation agenda for years and has made excellent progress in reducing the environmental impact of their fleet, or have shown great innovation in transport decarbonisation.

Lorna McAtear, head of fleet at the National Grid, won last year’s GREENFLEET Award for her tireless efforts to decarbonise electric vehicles and share her experience with others. Having worked at several major organisations and led on several electric vehicle related projects, including Optimise Prime, Lorna joined National Grid in August 2019 as fleet manager.

In 2021, Mitie won the GREENFLEET Award for Outstanding Achievement for its work with electric vehicles, which began back in 2018. Mitie is now sharing its expertise with other businesses to help them transition to an electric fleet, through its Plan Zero Fleet Transition Service.

Other winners include Nissan GB, Milk & More, Zemo Partnership’s Andy Eastlake and Matthew Eastwood from the Energy Saving Trust.

Lorna McAtear won the 2022 GREENFLEET Award for Outstanding Achievement

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As the fleet and freight transport sector embarks on the journey to decarbonise, a new layer of complexity will be added to the transport ecosystem as businesses transition to new vehicle types, energy sources and infrastructure requirements.

Our algorithms are sharply focused on optimisation, a significant part of the AI landscape, and consider electrification, infrastructure and fleet transition to produce improved journeys, duty cycles and routes.

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As a result, 2024 will once again see GF Events delivered in both Live and Online formats, giving suppliers the chance to pick and choose when and how they engage with UK fleet decision-makers. All you need to decide now, is how YOUR organisation can best make use of the opportunities we have lined-up.

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Sarah Ferguson, Optimize Antoinette Redmond, Planit Sara Sloman, Paythru Kirsty Pendleton, AA Esther Jones, AA Stuart Atkinson, ElectriX Tom Middleditch, Europcar Steve Beadle, Grosvenor Jennifer McCall, Plug Me In Carrie Bell, Ax Jamie Fretwell, MB Trucks UK Ian Munro, BMW UK Amy Lawrence, Novuna Natasha Fry, Mer UK Geotab Lisa Fuller, IVECO Charlie Golbert, Field Dynamics

Our Supporters Paul ‘Evan’ Kirby, EV Essentials Niall Riddell & The ‘Paua Rangers’ Lorna McAtear, National Grid Linda Grave, EV Driver Stewart Lightbody, The AFP Quentin Willson, FairCharge

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