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– SUSTAINABILITY –

Fleet sustainability demands better utilisation, not just EVs

Fleet sustainability has continued to move up the corporate ladder as businesses strive to minimise CO₂ emissions and support positive environmental change.

This has triggered an upsurge in the purchase of electric vehicles (EVs), initially by consumers and more latterly by fleet owners and operators.

But shifting from ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) vehicles to EVs is only one piece in the sustainability puzzle. Utilisation is another, altogether more perplexing, problem fleet managers are having to get their heads around.

All Bynx modules work together to minimise vehicle offroad time and maximise utilisation. In addition, Bynx provides a dedicated module Bynx CarPool that enables you to optimise fleet utilisation and better manage fleet assets. It does this through a central carpool administration control centre, and driver app for drivers to book available vehicles ‘on-demand’. Car and journey sharing is supported and CarPool makes it easy to apportion costs per driver, trip or cost centre and bill accordingly.

There is support for driver licence checking, telematics and route monitoring, multi-role dashboards for carpool administration and a lot more. Once you see it, you’ll want it. Get in touch for a demonstration.

Contact: Gary Jefferies

Telephone: +44 (0) 1789 471600

Email: sales@bynx.com

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Copart uniquely positioned to support sustainability drive

As a global leader in online vehicle remarketing and recycling, Copart is uniquely positioned to support and deliver on the sustainability drive that is vital across the Insurance and Fleet salvage sector.

Given that Copart already supplies the majority of the UK Insurance and Accident Management sector with salvage recycling and remarketing services, our vision is to fully support the Fleet sector with a carbon-neutral approach whilst consistently delivering world-class customer service.

Understanding the critical nature and strategic importance of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), our commitment to achieving Net-Zero will reassure our customers that we are entirely aligned to the needs of the market.

Our Plan-Net-Zero strategy focuses on Copart’s four ‘sustainability quadrants’, to deliver real and lasting difference around sustainability.

We’re growing our presence in the fleet market, and given Copart’s size and scale, we’re fully aware of our sustainability responsibilities.

As part of our ‘Greenest Fleet on the Street’ initiative, we’re upgrading our 250-strong transporter fleet to deliver lower mileage, fuel consumption, and emissions. We’re committed to providing Euro VI compliancy and are reviewing everything from Carbon Literacy training for teammates, to the most sustainable fuel options.

Underwritten by formal emissions and sustainability reporting, we’re committed to transforming our operations, people, and transport, to create a sustainable future.

Contact: Nick Whalley Telephone: 07570 108 708 Email: nick.whalley@copart.com

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Driver safety, efficiency and sustainability – a winning combination from DriveTech

With a comprehensive range of quality risk management services helping to keep driving communities safe, the DriveTech formula offers real sustainability support for your business. DriveTech is driven to keep people safe, and always has been. The definition of 'sustainability' covers four main aspects of protection.

Human: DriveTech helps to identify risk with your drivers. From licence checking to a range of online driver assessments to a whole host of driver interventions including coaching both online, on road or in workshops, we offer choice and benefits to continue to keep drivers safe. We even have a PULSE fleet risk health check service. Driving is a real skill for life, literally.

Social: Changes to the Highway Code provide a wake-up call to all road users to be sensible, progressive and safe, and to recognise more vulnerable road users and protect them from harm. There is a tragically large social cost to road collisions. Reducing this likelihood makes for a much more safely sustainable transport network. The social cost of road collisions is debilitating.

Economic: The annualised cost of road collisions in the UK runs into many millions of pounds. Reducing road deaths and serious injuries reduces traffic management costs, minimises disruption to traffic flow, and reduces post-collision expense (emergency response, hospitalisations and worse).

Environmental: With the increasingly rapid adoption of electric vehicles, DriveTech offers a range of EV familiarisation courses and some really beneficial online learning modules to help drivers move to more sustainable modes of personal transport.

Contact: Colin Paterson

Telephone: 01256 610907

Email: tellmemore@drivetech.co.uk

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Fleet electrification

Seeing the wood for the trees

In a dynamically changing commercial EV market, it is understandable that some fleet owners are having difficulty seeing the wood for the trees. Decarbonisation objectives from the Board Room must somehow translate into the reality of van fleet electrification by 2030. Practicalities of achieving this are complex and coordination across the organisation is essential to a solution that is fit-for-purpose, operationally seamless and minimises risk and cost.

Flexible Power Systems (“FPS”) is a leader in this field – we blend software and engineering, AI, data analysis and energy market expertise into a fleet electrification solution that deals with this complexity, from planning through deployment to operations – impartially, optimally, objectively by site location. Our integrated solution uniquely addresses energy and power use, site prioritisation, vehicle and charger selection, operational and software requirements. Customer-tailored dashboards tell managers what they need to know, when they need to know it, to manage their transition choices and business operations with clarity.

We offer holistic hybrid solutions combining advanced technology like wireless charging used in our Waitrose and City of Edinburgh Council projects alongside standard wired charger solutions. The technology mix is always tailored to our customers’ needs.

FPS impartially de-risks and optimises electrification.

Contact: Michael Ayres, Managing Director

Telephone: +44 7714 513 653

Email: Michael.Ayres@flexpowerltd.com

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Plug&Charge – new level of EV charging for EV fleet

Hubject is the leading interoperability platform for eMobility that started working on the implementation of the Plug&Charge technology based on the open and global standard ISO15118. Based on this technology, the driver does not need to do anything more than plug the car into a charging station to launch the charging session. The Plug&Charge technology ensures a secure authentication via public key infrastructures and secure communications between data pools. The vehicle and the charging station exchange data are signed and/or encrypted via certificates. The charging session begins only after both counterparts successfully pass the certificate validations.

Plug&Charge is a cutting-edge technology, which is, amongst other use cases, also the perfect solution for EV fleet management. The technology streamlines the charging experience and surpasses the ease of fuelling gas- or diesel-powered vehicles; with the potential to streamline all relevant post-charging activities like financial settlement and billing. Fleet users do not need to choose the contract for charging to pay the travel expenses immediately at the charging station on their own. The fleet operator can create a contract certificate for each vehicle. These contracts can be mapped on the company and not on individuals. The EV fleet management receives the invoices with the costs associated with the completed charging sessions. The drivers get a smooth EV charging experience and do not have to worry about billing.

The mass adoption of Plug&Charge is on its way, and we see it in the growing interest from all market players. Each year, more car manufacturers join the ecosystem to deliver top-level charging experiences to their customers, e.g. VW ID Series in Q1 2022. In Europe and the US, major companies such as IONITY, ARAL, Electrify America, BayWa, MER, has2be, Virta, Driivz and others implement the protocol on their charging stations. Plug&Charge responds to the security challenges and market needs, which are growing with the general mass EV adoption.

And you? What are you waiting for to implement Plug&Charge for your fleet? Get in contact with us: www.hubject.com/plug-and-charge

Contact: Alessandra Bosco

Telephone: +49 1627730436

Email: alessandra.bosco@hubject.com

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EV Mobility and Infrastructure need to work hand in hand

From choosing the right vehicles for your business needs, to ensuring that you’re not tied into long term contracts as technology changes, the vehicles themselves are by no means the end of the story when transitioning your fleet to EVs. This raises some new challenges for the fleets of tomorrow. Electric Vehicles are changing the status quo that the industry has been used to for decades.

EVs need to form part of a wider mobility solution; which means considering all aspects such as initial outlay, running cost versus ICE, charging needs at home/work/on the go. Navigating tax considerations for your employees for the vehicles as well as how the electricity used both at the employees home and work can be paid for within current and future tax rules.

As part of this, it makes sense to work with a supplier that can work with you and offer a complete turnkey solution. With our recent acquisition of infrastructure specialists ChargedEV, and recruitment of EV Specialist Consultants and fully EV capable workshops, we can offer you the support, consultation and solutions that you need, in addition to the vehicles.

Telephone: 0330 042 0903

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TMC-e: Solutions to electrify your fleet

Are you keen to electrify your fleet but unsure where to start? Or are you unclear as to how well electric vehicles you already have are performing? TMC can help! Our real world data-driven solutions give you the full picture to take the uncertainty out of going electric. Using our app to capture trips, we look at the journey profile of each vehicle in your fleet to identify where electric vehicles would work well. We continue this analysis once electric vehicles are deployed to measure their impact and identify where else electric vehicles could be used successfully. We can help with charging too – in terms of both domestic charging reimbursement and public charging. We take in domestic charging data and reimburse employees for business mileage. We can help with the payment of public charging on the electric highway via our pay and reclaim and charge card solutions. To compliment the real world data and insight we provide, our consultants can help you through the whole process of going electric. From identifying your goals to helping you with all the practicalities such as vehicle purchase/funding, buying/leasing charge points and employee on-boarding. To find out more, please get in touch with us on:

Telephone: 01270 525 218

Email: reply@tmc.co.uk

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Take control with telematics technology

With an increase in online shopping, customers are relying on businesses drivers to bring purchases to them. Your drivers depend on the company's electric and traditional powered vehicles to help them deliver for your business, and you, as the fleet operator, need to take control with telematics technology. Telematics technology lets you see where your EV drivers are and the performance of each vehicle in real-time – all on one screen, and whenever you want, and wherever you are. The benefits of tracking are tangible, according to The Energy Savings Trust, "One company saw a 30% increase in staff productivity, and another recorded a 20% cut in accidents and a 60% reduction in speeding". Our telematics solutions FLEETLOC8 or combined video and tracking FLEETVISION provide genuine satisfaction for our clients. Our tailored tracking systems can provide an immediate and accurate view of how your EVs are doing. By having more accurate, vehicle-specific data, a company can quickly identify where to take maintenance action. And, more importantly, by having visibility of driving activities, you can feedback and improve your drivers' driving style, safety and productivity. Book a free demo today - you've nothing to lose except the cost and hassle of not tracking it!

Contact: Jamie Drummond

Telephone: 08081 961680

Email: info@fleetloc8.co.uk

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