7 Fleets recognise that data is important
Electric vehicle adoption relies on proven results, and almost three- quarters of fleets (71.2%) said they are recording data about how vehicles are charged. This was even higher among organisations with a net zero target (79.1%) or those with vans (82.3%).
Cost of charging was the most common information collected by fleets (80.5% of respondents), compared to just over half (54.9%) that are tracking the carbon footprint of plugging-in.
Fleets operating vans were also more likely to be using charging data to identify opportunities to deploy more EVs or chargepoints than the overall average.
8 Public chargepoints are still problematic
Reflecting on their experiences with electric vehicles, fleets tended to report that they had cut costs and reduced their carbon footprint by making the switch. Unfortunately, there were trends among the negative points reported too – especially the ease and availability of public charging.
Overall, people agreed that they had cut costs/CO₂ but charging problems are an issue. Asked to reflect, lack of public chargepoints and their ease of use are perceived to be big issues. This highlights a need for seamless solutions – such as contactless payments, or roaming apps – which enable drivers to quickly plug in and pay.
