9 Cost and choice of EV are biggest fleet hurdles

With a structured pathway for OEMs to phase out combustion engines and long-term visibility of EV incentives to the end of the decade, fleets are confident about further expansion. Most (88%) respondents expect to have more electric vehicles on their fleet in five years, while a further 11% think this will stay the same. The pace of that change is influenced by:

What is influencing EV procurement?

10 Fleets set to add their own charging networks

With almost all fleets expecting to deploy more EVs over the next five years, charging is high on the agenda, both politically and within businesses’ strategies.

The UK government has set its sights on a network of 300,000 public chargers by the end of the decade (a four-fold increase, according to Zapmap) to meet incoming demand, and recently extended home charging grants to properties without off-street parking. Most fleets (65%) expect increased home and public charging coverage to cater for future needs, but they are looking at their own networks too.

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