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Whether you’re transitioning part of your fleet to electric vehicles or getting ready for complete fleet electrification, the first thing you’ll need to do is create a plan to meet the specific needs of your fleet.
Planning ahead ensures you address all the necessary details and don’t run into unexpected expenses. It’s important to consider your industry, fleet size, geographic location, vehicle use, and charging needs. Other factors to account for during the planning stages are upfront costs, financing, data collection and EV driver training.
Whether you need end-to-end electrification, or office, depot, public or home charging solutions, a customized approach ensures a smooth transition and maximizes the benefits of going electric.
Create your electric vehicle transition roadmap
Run your EV test deployment to create an essential playbook for large-scale success.
Prepare to scale your EV fleet
There are many reasons to transition your fleet to EVs or hybrids. Electrifying your fleet not only aligns with environmental goals, but also offers substantial operational advantages. Switching to EVs can lead to cost savings over time, thanks to lower maintenance and fuel expenses. Electric fleets also contribute to a reduction in carbon emissions, which can enhance your company's reputation and commitment to sustainability.
When adding vehicles to your fleet, you always factor in the total cost of ownership (TCO). Even though EVs may have higher upfront costs, they can lead to long-term savings.
Fuel cost savings
Fuel costs are a major expense for fleets and electricity is a fraction of the price. It is far cheaper to recharge an EV than to refuel a conventional gas or diesel fleet.
By transitioning even a small segment of fleet vehicles to EVs, you can significantly save on fuel expenses. These savings can then be redirected to offset the initial costs of buying new EVs and building charging infrastructure.
Electricity is a regulated market with more stability when compared to the fuel market, which is heavily influenced by speculation. You’ll be able to better forecast budgets to operate EVs.
Lowered fleet maintenance costs
With fewer moving parts and less gritty buildup, over a vehicle’s lifetime EVs typically have lower maintenance costs.
As electric vehicle production grows and battery technology improves, prices are expected to match those of gas-powered cars.
Government and industry incentives
Tap into the government initiatives that continue to influence EV adoption.
Regulations, policies, tax credits, and subsidies have been put in place to promote EV deployment.
Switching your fleet to EVs or hybrid vehicles will help you reach your sustainability goals.
Electric vehicles do not produce tailpipe emissions. Any environmental impact from using power grid energy to charge EV fleets has a smaller carbon footprint over the lifecycle of the EV.
Compared to average gasoline cars, EV batteries produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions. This holds true even accounting for manufacturing, as electric vehicles beat gas cars on climate emissions over time.
Electric fleet vehicles are more efficient than ICE fleets because they can bring energy from the battery directly to the wheels and recover energy from braking. Conventional ICE vehicles require a set of many parts to deliver energy from the engine to the wheel, losing energy in the transmission process.
Get an in-depth look at how close we are to electric vehicle cost parity.
EV safety standards: EVs meet the same safety testing and standards as internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, plus additional EV-specific certifications.
Less rollovers: Due to the battery placement, the low and evenly distributed battery weight in EVs reduce the risk of rollovers, enhancing safety.
Improved accountability from drivers
Data-connected solutions will show driving habits such as speeding, harsh turning or braking, the length of time spent out at the delivery location, etc. You can review these results and give fleet drivers direct feedback to improve driver behavior and reduce accident rates.
More responsive route optimization
In addition to planning the most efficient routes, the technology factors in the closest charging stations based on range and planned stops. This improves driving times and saves on costs.
While EVs initially cost more to purchase than gas-powered vehicles, you can shift budgeting and transition some vehicles to start a test deployment. The same is true for the added investment associated with installing the charging infrastructure.
Understanding the shrinking barriers to EV adoption will help you evaluate the ways you can begin an EV test deployment to start small and grow with your needs. There are a range of strategies to help reduce your fleet's carbon emissions. You can overcome electric vehicle range anxiety by putting simple strategies into place.
No matter where you are in your EV journey, by following our recommendations, you can begin a successful EV fleet transition. We can help guide you to make the complex simple, sharing our expertise to give you confidence.
Ready to find out more? Download “The path to electrification” tip sheet or get in touch with us today.