BT and E.ON pledge commitment to EVs by joining EV100

Five further companies, including BT Group and E.ON, have joined the Climate Group's corporate leadership initiative EV100 and pledged to electrify their fleets by 2030.

British telecommunications giant BT Group, European energy company E.ON and logistics company Schenker AG, Canadian Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and New Zealand’s Genesis Energy, have all signed up to EV100, which aims to make electric transport ‘the new normal’ by 2030.

With Brexit presenting uncertainty in the UK, the US Administration questioning subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs), and Germany two years behind its target of one million EVs on the road by 2020, business action is accelerating the pace in electric vehicle adoption.

Helen Clarkson, CEO, The Climate Group, said: “Forward-thinking companies are forging ahead on electric vehicles to demonstrate leadership, reduce their emissions, and ready their business operations for a low-carbon economy. Despite uncertain times internationally the economic opportunities are vast, and business is simply getting on with it.

“These ambitious commitments will help to tackle air pollution in our towns and cities and channel investment into smarter energy infrastructure. Every major company – and government – should be switching to electric transport.”