fleets

Royal Mail adds electric delivery vans to fleet

Robyn Quick — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:53:51 +0000

Royal Mail adds electric delivery vans to fleet

Robyn Quick Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:53

Royal Mail is adding more than 2,000 eLCVs to its existing electric delivery fleet in partnership with Peugeot.

Europcar adds all-electric Kia to fleet

Robyn Quick — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 08:51:24 +0000

Europcar adds all-electric Kia to fleet

Robyn Quick Wed, 10/16/2024 - 09:51

Europcar Mobility Group UK is adding the Kia Niro EV to its fleet in an effort to support businesses and motorists on their net zero journey.

Bridgewater Town Council adds two EVs to fleet

Robyn Quick — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 08:07:37 +0000

Bridgewater Town Council adds two EVs to fleet

Robyn Quick Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:07

The new additions to the fleet, the Maxus 3, are fully electric.

AO invests two million into fleet decarbonisation

Robyn Quick — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:18:49 +0000

AO invests two million into fleet decarbonisation

Robyn Quick Mon, 07/15/2024 - 10:18

Electrical retailer AO has announced that it is transitioning its fleet of tractor units from diesel to more environmentally friendly compressed natural gas (CNG).

Met Police strives for zero vehicle emissions by 2050

Angela Pisanu — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 06:40:00 +0000

Met Police strives for zero vehicle emissions by 2050

Angela Pisanu Wed, 10/16/2019 - 07:40

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has launched an programme to achieve zero emissions across its vehicles by 2050.

As part of this ambition, MPS is now trialling a fleet of hydrogen-powered vehicles.

Seth Finkelstein, the Met’s Fleet Services Air Quality lead, said: “Alongside our existing fleet of hybrid and electric cars, we want to explore whether hydrogen power could also become part of our future.

Scottish Fire & Rescue Service orders 45 Renault ZOEs

Angela123 — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 09:25:38 +0000

Scottish Fire & Rescue Service orders 45 Renault ZOEs

Angela123 Thu, 09/19/2019 - 10:25

The Scottish Fire & Rescue Service (SFRS) has ordered 45 electric Renault ZOEs to be used to support its frontline operations.

SFRS will use the Renault ZOEs as general pool vehicles, with each covering at least 10,000 miles a year. They will be used by uniformed staff, office employees and management to interact with the public in non-emergency situations, which span free home safety visits to community events, and will be spread across the whole of Scotland, including all major cities and as far as Orkney and the Shetland Islands.

KN Circet takes on electric fleet from Northgate Vehicle Hire

Angela123 — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 09:15:24 +0000

KN Circet takes on electric fleet from Northgate Vehicle Hire

Angela123 Tue, 09/17/2019 - 10:15

Northgate Vehicle Hire has announced it will be providing its customer KN Circet with a fleet of 29 Hyundai Kona electric vehicles, representing an investment of €1.1m.

Kitchen firm Nobia adds Toyota hybrids to fleet

Angela123 — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:16:00 +0000

Kitchen firm Nobia adds Toyota hybrids to fleet

Angela123 Mon, 09/16/2019 - 08:16

Kitchen specialist Nobia is adding 75 Toyota Corolla hybrids to its UK fleet to reduce emissions and save on costs.

Tracy Barker, Nobia’s fleet manager, explained: “As a business, we’re constantly focusing on ways to cut our emissions, and targeting our fleet performance was an obvious way of reducing our carbon footprint. At the same time, we want to support UK manufacturing, so the hybrid Corolla Hatchback was an ideal choice, offering the benefits of cleaner hybrid electric power and supporting our progress towards an electric fleet.

90 per cent of fleets actively assessing viability of EVs, finds E.ON report

Angela Pisanu — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:45:44 +0000

90 per cent of fleets actively assessing viability of EVs, finds E.ON report

Angela Pisanu Wed, 11/21/2018 - 11:45

E.ON has launched the findings from research, conducted by GreenFleet, assessing the current fleet up-take of electric vehicles and what organisations believe are the main barriers to adoption.