There’s a lot to think about when deciding how and where your fleet’s going to charge. So, how do you determine whether to rely on public charging facilities, implement on-site charging infrastructure, install chargers at drivers’ homes, or take a blended approach?
Let’s look at the options.
Depot charging
Installing infrastructure at your depots enables you to plan charging around your fleet operations.
Working with expert electrification partner can help to simplify the challenge, join the dots and help you avoid expensive mistakes by:
- Arranging electrical site surveys – for understanding your electrical capacity, planning potential upgrades and designing layouts to maximise accessibility, optimise cable routing efficiency and minimise installation disruption
- Minimising hardware and installation costs – by recommending government support or funding options to spread outlay over time
- Recommending Grid connection options and coordinating accordingly – to help reduce costs, shorten timescales and manage any power-capacity upgrade requirements
- Planning implementation to minimise disruption – including proposals for a phased approach that reduces upfront costs and enables you to ‘learn as you go’
- Future-proofing your investment – to make sure even a phased approach has one eye on implications for tomorrow
Home charging
Many organisations’ fleet drivers take their vehicles home at the end of each shift. In these instances, installing dedicated home chargers for each vehicle provides driver convenience and operational efficiency.
Home chargers enable low-speed and cost-effective charging, often benefitting from cheaper overnight rates. They can also connect to your organisation’s ‘back office’ fleet management software, meaning you retain visibility of usage and charging costs.
Public charging
There are over 85,000 publicly accessible EV chargers in the UK, and the figure’s increasing all the time. Of these, over 15,000 are ‘rapid’, meaning they’re suitable for substantially boosting a vehicle’s remaining range in under an hour.
And, of course, using public EV chargers means there isn’t an immediate requirement for costly, complex and potentially disruptive infrastructure implementation works at your sites or drivers’ homes.
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