Leading the charge:
Are cities ready for a fleet led EV revolution?

"If our drivers can make the switch, overcoming all the barriers that are currently in place, then it should act as a major catalyst for change across society. If we act now, together and with renewed purpose, we can create cleaner, healthier, more liveable cities for everyone."

Christopher Hook
Driver Operations Clean Air & Driver Earnings Lead UK and Ireland, Uber

“Commercial fleet triggers to decarbonise are different to private consumers. It is essential to increase the policy focus on fleets to give a clear signal that their needs are considered and supported.”

Niall Riddell
Smart Systems Innovation Sector Director, SSE

“TfWM is committed to becoming the UK hub for battery research, delivery of the highest EV adoption and CAV share of vehicle use in the UK; and enabling the region to become the national centre for CAVs and electric motor manufacturing and supply chain for EVs.”

Andy Page, Future Mobility Lead & Mike Waters, Director Policy, Strategy and Innovation, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM)

“Fleets are committed to helping the UK reach net zero emissions but as this eBook has highlighted there are common concerns across the electrification spectrum.”

Dan Hubert,
Founder & CEO, AppyWay

“How do we persuade and encourage more people to make the behaviour change required? And how do we ensure there is sufficient infrastructure to support a rapid growth in use of electric vehicles (EVs)?”

James Taylor,
General Manager, Zipcar UK

“Our experience is that customers want to rent EVs, but often don’t because they are worried about how often they will need to recharge the vehicle and where they will be able to do this.”

Iain Macbeth
Director of Electric Vehicle Strategy – Europe, Enterprise

“I plea that we all learn from one another and share views with the local authorities – give them first-hand insight into what fleets need to continue to be the backbone of our economy.”

Sara Sloman
Zero Emission Mobility BD Manager, Foot Anstey LLP

“We are facing one of the most significant infrastructure challenges of this century; one that requires mindset and behavioural changes, as well as bold thinking and cross-sector collaboration.”

Chris Pateman-Jones
CEO, Connected Kerb

“With nearly 6 in every 10 of last year’s new vehicle registrations being fleet vehicles, the actions of professional drivers and commercial fleet owners will clearly have a significant impact on stimulating this new market and meeting London’s environmental objectives”

Adam Tyndall,
Programme Director - Connectivity, London First

“TfWM is committed to becoming the UK hub for battery research, delivery of the highest EV adoption and CAV share of vehicle use in the UK; and enabling the region to become the national centre for CAVs and electric motor manufacturing and supply chain for EVs.”

Andy Page, Future Mobility Lead & Mike Waters, Director Policy, Strategy and Innovation, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM)

“Much progress has been made but we know the EV revolution is just getting started. With initiatives like the ones we mention in this eBook we hope to get more motorists in electric vehicles, and more importantly we hope to get more businesses and fleets into EV’s.”

Sunil Budheo
Transport Innovation Manager, Coventry City Council

“DG:Cities have identified that the challenges fleets face with regards to electrification are linked to their lack of previous experience with EVs, resistance to change, range insecurity, and unknown infrastructural costs. All of these need to be taken into account to enable transition.”

Balázs Csuvár
Head of Delivery, DG:Cities

“Parking and EV charging as it is today, has been put together by chance with a lack of joined up thinking in most areas. Integration remains non-existent, fragmenting the user journey and leaving the relationship between parking and charging in separate silos.”

Ben Boutcher West
Head of Mobility, AppyWay