What are the benefits of sustainability and electrification?
Over the last few decades, efforts have been made to reduce the transportation industry’s environmental effect. It will become a bigger problem in 2020, especially with battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Significant advancements in battery technology and overall cost reductions have prompted this shift. The scene has been prepared for BEVs to dominate the transportation industry, thanks to increased government emission laws, financial efforts, and public demand for zero-emission technology.
While all types of clean technology will play a part in the next few years, completely electric cars now represent the most promising outcome. With zero tailpipe emissions, they have a far lower environmental effect on average, and as renewable energy technology improves, this will only increase. EVs also provide fleets with the possibility to increase their profits. Electric vehicles often have a lower total cost of ownership since the cost per kWh of power and maintenance costs are lower than the same expenditures for Total cost of ownership (TCO).
Electrification
Thingsup provides a free EV Suitability Assessment (EVSA) to assess which ICE cars in your fleet may be replaced with electric vehicles while maintaining operations and saving money. Fleets are urged to do these evaluations on a frequent basis, as they are based on fleet-specific data. Fleets can then re-evaluate their electrification potential when duty cycles change or new incentives and vehicle types become available.
When it comes to BEV adoption, there are several stages to take, such as contacting your electric utility provider, but the first step is identifying where it makes sense to electrify.
The prospect of electrifying your whole fleet may be daunting, but fleet electrification should be approached in stages. A fleet may essentially test the water and begin to improve its operations before a large-scale adoption by replacing a limited number of cars at a period.
Existing fleet telematics may help you determine whether an electric fleet is ideal for your company, what kind of cars will meet your needs, and even where your charging stations should be located.
The key to maximizing EV operations is telematics.
There are actions you can take once you’ve implemented electric cars into your fleet to maximize the return on your investment. Reviewing your telemetry data is the key to uncovering this knowledge.
Fleet managers may optimize routes using data-driven insights to guarantee that cars travel the greatest kilometre without needing to charge en route. They may also set ideal charging and driving routines to keep the battery healthy and extend the range of the car.
Increasing the efficiency of your fleet’s cars is nothing new, and many of the same tactics will apply to BEVs as well. You may simplify the process by adopting fleet management software that allows you to manage both ICE and BEV cars on the same platform.
Telematics is essential for tracking drivers’ activity and developing long-term driving habits. Telematics, for example, can detect concerns such as forceful braking or acceleration. When it comes to increasing the economy of an electric vehicle, driver behaviour is critical, and telematics can offer the required data as drivers acclimatize to EV driving. Telematics will assist fleet managers in identifying more significant technical faults early on, rather than later on when they become a greater problem.
Existing fleet telematics may help you determine whether an electric fleet is ideal for your company, what kind of cars will meet your needs, and even where your charging stations should be located.
The state of sustainable fleets
Across several clean fuel technologies, fleet sustainability is starting to bloom. For the majority of fleet vehicle duty cycles, current electric cars have sufficient range and can run at a cheaper operational cost during their service life. Fleet managers armed with the correct data and tools will be able to allocate the right vehicle to the right work and smoothly integrate the operations of electric assets with vehicles as more electric cars join the market in new vehicle classes such as pickups, medium-duty, and so on.
Fleet managers are urged to study all of the resources accessible to them in order to stay ahead of the curve. After all, some of the world’s impending government demands are just one or two service lifecycles away.
Business fleets’ sustainability criteria are not always met by driver management. When this is the case, switching from ICE to EVs may be the best answer. Telematics can assist with the changeover. They keep track of energy usage and production, as well as battery charge and other mission-critical data.
