Articles by Gareth Roberts - Page 106

The latest commercial fleet industry news, including the Welch Group joins zero-emission HGV consortium and Mercedes-Benz eVito added to Europcar fleet.

Zenith has implemented Taranto’s Fleet Bureau solution for processing parking penalty charge notices.

The Government has been criticised for failing to offer fleets the urgent fiscal support required to replace diesel vans with electric LCVs.

With fuel duty frozen and full expensing to be expanded to leased assets, the industry has reacted to the Government’s tax and spending plans in the Budget.

Vehicle leasing companies will benefit from so-called full expensing after the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, announced it will apply to leased assets.

Liquid Fleet has reported an upturn in customers addressing grey fleet issues by onboarding short-term lease cars as part of a pool car arrangement.

Four out of every five cars delivered by Tusker in 2023 were fully electric, helping the salary sacrifice specialist slash average fleet emissions by 50%.

February saw a decline in registrations of battery electric vans weighing up to 3.5 tonnes, taking a 4.7% market share, down from 5.5% a year ago.

The latest EV news, including Rightcharge partners with Mercedes-Benz Vans and Believ warns public EV charging infrastructure is stalling.

In terms of regional distribution, the south-east had the highest uptake, while Wales and Northern Ireland had the lowest.