Pain points for fleet decision-makers around EV transition revealed in roundtable debate

How is the role of the fleet manager evolving and how are they responding to technological advancements in the electric vehicle market, market dynamics and the pressure for sustainability?

These topics were the focus of a roundtable debate at the Fleet200 Strategy Network table debate at the September meeting.

Among the key points raised by the contributors were:

•            There is still a huge issue regarding rural charging availability and organisations that operate in such environments will not meet the implementation target dates

•            Certain fleet operations still struggling to find suitable ICE asset replacement and at one level there is not a viable alternative that won’t impact their business

•            The cost of charging infrastructure replacement is a huge commercial burden

•            Several of the fleets current locations could not support the charging infrastructure

•            Charger obsolescence for early adopters is now becoming a real issue, and the cost of replacement for what the devices do is “ridiculous”

•            In an ideal world taking drivers out of the equation “would be ideal”

•            Resistance from drivers for telematics is still prevalent.