EV100 fleets now operating 630,000 electric vehicles

Fleets that are part of the Climate Group’s global EV100 initiative are collectively operating 630,000 electric vehicles (EVs) – a 57% year-on-year increase.

A progress report - ‘Charging the EV Transition’ - shows that over the past 12 months, 231,000 vehicles were switched to electric by 128 EV100 members.

EV100 members have committed to run 5.45 million EVs by 2030.

The report also reveals that EV100 fleets have installed more than 35,000 EV chargers at 3,442 different locations, with 5,000 coming online in the last year alone.

This means that half of charging units the businesses have committed to installing are already operational. 

Sandra Roling, director of transport for the Climate Group, said: “Businesses continue to lead the EV charge. Year-on-year, we’re seeing more ambition and it’s translating into real change, with more EVs deployed in the last 12 months by EV100 members than across any other.”  

Now in its sixth year, EV100 has grown from an initial group of 10 businesses in 2017 to a group of 128.

To speed up the transition, support from policymakers is vital, says the Climate Group. “There’s more work to be done to make the transition truly global, despite our network spanning 71 countries already,” Roling continued.

“We’re seeing ambition rapidly translate into action in leading countries where the right policy context has been created. But companies still face challenges in less advanced markets where EVs are difficult to obtain and charging infrastructure is lacking.”