The Challenges Of Migrating To An Electric Vehicle Fleet
Fleets
Many logistics companies have seen the light when it comes to upgrading their fleets and are embracing a gradual move to electrically powered vehicles (EVs).
Not only do EVs offer longer term savings in terms of cost per km and general vehicle maintenance, but they also demonstrate an environmentally conscious approach to both their customers and the planet.
However, there are a number of challenges with migration to an EV based fleet — the most significant of which are based around range, batteries, and charging availability.
EV Range
Moving from a fossil fuel powered vehicle (most likely diesel, in this case) to an EV involves moving from a situation where a diesel vhicle can fill up with 1,000km of range in just a few minutes and little attention needs to be paid to the actual volume of diesel in the tank other than ‘is it full this morning?’
With EVs, however, range must be monitored carefully and precisely such that each vechicle must have sufficient range (i.e. battery charge) each morning in order to make its deliveries / collections and return back to the depot in the evening.
Add to that, each EV must also have its range scaled in some way to take account of environmental…
