You know you need to electrify your fleet, but maybe you don’t know where to start.
Fortunately, there are lots of companies offering solutions to electrify your fleet. Adding EVs and moving into a mixed fleet isn't just about swapping vehicles. It’s about operating in a new set of economics, business rules, and physics. Working with the right consulting firm can make electrification possible and economically viable for your fleet while maintaining your existing ICEV operations.
Some questions these companies can help you answer include:
“Which electric vans should I buy?”
“Which routes should I electrify first?”
“How will electrification impact my CapEx and Opex?”
“What charge infrastructure will I need and where?”
The following companies have services and solutions that can help you answer these and many other questions you have while navigating the tricky waters of electrification. Learn more about each below and hopefully you can find the right partner to help you navigate the transition.
1. Deloitte
Deloitte uses the most advanced simulation software to actually simulate their clients’ operations if run with electric vehicles. They are able to build a precise picture of what electrification will look like in different scenarios with different vehicles. This includes impacts on TCO, scheduling, cost per parcel, and even emissions.
With this data they can identify which of your routes can be electrified immediately without on-route charging.
Deloitte used Chargetrip to help a client identify huge savings opportunities through electrification. Some results included:
72% of routes could be electrified without on-route charging
13% potential cost per parcel reduction
35% potential reduction in CO2e
Learn more about how Deloitte can help
2. Sawatch Labs
Sawatch Labs, a WEX company, specializes in fleet electrification analytics. Their software platform provides data-driven insights to make EV adoption smoother and smarter. They can help you assess EV suitability for your fleet - which vehicles and routes are best suited for electrification. They can then help you with cost modeling, infrastructure planning, and even emissions reporting. Their software will deliver you clear recommendations backed by data to optimize your TCO through electrification.
Combined with WEX’s advanced fleet management software, Sawatch and WEX can give you confidence and security throughout your fleet electrification lifecycle and managing a mixed fleet.
3. BP Pulse
BP Pulse are leading experts on charging for fleets. They can help you with integrated hardware and software solutions to set up an efficient system for your electric vehicles. BP Pulse’s services have been proven to decrease operational costs and offer 99.9% infrastructure uptime for charging. Their goal is to help you manage the complexity of integrating electric vehicles so you can focus on your core business of moving people and goods.
4. Element Fleet Management
Element Fleet Management can help you throughout your electrification journey. They start with working with you to build your fleet electrification journey so you have a clear roadmap to electrification. They can help you find government incentives that apply to your geography and situation and maximize your savings through those programs. Element can then take you through test deployments to prototype your operations to get them right before scaling up.
Learn more about Element’s fleet electrification services
5. Geotab
Geotab specializes in telematics fleet management and offers a variety of software solutions to help you throughout your journey. Whether you are just planning electrification or already have EVs on the road, Getoab can help you optimize your EV operations to lower your TCO. Geotab can help you with challenges like choosing the right vehicle models, tracking charge costs, and mapping your future charging needs.
The advantage of working with Geotab is accessing its wide range of partners through the Geotab marketplace. This lets you access and integrate a variety of solutions to make your fleet electrification easy. Above all, Geotab can help you electrify with confidence in your financial and operational setup.
Learn more about Geotab’s fleet electrification solutions
6. Merchants Fleet
Merchants Fleet has a dedicated consulting team to help you with electrification. If you are unsure of what the best time is to start replacing your fleet with electric vehicles, then Merchants Fleet can help you. They help you time your electrification properly to align with your business needs and the evolving landscape of e-mobility. These services are then paired with their fleet management platform, TotalView, to give you all the data you need to make informed decisions for your operations.
Learn more about Merchants Fleet electrification consulting
7. Merge Fleet
The Merge team helps fleet managers evaluate, plan, design, install, and operate an electric fleet. Merge supports you with a few key solutions. These include PowerRail, their modular charging solution, Fleetscription, their EV subscription package, EV360, their EV telematics platform, and their EV employer program.
They are a boutique firm that can help you with a personalized approach to assessing your needs and tailoring solutions to your situation.
8. Engie Impact
Engie Impact can help you achieve your decarbonization goals, whether you are a public or private fleet. As an energy utility, Engie are experts in providing and managing energy. Their e-mobility team can help you assess economic value, offset operational and financial risk, and accelerate your GHG reduction efforts. If you are a large organization, they can help you engage your key stakeholders for a comprehensive electrification strategy that achieves results.
Learn more about Engie’s e-mobility consulting
9. ICF
ICF is focused on holistic electrification planning with their advisory services. They are a good option for fleets in need of a full-service approach. ICF ensures an actionable plan that can be implemented by your fleet in clear phases. Their full-service analysis and planning takes you from infrastructure and vehicle assessments to setting your operations up to maximize cost effectiveness and emissions reduction.
Learn more about ICF’s electrification advisory services
10. Holman
Holman starts with understanding your needs and ensuring you have the right vehicles for your fleets. Their consulting services go deep and even include training for your drivers and technicians to ensure your entire operations are bought in and trained up on electric vehicles. They can even help you with your plan for EV disposal to plan for effective sale or disposal of electric vehicles when you need to replace them.
Learn more about Holman’s electrification consulting
11. CLEAResult
CLEAResult is the largest energy efficiency, energy transition and energy sustainability program consultant in North America. Their fleet electrification consulting focuses on three areas; technology assessment, technology demonstration and testing, and program management and technical support. CleaResult can help you with the technical details of planning and deploying electric vehicles into your fleet as a supporting partner throughout your implementation.
12. VEV
VEV delivers end-to-end electrification services for your fleet and handles the entire transition for you. This solution is effective because it ensures all aspects of your electrification process are linked together as a single integrated solution. Their services are broken down into strategy and planning, designing and building, and finally, power and performance.
VEV specializes exclusively in fleet electrification and brings expertise to your team that has been proven through a track record of numerous successful projects.
