EV Specialist Support

The simplicity of fuelling company cars and vans with petrol and diesel seems quaint compared to the complexity of recharging the batteries of electric vehicles.

Tariffs vary widely, from low-cost domestic systems and cheap kerbside chargers, to workplace charging (sometimes free) and higher-cost, rapid public chargers.

Working out where drivers can replenish their EVs with minimum, and ideally zero, disruption to their productivity, demands a completely new charger database.

Calculating how much to reimburse drivers fairly for using their home electricity to power their company car or van is a complex task that demands sophisticated tools.

Amalgamating numerous charging invoices into a coherent report, with meaningful management information, is essential. As the old business mantra goes: 'If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it'.

The electric specialist providers that have made it into the 100 Trusted Brands in Fleet have all developed innovative solutions to make the role of the fleet decision maker easier. Ranging from start-ups to established global businesses, they have all grasped the nettle of electrification, to deliver reliable and practical tools, on which the future of electricfleet management will depend.

Allstar

Allstar is the leading provider of a wide range of bespoke fuel cards, business credit cards and fleet management solutions. Since our inception as Blue Star Garages, creating innovative payment solutions has been at our core, and we now have the UK's largest fuel network. Allstar is part of FLEETCOR, a leading global business-payments company.

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DRAX Group

Drax Group is an energy company engaged in renewable power generation, the production of sustainable biomass and the sale of renewable electricity to businesses. It is the UK's largest supplier of renewable electricity, via biomass, hydro-electric and pumped-hydro storage assets across four sites in England and Scotland.

Mina

Mina’s multi-award-winning payment solution for EV charging is the UK’s only platform which allows fleet and business electric vehicles to be charged at home and on the go – resulting in a single monthly invoice for the business. Used by some of the UK's largest fleets, Mina Homecharge accurately pays the employee's energy supplier for charging their company EV at home. Meanwhile, with Mina Chargepass, employees can use the UK’s fastest-charging network dedicated to businesses – including the Allstar and InstaVolt networks.

Zap-Map

Zap-Map makes electric-vehicle charging simple. It's the UK’s leading app and digital platform for EV drivers to search for available charge points, plan longer electric journeys, pay for charging and share updates with other electric-vehicle drivers. With over 95% of public charge points mapped – and around 70% of charge points showing live availability status – Zap-Map provides EV drivers with the peace of mind and confidence to drive any length of journey in their vehicles.

Mina

Make paying for EV charging radically simple with Mina

Many businesses rely on the government’s Advisory Electricity Rate (AER) of 5ppm as a way of reimbursing staff for business travel. This means their employees are often faced with subsidising business travel costs – some to the tune of thousands of pounds a year. In Mina’s inaugural report, 32,500 charge sessions were assessed. Staggerinly, 94% of athome charges and 100% of on-the-go charges exceeded the AER. The average pence-per-mile cost at home was 9p, while for public charging it was a rate-busting 20p. Simply put, the AER is not fit for purpose, and a flat rate won’t ever work, due to the rising and differing tariff costs. Mina offers a smart solution, an accurate way of paying for employees' business-charging costs, trusted by some of the UK’s largest fleets. Mina’s unique approach makes paying for EV charging radically simple and allows accurate payments to be made direct to suppliers, whether the charging was done at home or in public. Mina ensures that employees don’t pay anything for business charging, while the company receives a convenient single monthly invoice for all charging costs. Mina Homecharge integrates with employees’ home chargers and energy suppliers, and calculates the exact cost of all charges. With a tariff management system continually monitoring fluctuating rates, employees can be assured that charging costs are always paid for accurately, direct to their home energy supplier. When charging on the road with a Mina Chargepass, employees can replenish their EV anywhere within the UK’s fastest charging network dedicated to business, where, 44% of units have rapid or ultra-rapid charging speeds. Mina is the only EV chargecard to include the excellent InstaVolt and Allstar networks, so employees are back on the road in no time (the average charge takes 46 minutes). Meanwhile, businesses can see key insights including carbon intensity, location and the charge duration of every session, via the Fleet Portal. Mina makes paying for EV charging transparent, simple and accurate for both employers and employees.

Download Mina’s EV Report | Summer 2022

Contact:

Sales@mina.co.uk www.mina.co.uk