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2019 TOP TEN

THE VEHICLES TO WATCH OUT FOR

The zero and ultra-low emission vehicles coming out in 2019

Have your say on making London’s lorries safer The Direct Vision Standard (DVS) forms part of the Mayor and TfL’s Vision Zero approach to reducing road danger.

The DVS rates Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) on the level of a driver’s direct vision from the HGV cab.

Under the proposals all HGVs over 12 tonnes would need to meet the minimum direct vision requirements or fit a ‘Safe System’ to improve the vehicles’ safety. Permits will be available from October 2019.

We would like your views on our final scheme proposals, including the Safe System and permitting proposals.

To have your say visit tfl.gov.uk/direct-vision-standard or write to Freepost TfL Consultations.

Consultation will close on 18 February 2019.

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Reflecting back, looking forward Welcome to the first GreenFleet of 2019, which is a special issue as it holds our annual ‘100 Most Influential’ list, as well as a review of our GreenFleet Awards, which took place back in November last year.

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Compiling the 100 list is a time to look back over the last year and filter out the individuals that have had the most impact on the green transport agenda, from fleet operators to the carmakers themselves. We had 29 new entrants, which has meant there is some significant movement on the list.

Whilst also looking back, this issue looks forward to the year ahead, with our pick of the top ten green vehicles to look out for. There is an impressive selection of pure electrics and plug-in hybrids due to hit the market, as well as an impressive hydrogen fuel cell offering from Hyundai.

In recognition of the fleet industry changing over the years and GreenFleet’s goal to support our readers as they transition to cleaner vehicles, it was time for our logo and branding to evolve.

This is the first issue to reveal our new logos, which have been developed to embody the spirit of the green fleet industry: clean, modern and bold.

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Government launches ambitious Clean Air Strategy; Wireless charging project for electric taxis launched; Southampton puts forward clean air measures without a charging zone; VW e-Golf a favourite among Zipcar members

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14 Panel of experts: Best Practice

Our panel of experts discuss some of the electric vehicle safety and charging concerns that can be dispelled through education, and look at what 2019 will have in store for the fleet market

19 GreenFleet Awards

From fleets committed to reducing their environmental impact, to companies tirelessly cleaning-up their vehicles, the winners of the 2018 GreenFleet Awards were revealed on 22 November at Leeds’ Elland Road Stadium

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The third annual GreenFleet 100 Most Influential list is our pick of the onehundred people that have shaped the zero and low-carbon fleet industry over the past year.

46 Air Quality:

Professor Gillian Leng, NICE’s deputy chief executive, explains new guidance that recommends public sector fleets have low vehicle emissions as a procurement priority

48 Road test: Hyundai Kona Electric

The Hyundai Kona Electric is the first EV to bring a near-300 miles of range to the affordable end of the electric car market.

Richard Gooding finds very few flaws

50 First Drive: Honda Civic

Building on the strengths of its dieselpowered hatchback sibling, Richard Gooding finds that the new Honda Civic 4 Door adds more practical – and low emission – appeal

52 Commercial GreenFleet: News

Ocado opens first natural gas refuelling station; New UK van market sees moderate decline in 2018; Fortnum & Mason welcomes electric Renault Kangoos

56 Commercial GreenFleet: Van Scrappage scheme £23 million van scrappage scheme has been announced in London to help small business owners upgrade to cleaner vans in preparation for the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ)

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AIR QUALITY

Government launches ambitious Clean Air Strategy Environment Secretary Michael Gove has launched the government’s clean air strategy, following an extensive consultation process.

As published in the Road to Zero, measures to clean up transport and roadside air include new legislation to compel manufacturers to recall vehicles for any failures in their emissions control system, and to take action against tampering with vehicle emissions control systems.

The environmental harm from tyres and brakes is also being investigated as micro plastics from them can pollute air and water. The government will work with international partners to research and develop new standards for tyres and brakes.

The government will also be reviewing current uses of red diesel and ensure

its lower cost is not discouraging the transition to cleaner alternatives, as well as reducing emissions from non-road mobile machinery, particularly in urban areas.

Transport is not the only thing targeted in the strategy; emissions from homes and agriculture is also covered with a range of measures.

Gove said: “The evidence is clear. While air quality has improved significantly in recent years, air pollution continues to shorten lives, harm our children and reduce quality of life.

“We must take strong, urgent action. Our ambitious strategy includes new targets, new powers for local government and confirms that our forthcoming Environment Bill will include new primary legislation on air quality.

“While air pollution may conjure images

of traffic jams and exhaust fumes, transport is only one part of the story and the new strategy sets out the important role all of us, across all sectors of work and society, can play in reducing emissions and cleaning up our air to protect our health.”

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CHARGING

Updated plans for Oxford’s Zero Emission Zone revealed

Wireless charging project for electric taxis launched

Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council has published updated proposals for a Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) in the city centre.

From 2020 onwards, a ZEZ could apply to some vehicles and journey types, with restrictions increased gradually to all vehicles in the following years to create a largely transport emissions-free city centre by 2035.

Under the proposals, all non-zero emission vehicles could be banned during certain hours from parking and loading on public highway in an inner zone from 2020, while in a larger zone the requirement will be Euro 6 for buses.

Tom Hayes, of Oxford City Council, said: “From next year, under the proposals, only zero-emission vehicles will be able enter the city centre to park and load when our streets will be at their busiest. And we’re considering strengthening our original plans by banning heavy goods vehicles when footfall in the city centre will be highest because they contribute nearly a fifth of harmful emissions. Oxford is proud to be leading the way to zero emissions for cities like London, Paris, and Madrid.”

Yvonne Constance, Oxfordshire County Council cabinet member for Environment,

said: “We will be looking at ways to expand the ZES in Oxford while improving access to where people need to go and making their journeys easier. We recognise the benefits that the scheme delivers for the whole of Oxfordshire. If we can reduce emissions from vehicles in the city they go out to market towns and villages and take the benefits of lower air pollution and improvement in public health to the whole county.”

The two councils had announced a joint vision for a ZEZ in 2017 and have been working together to create a scheme that is both effective and deliverable.

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AIR QUALITY

75 per cent believe all emitting vehicles should face CAZ charge The majority of attendees at ALD Automotive’s recent Clean Air Zone event in Bristol said they think all vehicles emitting CO2 should be charged for entering a Clean Air Zone (CAZ).

The event was attended by over 200 visitors, including local and national employers and representatives from local authorities and government bodies.

Delegates were asked a series of questions on their motoring habits and their views on mobility and the environment.

It found that while the vast majority (75 per cent) currently drive a conventional

petrol or diesel vehicle, over 75 per cent feel that all vehicles emitting CO2 should be charged for entering a CAZ. Also, nearly 65 per cent confirmed that they are currently looking to introduce Ultra Low Emission Vehicles as part of their fleet.

The event was held in conjunction with the University of the West of England (UWE) and was chaired by TV actor Robert Llewellyn.

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Cenex will lead a new Innovate UK-funded project testing wireless charging of taxis and emergency service vehicles.

Called WiCET (Wireless Charging for Electric Taxis), the project will demonstrate the financial, operational and technical benefits of wireless charging for electric taxis and emergency service vehicles.

The project’s first phase will involve a feasibility study to assess the potential for EV taxi wireless charging. The consortium is then eligible to apply for further Innovate UK funding for a large-scale commercial demonstrator project to practically deploy its technology and approach at locations within Nottingham and London.

WiCET is led by Cenex, who will manage the project, independently assess the use case scenarios and develop the business case. Cenex will work closely with WiCET’s other project partners, including technology provider IHI Europe, ParkingEnergy, Nottingham City Council, Transport for London (TfL) and academic partner WMG, at the University of Warwick.

IHI Group will provide its wireless charging technology, ParkingEnergy will contribute its back-office system to manage EV charging; WMG will be focusing on the user experience and engagement with taxi operators; and Nottingham City Council and TfL will provide guidance on suitable locations for the phase 2 demonstrators and advice on planning, procurement and regulatory issues.

The international partners will add further value through inward investment in the UK, as well as contributing their technology and expertise.

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The challenges facing fleet operators in 2019 Fleet management is in a state of flux. We are facing justified pressure from all quarters to reduce emissions and make driving truly sustainable, fuel prices are volatile, and premiums are in the middle of a steady rise. Costs and uncertainty feel as though they are rising exponentially as we edge ever-closer to an unknown future built on electric vehicles and new models for transport infrastructure.

Digging a little deeper into the issues facing fleet operators, it becomes clear that innovative solutions are needed quickly. The damning Global Carbon Budget report, released in December 2018, highlighted “a rise in emissions from cars and lorries” as a key contributor to the increase in global carbon emissions.

Fuel prices have had an unstable year. According to data from BEIS, diesel’s volatility was especially pronounced in 2018, with a difference of 14.24p between its highest and lowest prices throughout the year. Diesel ended the year 7.75p higher than it started – an increase of six per cent.

Petrol fared slightly better, with a difference of 11.87p between its highest and lowest prices in 2018. Petrol ended the year just 0.83p more expensive than it started, but as can be seen, was not without changeability throughout the year.

For comparison, the difference between the highest and lowest prices of diesel and petrol in 2017 was 6.62p and 8.52p, respectively.

Fleet specialists Construction Insure have highlighted a growing trend that is pushing fleet premiums through the roof. Though personal injury claims are falling, the shortfall is being covered by vehicle hire charges.

For example, one unnamed scaffolding company ended up being charged in excess of £45,000 in hire charges despite one of their vans only causing minor damage to a motorbike valued at just £1,500.

It doesn’t make for cheery reading. But it isn’t all doom and gloom. Technology is developing quickly, with holistic solutions already on the market. For example, Lightfoot’s in-vehicle driver rewards technology can improve users’ fuel economy and emissions rates by as much as 20 per cent, as well as delivering a proven reduction in accidents of 40 per cent.

2019 will bring with it lots of challenges for businesses and individuals alike. How we face them is up to us, but when one sees the innovation and potential in the UK transport sector, the future starts looking a whole lot brighter.

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VW e-Golf a favourite among Zipcar members The e-Golf is proving popular for Zipcar UK’s members, with almost 10,000 completing over 250,000 miles in London on more than 50,000 trips.

The Zipcar UK e-Golf fleet has recently grown to 325, making it the largest shared electric vehicle fleet in the UK. The e-Golf has a WLTP-certified range of 144 miles and (a typical day-to-day range of 124 miles) from its 35.8 kWh battery pack.

The Volkswagen e-Golf, which was introduced to the Zipcar fleet first just six months ago in July 2018.

The fleet is available on its Flex service which allows members to drop off the cars where convenient within a Zipcar zone, via the Zipcar app. The service is pay-as-you-go, with users hiring an e-Golf from just 31p per minute, capped at £14 per hour.

“The e-Golf’s warm reception from Zipcar UK members is testament to its ease of use in the city, as well as their eagerness to go electric in the capital,” said Claire McGreal, Volkswagen UK Brand Strategy and Mobility Services Manager.

“Extending the Zipcar UK e-Golf fleet will ensure that more of the car club’s 230,000 registered users in the UK will be able to enjoy convenient, zero-emission travel.”

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Major energy policy and infrastructure rethink necessary to meet EV target, says report

A new report has stressed that outdated energy and infrastructure policies must urgently be modernised if the government is to meet its ambitious targets for ensuring all new cars sold are zero-emission by 2040.

The Smart Cities: Fair investment for sustainable growth report, published by Localis, calls on government to devolve certain Ofgem powers to city regions and strategic authorities, allowing them to develop their own ‘smart city’ plans and energy policies built upon their own expertise and understanding of place.

The think tank says that social divides in communities could be deepened with millions of people set to miss out on the environmental and financial benefits of electric vehicles. To combat this, local authorities should be able to

form their own consortiums using existing knowledge of their local areas, and also be empowered to work with private energy network providers to deliver the infrastructure they need for the future.

The report authors also recommend that government should produce a standardised framework for how EV charging infrastructure is built and upgraded.

Jonathan Werran, chief executive at Localis, said: “Without a change in regulation, behaviour and a wholesale transfer of powers for local energy policies, we risk a tale of two cities in our major urban centres – deepening levels of inequality between the prosperous and more deprived parts of town.

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Hyundai Motor Group unveils system that self-parks EVs once charged Hyundai and Kia have unveiled a video featuring the concept of an electric vehicle wireless charging system, which self parks once it is charged to allow others to take its place.

The Automated Valet Parking System (AVPS) system relocates fully charged vehicles from charging stations and allows other awaiting electric vehicles to charge.

Vehicles are set to charge using a smartphone and automatically cruise to a vacant wireless charging station. When the vehicle is fully charged, it will relocate to another vacant parking space using the Automated Valet Parking System (AVPS), allowing other vehicles to charge at the spot. When the driver calls for the vehicle, it will then autonomously return to the location of the driver.

The overall process is performed by continuous communication between electric vehicle, parking facility, charging system and driver. The parking

facility sends location of empty parking spaces and charging stations, while the charging system updates the charging status of the vehicle in real-time.

Kia and Hyundai are considering commercialising the technology upon the launch of a level 4 autonomous vehicle around 2025. Kia and Hyundai also plan to commercialise autonomous vehicles in various smart cities from 2021, with a goal of launching fully autonomous vehicles by 2030.

2019: the year charging EVolves!

Alongside a raft of other announcements on electric vehicles – with more to come in 2019 – is the Government’s decision that funded chargepoints for electric vehicles will have to use innovative, ‘smart’ technology from July 2019. The decision is a welcome one. While it will mean – initially at least - some added costs and complexity, it signals the opening up of a whole range of new opportunities in terms of how we run our vehicles and manage our electricity system.

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Southampton puts forward clean air measures without a charging zone Southampton City Council has published its plans to provide clean air by 2020 without the need for a charging zone.

The Council says that work already underway has significantly reduced nitrogen dioxide pollution over the last three years by 24 per cent in some of the most polluted areas.

It says that £15m worth of projects including introducing cleaner city buses, a low emission taxi incentive scheme; and cleaner fuels and equipment at Southampton’s port have all been successful in reducing nitrogen dioxide in the city.

Within the report, a case has been put forward to introduce further measures to ensure compliance is achieved even earlier than 2020 through ongoing improvements to air quality.

These include offering opportunities for businesses

LowCVP’s Andy Eastlake

to assess and trial freight consolidation, thereby removing HGV trips in the city, and an accreditation scheme for HGV operators so businesses can identify those operators that are least polluting.

The plan proposes an introduction of a Traffic Regulation Condition that will ensure all operating buses meet the highest emission standard.

Revising taxi licensing conditions to remove the most polluting vehicles is also proposed. This expands on the existing low emission taxi scheme to support more operators, and will offer a ‘try before you buy scheme’ for operators to experience the benefits of an electric taxi for up to three months.

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The commitment means that chargepoints will be able to be remotely accessed, and capable of receiving, interpreting and reacting to a signal. Smart charging will help reduce high peaks of electricity demand, thus minimising the cost of electric vehicles to the electricity system – and keeping costs down for users by encouraging and enabling off-peak charging and new tariffs.

The development could mean opportunities for fleet managers; cutting costs through recharging vehicles at the optimal time by balancing the requirements of the vehicle fleet and the power grid.

The commitment to smart charging, which was initially made in the Road to Zero strategy published last Summer, is directly linked to the work of the EV Energy Taskforce (EVET) which is convened and run by the LowCVP. The Taskforce, for the first time, brings together energy and automotive industries to plan for the changes needed to support rising electric vehicle use. It has already begun working and will report back to Government next summer.

EVs may be a key route to enable intermittent, renewable electricity like wind and solar to be better utilised and, consequently, priced very competitively. Through the EVET we aim to put the needs of electric vehicle users at the heart of preparing the electricity system for the mass take up of EVs. It should help to ensure that costs and emissions are as low as possible, and opportunities for vehicles to provide grid services are capitalised upon for the benefit of the system, energy bill payers and electric vehicle owners.

The priorities for fleet managers and car buyers considering the adoption of electric vehicles are changing. Key considerations now focus on range and charging convenience rather than the traditional concerns of size, speed and cost.

Fleet managers – particularly those with depot-based fleets – will increasingly find themselves involved in issues of energy supply and balancing, which could also have links and impacts on their organisation’s other areas of activity. While this will add to the challenge of a fleet manager’s job, it will also open up new opportunities to cut costs, even to become involved in locally-based power storage or renewable supply solutions.

Some fleet managers involved with buses or commercial fleets (about 30% of total fuel use in the UK) which require large inputs of power for recharging, sometimes over tight timescales, have already become experts in infrastructure resilience and power supply issues. A number of projects to electrify larger vehicles have, indeed, become dominated by power supply and availability issues.

There’s a lot more of this kind of thing to come in 2019 and beyond. It’s a new challenge, but an exciting one!

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Awareness campaign underway to ensure drivers are ready for London’s ULEZ With three months to go until the launch London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has urged London’s drivers and business owners who drive in the zone to check whether their vehicles comply with the required emissions standards.

The ULEZ will come into effect in the current central London Congestion Charge Zone on 8 April 2019 and will replace the current Toxicity Charge. Vehicles will need to meet tighter exhaust emission standards or pay a daily charge (£12.50 for cars, vans and motorcycles, £100 for busses, coaches and lorries) to travel within the zone. The Congestion Charge will be unchanged by the introduction of ULEZ and will continue to apply for all eligible vehicles entering the Congestion Charge zone.

Drivers can use TfL’s online checking tool to see if their vehicle will meet ULEZ’s tough, new emissions standards.

An awareness campaign is underway

by Transport for London (TfL) to ensure

drivers are prepared for the introduction of ULEZ. This includes contacting more than 2.5 million registered Congestion Charge users whose vehicles do not meet the ULEZ standards, to remind them the new zone begins on 8 April 2019. TfL is also contacting other drivers it identifies in central London whose vehicles are not currently ULEZcompliant. This has helped encourage 1.5 million visits to TfL’s online compliance checker so far.

More than 300 ULEZ warning signs are currently being installed across central London. The signs warn drivers at all entry points to the zone, and on a number of key approach routes, to ensure their vehicle meets the tough new emission standards.

These are complemented by posters and digital banners across the whole TfL network, a social media campaign and adverts across print, radio and online video.

To date, 3,000 businesses have been spoken to by TfL officials to make them

aware of the introduction of ULEZ. Many of these businesses have confirmed that they are already ULEZ compliant or are putting in place plans to upgrade their vehicles.

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DRIVER SAFETY

New Brake resource highlights dangers of distracted driving Road safety charity Brake has released a new interactive resource aimed at health and safety and fleet professionals, which focusses on the issue of driver distraction.

The resource, developed in collaboration with SmartDrive Systems – providers of video-based fleet safety solutions, takes users through a virtual drive where they are tasked with identifying many of the distractions that drivers are exposed to on a daily basis. Important advice and guidance is provided throughout the game highlighting the risks associated with each identified distraction and what drivers can do to minimise the risk of being affected by them.

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members can order it from the Brake shop.

Sarah Plumb, senior fleet officer at Brake said: “A moment’s distraction can be fatal.

Employers must implement policies and take steps to educate drivers on the risks of driving whilst distracted. This new resource, supported

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CHARGING

Volkswagen to begin trialling its mobile charging stations Volkswagen has revealed a glimpse of its future mobile quick charging station, which can be set up flexibly and independent of the power supply wherever it is needed.

The mobile charging station works according to the principle of a power bank – which is familiar to many people with smartphones – but for electric vehicles instead. The charging capacity of up to 360 kWh enables up to 15 EVs to be charged in stand-alone operation. Thanks to quick charging technology, the charging process only takes 17 minutes on average.

If the energy content of the integrated battery set is less than 20 percent, the depleted charging station is simply exchanged for a charged one. If, however, it is permanently attached to the power supply with up to 30 kW via alternating current, the battery pack perpetually recharges itself.

In case the charging process is based on renewable Power bank for electric

cars – the mobile quick charging station

by Volkswagen Group Components power supply, the charging station furthermore allows the temporary storage of sustainably generated power, such as solar or wind energy – and therefore CO2-neutral mobility.

The first mobile quick charging stations will be set up as early as the first half of 2019 in Volkswagen’s hometown as part of a pilot project, and will support the expansion of a charging infrastructure in the urban area.

As of 2020, the charging station will also be implemented in other cities and communities.

Thomas Schmall, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Group Components, says: “The mobile charging stations can be set up anywhere as required – with or without connection to the power supply. This flexibility enables a completely new approach for the rapid expansion of the charging infrastructure. Cities can, for example, find out the most suitable places for

a permanent charging point before making major investments in developing the network.

In addition, it will be possible to set up a large number of charging stations temporarily – exactly when and where they are needed.”

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Nissan announces limited edition LEAF 3.ZERO with longer range

Nissan is launching two versions of the LEAF 3.ZERO which are ready to order now.

The Nissan LEAF 3.ZERO e+ Limited Edition will only have 5,000 units made for Europe. It features a higher output capable of delivering 160 kW (217 PS) of power; 340Nm of torque; and a longer driving range expected to be up to 239 miles from a single charge of the 62 kWh capacity battery. It is priced from £36,795 including Government Grant.

Meanwhile, the LEAF 3.ZERO has a new

8-inch infotainment screen enabling additional connectivity services such as door-to-door navigation. An all-new and improved NissanConnect EV app will also be available when the LEAF 3.ZERO goes on sale in Europe.

The LEAF 3.ZERO – priced from £31,095 including the £3,500 UK Government Plug-in Car Grant – features the 40 kWh battery.

New body colours and two-tone colour combinations will complete the choices.

At the centre of the LEAF 3.ZERO e+ Limited Edition is an Intelligent Power-enhanced high‑capacity battery and more powerful motor.

On the road, the LEAF 3.ZERO e+ Limited Edition will deliver a 40 per cent range increase over the LEAF 3.ZERO which is equipped with a 40 kWh battery. This represents more than 62 miles additional range for a comparable usage, a clear evolution of the LEAF.

The new higher-power battery contains 288 cells compared to the 192 found in the 40 kWh equivalent. Even with a 25 per cent increase in energy density and 55 per cent increase in energy storage capacity, the Nissan LEAF e+ battery pack is almost the same size and configuration as the pack in the Nissan LEAF 40kWh. Other than a 5-millimetre increase in the car’s overall height (based on 16-inch wheels), the car’s exterior and interior dimensions are unchanged.

With the more powerful motor, acceleration from 50mph to 75mph is nearly 13 per cent quicker. This allows the LEAF e+ to confidently pass slower-moving vehicles, exit corners faster and merge seamlessly with fast-moving traffic.

The top speed (97mph) has also increased from the 40kWh version by approximately 10 per cent.

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Top Ten Green Vehicles

Top ten green vehicles to watch out for in 2019

Writtern by Richard Gooding

What will 2019 bring the fleet car buyer? Richard Gooding filters out the top ten low and zero-emission offerings which should be appearing at a showroom near you in the next 365 days Audi e-tron – Electric – CO2: 0g/km Alongside BMW’s iX3 and Mercedes-Benz’s upcoming EQC, Audi’s e-tron will take the all-electric SUV fight to the Jaguar I-Pace in 2019. Audi’s first all-electric car, the e-tron SUV will arrive in March and sits above the Q5 but below the Q7. Like its German rivals, it has an official range of 249 miles from its 95kWh battery, and its twin motor, all-wheel drive quattro powertrain develops up to 300kW. High tech features include optional virtual exterior mirrors fitted with cameras which feed back images onto screens in the cabin. There’s also 150kW DC fast-charging capability which can refill the battery in around 30 minutes, and while 22kW charging is an option, an 11kW provision is standard.

A proprietary Audi charging service will allow e-tron drivers to access 80 per cent of the public charging stations in Europe, while a ‘Plug & Charge’ function will permit the car to self-authorise at charging stations and start the ‘refuelling’ process. With prices expected to begin above £70,000, the e-tron will be more expensive than its key competition.

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Hyundai Nexo – Hydrogen Fuel Cell – CO2: 0g/km Following the niche success of its ix35 FCEV (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle, GreenFleet issue 93), Hyundai’s new fuel cell challenger will arrive in March. Called the Nexo, and with a much more modern and futuristic appearance than its predecessor, the hydrogen-powered SUV features a 40kW battery, 120kW electric motor, and a 95kW fuel cell stack. Eco-driving technologies help the Nexo to achieve an officially-claimed 369-mile driving range on a single tank of hydrogen, and a suite of high-tech driving assistance systems even offer autonomously parking options. Aerodynamic features such as air curtains, and flush-surface wheels and door handles help achieve a low Cd figure of 0.329. The Nexo spearheads Hyundai’s plans to accelerate the development of low emission vehicles and the South Korean company will launch 18 eco-friendly models by 2025.

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Honda Urban EV – Electric – CO2: 0g/km Hailed as its ‘Zero Hero’, the Urban EV first introduced the idea of an all-electric Honda at the 2017 Frankfurt motor show. With retro styling cues wrapped up in a futuristic package, the Urban EV will provide small car competition to the long-established Renault Zoe. Don’t let the cute looks fool you, though, as door mirrors are expected to be replaced by cameras, and while the concept’s three door layout helped it look cute, the production car will gain a pair of rear doors for added practicality. When it arrives in December, the Urban EV will be Honda’s first mass-produced battery electric vehicle sold in Europe, and with prices expected to start at £28,000, it will be more premiumly priced for a car of its size.

A range of around 150 miles is expected from a single charge, and while the full-width interior colour touchscreen and display will be downsized for production, the cabin will feature lots of technology and a futuristic feel. Order books will open in early 2019.

Kia e-Niro – Electric – CO2: 0g/kmsan L After launching hybrid and plug-in versions of its small crossover, Kia has fitted an all-electric powertrain to the Niro to create the e-Niro. On sale from 1 April, the e-Niro shares its 64kWh lithium-ion battery and 150kW motor with the most powerful Hyundai Kona Electric (see page 48). At 282 miles, the e-Niro’s official range is three miles more than that of its South Korean relative. The e-Niro can be recharged from flat to 80 per cent in as little as 54 minutes, and a range of regenerative braking technologies allow maximum range optimisation. An eco driving assistant system provides intelligent guidance on how to drive more efficiently, and incorporates coasting guide and predictive energy control systems which suggest appropriate times to brake or coast. A range of exclusive styling features also mark out Kia’s EV newcomer, which is priced from £32,995 after the deduction of the UK government’s Plug-in Car Grant (PiCG).

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Kia Soul EV – Electric – CO2: 0g/km The original version of Kia’s electric crossover was launched in 2014 (GreenFleet issue 86), and delivered up to 132 miles of range from its 81.4kW electric motor and 27kWh lithium-ion battery. Its exaggerated, almost cartoon-like looks may put some off, but it has found a merry band of followers who enjoy the upmarket cabin and upright styling.

Kia pulled the wraps off the new version at the 2018 Los Angeles motor show, and while the looks remain broadly similar, there are big changes underneath the gently-evolved appearance. Borrowing the powertrain from the new Kia e-Niro, the second-generation Soul EV packs a liquid-cooled, 64kWh battery punch. That should be good enough to match the e-Niro’s official 282 miles of range, especially with adjustable regenerative braking levels. Combined Charging System (CCS) DC fast-charge capability will come as standard for rapid battery charging. Expected to arrive in Europe during the first half of 2019 with UK availability to follow, the new Kia Soul EV will provide an affordable, long-range and differently-styled EV alternative.

Mini Electric – Electric – CO2: 0g/km The Countryman Plug-in Hybrid got us used to the idea of an electrified Mini, but 2019 will see the unveiling of an all-electric version of the smaller Mini hatchback. Expected to arrive in the autumn, it’s taken almost 10 years to get a purely electric Mini EV into production. The Mini E of 2009 previewed the idea of an electric version of BMW’s reinvented icon, and was powered by a 150kW motor allied to a 35kWh lithium-ion battery. The 2019 production car is expected to employ a similar set-up to the BMW i3 which has an official range of 160 miles from its 125kW motor and 120Ah battery. The 2017 Mini Electric concept previewed the 2019 car, although styling details will be toned down for the production model. While only around 600 examples of the 2009 Mini E were built for field trials, the new Mini EV will be a genuinely mainstream car, with prices starting around £26,000.

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Toyota Corolla – Hybrid – CO2: TBA The twelfth-generation of Toyota’s Corolla will arrive in February 2019 and brings the name back to the UK market after an absence of seven years. And, like the Auris before it, the latest Corolla will feature self-charging hybrid technology. But unlike its predecessor, the Corolla will be the first Toyota in Europe of offer a choice of two hybrid powertrains. A revised 1.8-litre system will sit alongside a new 178bhp 2.0-litre version, which is expected to offer a more dynamic drive. As with previous Toyota self-charging hybrids, fuel efficiency and low emissions will tempt fleet drivers, and a CVT automatic transmission will be the only gearbox offered. Based on the new Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) GA-C platform, four trim grades will be available, with the top-rung ‘Excel’ models exclusively hybrid. Prices for the entry-level Icon 1.8-litre hybrid start at £23,750. As well the hatch, Touring Sports estate and saloon models will follow.

Toyota will have a busy 2019, with a new RAV4 Hybrid also set for launch, as well as an all-wheel drive version of the legendary Prius.

Volkswagen I.D – Electric – CO2: 0g/km The big one, at least for Volkswagen and in terms of PURE EV proposed volume. The car that’s set to begin a new electrified era for the German carmaker, the I.D was previewed as long ago as 2016. VW has called 2019 the year of ‘New Volkswagen’ and the I.D will kick-start a torrent of Volkswagen Group EVs. Touted as a new VW icon in the mould of the Beetle and Golf before it, the I.D sits on a new specially-developed ‘MEB’ electric car platform with a range of battery options. The I.D will reportedly sell for as little as a diesel Golf, and Volkswagen states that range could be up to as much as 372 miles on a single charge. Just like Tesla’s Model 3 EV, single and dual motor options are expected. The first pre-production prototypes are out testing now ready for the car’s unveiling later this year, and if it’s as affordable, usable and popular as Volkswagen claim it will be when it arrives in the autumn, it will shake up the EV market like little before it.

Tesla Model 3 – Electric – CO2: 0g/km PURE EV As far as long-awaited electric cars go, Tesla’s Model 3 takes the crown. Revealed as long ago as March 2016, the Model 3 promises Tesla’s long-range EV formula and signature digital dashboard in a more affordable package. While its grilleless front and Model S looks may have caused consternation when it was first unveiled, the sheer range and projected price – US prices start at $35,000, around £28,000 at current exchange rates – have kept buyers waiting.

Range of between 220 and 310 miles is expected to be offered from a choice of still-to-be-confirmed 60kWh and 75kWh batteries allied to both single motor / rear-wheel drive and dual motor / all-wheel drive layouts.

European-specification Model 3s will be available from February, with UK cars expected later. In addition to Tesla’s Supercharger charging network, European cars will be equipped with CCS charging ports, which will allow them to use other public fast-charging networks.

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Ford Transit Custom PHEV – PHEV Van – CO2: TBA Ideally-timed for the introduction of numerous city-led Ultra Low Emission Zones, the Ford Transit Custom plug-in hybrid (PHEV) will go on sale in the autumn, and will be the first van in its segment to use series-hybrid technology. Currently on test with Transport in London in the UK as well as in Valencia, Spain, the plug-in hybrid Transit delivers 30 miles of zero-emission range. This increases to 300 miles when paired with its 1.0-litre, three-cylinder EcoBoost petrol engine, which acts as a range extender. Production starts in the second half of 2019, with the 14kWh liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery pack located under the load floor, so the cargo volume and 1,000kg payload is unchanged from the Transit PHEV’s diesel-powered siblings. Three driving modes will be available, with the option to save or use the battery charge. A domesticrated 240V/10A power socket will charge the plug-in van in five hours, while a 32A supply will cut that time by two hours.

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EXPERT PANEL BEST PRACTICE Our panel of experts discuss some of the electric vehicle safety and charging concerns that can be dispelled through education, and look at what 2019 will have in store for the fleet market

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The government has made it clear that it wants road transport to become as close to zero emission as possible, with an ambition for at least 50 per cent of new car sales and 40 per cent of new van sales to be ultra low emission by 2030. And with a number of new electric and hybrid models hitting the showrooms this year, the electric vehicle momentum is continuing to grow.

However, misconceptions still exist when it comes to electric mobility, and more education and training is needed if businesses and consumers are to confidently make the switch.

Terry Mohammed, CEO, BMM Energy Solutions Terry has over six year’s experience in the EV infrastructure industry. Terry works closely with both public and private clients along with EV network providers such as Chargepoint Services, Engenie & Vattenfall. Terry & BMM Energy Solutions have delivered national contracts for the likes of DEFRA, NHS, TFL and various local authorities.

Safety considerations The safety of electric vehicles is often cited as a concern, with people unsure about charging and what would happen in a crash. The safety of pedestrians is another issue, as electric vehicles are near-silent when at slow speeds and so could pose a risk to distracted walkers.

When it comes to charging electric vehicles, Tony Greenidge from IAM RoadSmart reminds us that dealing with any fuel poses a risk: “The handling and storage of fuel is not a totally risk-free business, but today we have tried and trusted systems that are easy to use while keeping the danger to minimum, and fires are a rare occurrence in modern vehicles.

There’s no reason why electric vehicles and their charging equipment shouldn’t come to be viewed in the same way.”

He adds: “There have been one or two sensationalist headlines about EVs catching fire when on charge, and operation of any electrical equipment carries with it a risk, but there is no real reason why such risks cannot be mitigated by users following the correct procedures.”

As a fleet vehicle is an extension of the workplace, Peter Eldridge from ICFM urges that the same health and safety procedures are followed to ensure an employer’s duty of care. With an electric vehicle, this should include information on safe charging. He said: “The actual execution of safe vehicle charging procedure can be delivered in a variety of ways, including physical demonstration, interactive online training, and inclusion in the company vehicle policy.

Tony Greenidge has over 30 years’ experience in the corporate fleet sector working for a number of leading global and UK providers. He joined IAM RoadSmart in 2017, and now helps further the charity’s road safety objectives, by growing and developing their training and risk management solutions for business fleets.

Tony Greenidge, business development director, IAM RoadSmart

Peter Eldridge, director, ICFM Peter has enjoyed a successful fleet industry career, which started at Fiat Auto UK in 1963. Encompassing almost every aspect of customer service and technical support, it includes spells as fleet manager of a large blue chip fleet operation and management positions within the franchised motor trade and with major contract hire, leasing and accident management companies.

“But the important requirement is to ensure that every driver involved signs a mandate to confirm that they have read and understood the requirements and that they are fully conversant with the safe process required.”

Turning attention to the installation side, Terry Mohammed from BMM Energy Solutions highlights the need for charge points to be installed correctly to ensure their safe use.

He says: “Probably the most important factor regarding safety whilst installing chargepoints is having a comprehensive knowledge of current wiring regulations and understanding the risks associated with powering up a large piece of metal or carbon fibre whilst it is in contact with the general mass of earth. Electrically speaking, this is a relatively unique situation and one that comes with

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a unique set of rules and regulations in the form of a Code of Practice from The IET. Our technical director sits on the IET Advisory Panel and is constantly striving to improve electrical safety and ensure chargepoint installations are carried out correctly.”

A risk for pedestrians?

There is a fear that electric vehicles when moving slowly are a danger to pedestrians as they are near-silent. To address this, from July this year, all new electric and hybrid models seeking approval in Europe will have to emit a noise when travelling at low speeds, while existing vehicles will be gradually retrofitted with devices.

Peter explains the problem: “Research suggests that pedestrians are being exposed

“Another scenario could be local authority vehicles that only come into the depot for a few hours a day and are allowed home with the employee who doesn’t have access to off street charging. This situation could benefit from DC rapid charging.”

“Ultimately,” Terry continues, “the main restriction will be the available onsite capacity that can be dedicated to EV charging infrastructure. Intelligent chargepoints that can dynamically split the available capacity over multiple chargepoints are great for avoiding expensive and sometimes unavailable DNO upgrades or new connections.”

Summing up, Terry urges organisations to use a reputable EV installation company who can understand their requirements, survey their premises, work with the scope and ascertain the correct EV Charging solution.

“Businesses should also be made aware of the government support for installing such equipment and advised on what local and national grants are available,” he adds.

Smart chargers The government has recently said that funded EV chargepoints are to be ‘smart’ by July, which Terry Mohammend believes is a positive move, He says: “Smart chargepoints will be crucial as we move towards mass adoption of electric vehicles. The ability to schedule charging E

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to higher risk, particularly people who systems, including the type of sounds are blind or have low vision. The quiet emitted and whether or not the system electric motors of electric vehicles make can be switched off by the driver, and it difficult to hear, especially when the legislation that sets a definitive global vehicles are travelling at low speeds. This standard still looks to be some way off.” can be a real problem in car parks and near driveways, especially for distracted Installations pedestrians, children and the elderly.”

For organisations looking to install Tony comments: ”The quietness of EVs is charge points, there are other, seen by many as a benefit, both to those practical considerations to bear travelling in the vehicle and to those outside: in mind aside from safety. noise is a form of pollution after all. The latest Terry advises that organisations TV advert for the Volkswagen e-Golf openly need to give consideration firstly to suggests that the car’s quietness is a good what electric vehicles they anticipate thing, showing it gliding unnoticed past to require now and in the future. someone sitting on a park bench.

He explains: “The car or van “However, any developments dictates the maximum rate that have the potential to of charge they can take, From impact on pedestrian not the chargepoint. year, is safety are of concern to For instance, a small h t ly Ju nd a us at IAM RoadSmart, delivery company may ic r t c ele and in principle be contemplating some all new els seeking d o we are supportive Nissan e-NV200 vans m l il hybrid in Europe w of the coming for last mile delivery. l a European legislation These vans will be approv emit a noise parked at the depot over requiring electric have to avelling at night and only have a vehicles to be fitted r when t eeds single-phase onboard with a sound-emitting p s low charger so there would device to warn other road be no point installing three users of their approach. phase charging when a bank “That said, vehicle manufacturers of 7kw single phase chargepoints are currently taking various different could charge the vehicles overnight. approaches to the engineering of these

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Expert Panel: Best Practice  sessions out of peak demand periods at home to take pressure off the grid as utilisation grows will be vital.

“Smart chargepoints give access important information such as charging behaviour, kWh discharged and rate of charge. This information can be used to profile the needs of the client whilst monitoring peak demand times.

“As large fleets move towards EVs, smart charging in the home and workplace will offer the best solution for billing/settlement of company car use at home and usage and load balancing in the workplace,” Terry adds.

The right to charge A new report by the RAC Foundation has concluded that only pure electric vehicles should be allowed to use rapid EV chargers.

This is because mosts PHEVs are not capable of being rapid charged; most can only accept up to around 3 kW from a charge point and will take two-four hours to recharge depending on model.

Therefore a PHEV at a rapid charger is preventing pure electric vehicles from charging, which depend on the ‘fuel’.

The report, the Development of the UK Public Chargepoint Network, says that: “This blocking of rapid chargepoints by PHEVs must be ended. If it becomes widespread, the CPN network of rapid chargepoints would fail for two reasons: rapid chargepoints would never be available for their essential purpose of charging BEVs, and the network operator’s income would collapse.”

The report recommends that EVs should have sole access to rapid charge points as they are the only refuelling option, while PHEVs are capable of running on petrol or diesel power.

The report argues that until plug-in hybrids have both a greater electric-only range and can accept electricity at a faster rate,

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chargepoints at motorway service areas should be reserved solely for battery-only cars.

So what do our panelists make of the report findings?

Terry believes that everyone has the right to charge on a public chargepoint whether they drive a pure EV or a plug-in hybrid and that education at an early stage of EV ownership is vital to get the right charging behaviour from drivers.

He says: “Without being detrimental to car sales staff at large, I believe the cars sales industry could benefit from internal training to allow the correct transfer of information from sales to EV user.

“It can be a daunting prospect for people making their first move towards owning an electric vehicle and how to use a chargepoint correctly.

“Misuse of rapid chargers is generally due to lack of experience. If hybrid users understood using the AC side of the rapid chargepoint would charge their can in a sufficient time, it would leave the DC side of the rapid charger for pure EVs.” Peter Eldridge agreed with the need for education: “It is all about gaining knowledge regarding what is available, where it is available, and communicating that to fleet drivers in a clear and concise format.

“It is also essential to communicate the options available for the variable types of vehicle involved – BEVs (battery electric); PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric) and REX (range extended). Coupled with this is the absolute need to provide details of the charging networks and the number of ‘slow’, ‘fast’ and ‘rapid’ charging points available.

“Charging networks are continually developing and driver education is tantamount to avoiding a ‘free for all approach’ that will inevitably result in a negative outcome. This is an area that

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requires a combined fleet stakeholder approach, both at the point of recruitment/ induction and as part of the ongoing vehicle policy requirements,“ Peter adds.

Tony Greenidge cautions that reducing charging opportunities for PHEV drivers could force motorists to rely on their vehicle’s petrol engine more of the time, cancelling out their environmental benefit in urban areas.

He says: “It’s worth remembering that many drivers who have chosen PHEVs have done so because of the flexibility and longrange capability that they offer. These drivers are likely to return to petrol or diesel in the event that their PHEV proves inconvenient or uneconomic to run, rather than to take the plunge and opt for fully electric.”

Pointing towards the recent removal of the plug-in car grant from PHEVs, and the fact that their economy and emissions ratings are generally worse under WLTP testing, Tony says that buyers will need to think carefully before choosing this vehicle type.

Pondering the future of PHEVs, Tony says, “battery range of full EVs is improving all the time, broadening their appeal, and meaning that PHEVs may naturally become more of a niche product without the need for any kind of ‘positive discrimination’ in favour of pure EVs.” Driver training For many fleets, electric mobility is still not suitable, and diesel is still the most practical option. Driving diesel vehicles in the most efficient way can result in less emissions and better fuel economy.

Driver training can help achieve this.

Tony Greenidge comments: “Many businesses, especially those providing longdistance delivery services or those sending workers to remote locations, will be dependent on diesel for the foreseeable future as they do not have the options of

adopting EVs or altering their operation to reduce mileage. It is arguably these businesses that stand to gain the most from training their drivers to use fuel more efficiently. It may well be that potential increases in the cost of diesel fuel, as well as the likelihood of increased taxation going forward, will focus these businesses’ minds on finding other ways to reduce costs and on making sure their fuel usage is well managed.

“This kind of driving style has no time penalty: the journey times recorded on our eco-driving course show that drivers’ average speeds are slightly higher when they employ eco-driving techniques, because they conserve the vehicle’s momentum and spend less time at a standstill. It’s a popular myth that driving efficiently means driving slowly. Making employers and their drivers aware of this is a key part of gaining acceptance for this kind of training.”

Twenty-nineteen 2018 saw many uncertainties affecting the fleet market: Brexit, diesel demonisation, WLTP and changes to the plug-in grant. So what will the year ahead bring with it?

Tony Greenidge sees the potential for the EV market to go in either direction, either encouraged by incentives, or put off by the uncertainty of Brexit. He explains: “With zero-emission vehicles remaining exempt from the planned increases in VED rates for 2019, and a plug-in car grant of £3,500 helping to offset a reasonable proportion of the price premium over their petrol and diesel counterparts, EV adoption looks set to continue to increase. What will happen

beyond the 2020 budgets, when grants may no longer be available, remains to be seen.

There may be a rush to purchase EVs in 2019 if the grant fund looks set to dry up, as we saw in 2018 when the grant was reduced.

“However, fleets in particular could remain cautious about long-term investment with Brexit looming, meaning that a ‘stick with what you know’ approach could still be the norm, and EV adoption may be slower than it might have otherwise been at this stage,” says Tony.

Peter calls for long-term policy to support fleets: “Despite the volume of new plug-in cars and vans due to be introduced by market in 2019, uptake regarding zero-emission vehicle development is heavily reliant on the government assisting fleets by outlining a clear long-term policy for all fuel types so businesses can plan their strategies against a background of stability. In addition, providing attractive electric vehicle driver taxation and other incentives and recognising that fleet operators require support to make confident vehicle powertrain choices, is essential.”

For Terry, more choice on the market would be welcome. He says: “Considering the sharp rise in the take-up of electric vehicles, 2018 was slightly disappointing as far as brand new models is concerned. Some of the world’s biggest car manufacturers still have little more than a token offering in the EV market. In 2019, we would like to see these, and other OEMs, dramatically increase their role-out of EVs. This would give the general public a wider choice and expedite their acceptance as a more main stream option.” L

Tony Greenidge The cost of batteries is still keeping new EV purchase prices high and their residual values low, and this cost will have to come down to a level that enables manufacturers to bring purchase prices down in the possible absence of grants, and also to reassure private buyers on the issue of resale value and long-term maintenance cost. However, for anyone able to make measurable savings on running costs in the short term, through fuel and tax savings, EVs are beginning to make more sense.

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Final thoughts

Terry Mohammed Intelligent “smart” chargepoints will be crucial as we move towards mass adoption of electric vehicles.

The ability to schedule charging sessions out of peak demand periods at home to take pressure off the grid as utilisation grows will be vital. Smart chargepoints give access important information such as charging behaviour, kWh discharged and rate of charge.

This information can be used to profile the needs of the client to whilst monitoring peak demand times. As large fleets move towards EVs, smart charging in the home and workplace will offer the best solution for billing/ settlement of company car use at home and usage and load balancing in the workplace.

Peter Eldridge Despite the volume of new plug-in cars and vans due to be introduced to the market in 2019, uptake regarding zero-emission vehicle development is heavily reliant on the government assisting fleets by outlining a clear long-term policy for all fuel types so businesses can plan their strategies against a background of stability. In addition, providing attractive electric vehicle driver taxation and other incentives and recognising that fleet operators require support to make confident vehicle powertrain choices and implement policy change, is essential.

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Who won a 2018 GreenFleet Award?

From fleets committed to reducing their environmental impact, to companies tirelessly cleaning-up their vehicles, the winners of the 2018 GreenFleet Awards were revealed on 22 November at Leeds’ Elland Road Stadium The UK’s fight for clean air and a reduction in CO2 emissions has heightened, with a clear commitment from the government to aim towards zero-emission road transport.

Applauding all those that are doing great things to lower transport emissions, from fleets doing all they can to reduce the impact of their operations on the environment, to the manufacturers tirelessly improving their vehicles, the GreenFleet Awards took take place on 22 November at Leeds’ Elland Road Stadium.

Hosted by Leeds City Council, shortlisted organisations and sponsors enjoyed a pre-dinner reception, sponsored by electric van manufacturer LDV, followed by a four-course dinner, with table wine courtesy of Toyota & Lexus Fleet.

Comedian Tom Allen then revealed the winners that were awarded for their environmental excellence over 18 categories.

Demonstrating innovation TrakM8 was first up the podium, scooping the IT Innovation Award for its RH600 telematics camera which provides full telematics functionality, including driver behaviour analytics. The RH600 has two cameras – one facing the road, and one facing into the cab and it can also predict vehicle failures before they happen through CANbus connectivity.

dedicated EV car club and is working closely Picking up the award for Leasing Company with the council to help overcome range of the Year, Leaseplan impressed judges with anxiety associated with the technology. its commitment to driving up zero-emission vehicle uptake. The company is a founding Powering vehicles partner of The Climate Group’s EV100 scheme, The Charging & Refuelling Infrastructure has more than doubled its UK Provider award recognises the electric fleet over the last 12 achievements of a sector that is months, and is allowing rapidly growing and changing. fleets to try electric Comed ian With more plug-in vehicles on before committing.

T om Alle the road, public and workplace Mobility has reveale n charging is becoming more become the buzz d the winner important, as is refuelling word in fleet s infrastructure for alternatives and transport awarde that were d for th such as hydrogen and gas. management, eir environ The 2018 award winner with companies excellen mental was SWARCO UK / eVolt and consumers ce over for its impressive uptime of reassessing 18 categor 99.85 per cent, together with how they travel. ies the cost-effectiveness and the The winner of ease of use of its chargepoints.

GreenFleet’s Mobility SWARCO UK eVolt was Initially Provider of the Year award formed as a division of APT Controls went to Enterprise Car Club. The over eight years ago and has become company has doubled the size of its hybrid one of the largest charging providers and plug-in fleet in 2018 and acquired 40 across Scotland, England, NI & Wales per cent of all hybrids available to the rental

sector. Today, more than 30 per cent of its Trucks and vans fleet is either plug-in EV or hybrid with When it comes to large vans and trucks, average emissions of under 100g of CO2 achieving zero emissions is difficult given their per km. It has recently partnered with The size, distances travelled and cargo. E Royal Borough of Greenwich to launch a

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Green city cars Sponsored by Green Motion, the 2018 City Car Manufacturer of the Year award went to Mini for its Countryman PHEV. Mini’s first plug-in hybrid was launched in 2017 and has seen huge demand from fleets. It comes with a 1.5-litre three-cylinder petrol and an electric motor to develop 221bhp overall and provide much improved fuel economy and emissions over the rest of the range.

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In recognition of its full offer of alternatively fuelled vehicles for the heavy goods market, Iveco won the LGV Manufacturer of the Year award for the third year running.

This year saw the Iveco Stralis NP 460hp 6x2 tractor unit launched, which is the world’s first single fuel gas-powered heavy truck for 44-tonne operation, designed to appeal to the 90 per cent of British heavy truck fleets that need to operate at that weight.

A choice of CNG, Bio CNG, LNG or Bio LNG fuels is available. Already this year the Stralis NP has received orders from fleets including Clipper, Dawsons, H Parkinson Haulage, Hermes, John Lewis, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, UPS and Waitrose.

Iveco expects to put around 200 gas-powered medium and heavy trucks on the roads during 2018.

Impressively, ​​​​​​the Stralis NP 460hp 4x2 tractor unit completed a journey from London to Madrid on natural gas, without refuelling.

Meanwhile, the LCV Manufacturer of the Year Award, sponsored by Trakm8, was awarded to LDV for its electric EV80 van. Available in panel van, tipper & wheelchair accessible variations, the EV80 has established itself as the van of choice for environmentally-conscious drivers. It is already being trialled by IKEA, Royal Mail, Northern Gas Networks and National Grid, whose fleet criteria is among the most stringent in the sector. LDV has grown a dealer network across the country that delivers a dedicated service to fleet and business customers from more than 30 centres and the majority of these operate a 24-hour service.

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The electric only mode manages 26 miles and allows the Countryman to accelerate to 60mph in under seven seconds.

Toyota were presented the Fleet Car Manufacturer of the Year Award, sponsored

by Rockingham, for its impressive hybrid range. The company has a truly green policy that runs through the entire DNA of the company, and they continue to push the ULEV agenda forward, with almost every model now having a hybrid derivative. Toyota’s fleet customers enjoy low cost of ownership, low emissions and tax, as well as support from its dedicated Business Centre network.

Volvo meanwhile took home the accolade for PHEV Manufacturer of the Year, for its clever technology that combines turbos and super-chargers with electric. The Swedish carmaker’s XC60 SUV and S90 saloon models are currently produced with the T8 Twin Engine, Volvo’s plug in hybrid technology.

Battery power lets the XC60 cover up to 28 miles on a single charge while the 2.0litre turbo and supercharged engine can deliver a total of 401bhp, giving the XC60 a 0-62mph time of 5.3 seconds. The soon to be available S60 saloon will be the first Volvo to be produced without a diesel engine.

MINI took home the City Car Manufacturer of the Year title

EV leaders Sponsored by Elmtronics, the Electric Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year award was presented to Hyundai for its IONIQ and Kona models which are attractive, safe, affordable, practical, and crucially, offer excellent range, with the Kona capable of 300 miles and Ioniq 174 miles.

Tony Whitehorn, Hyundai Motor UK President and CEO, said: “Hyundai Motor has made a conscious effort to become a leader in electrified technology, so it gives me great pleasure to see the brand recognised by the GreenFleet Awards.

“Our electric offerings, including Kona and IONIQ, represent extremely good value for money, are packed full of the latest technology and come as standard with the peace-of-mind that’s afforded

by Hyundai’s five-year unlimited mileage and 8 Year or 125,000 mile high voltage battery warranty. These models are just the start of Hyundai’s electric story, and I look forward to sharing with you all the exciting innovations we have coming over the next five years and beyond.”

Fleets behaving green Shining a spotlight on the organisations that are striving to green their operations, the fleet category awards go to public and private sector large and small.

Ethical grocer Farmdrop won the Private Sector Fleet of the Year Award, in the small to medium category, which was sponsored by Grosvenor Leasing.

Farmdrop’s electric vans are charged at its Enfield depot via a series of 13-amp charge points, with plans to upgrade to a 32-amp (7.2kW) system in the near future. Average distance travelled per route is 97 km (60 miles). An equivalent diesel van would use 57.6 mpg, meaning 1.5 gallons of fuel would be used per day, per van. Based on a fleet of 20 vans operating 363 days, this removes the need to use 11,000 gallons of fuel. Farmdrop’s mission is to fix the food chain. Using low emission transport to deliver customers’ their ethically sourced, local food is integral to this.

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Co-wheels is an innovative mobility provider which has more environmental ‘firsts’ than any other car club

Co-wheels is the UK’s most innovative mobility provider which has more environmental ‘firsts’ than any other car club.

We were the first in the UK to introduce electric cars onto a public fleet, the first to get Go Ultra Low status thanks to our pioneering work with hybrid-electrics and the first in the world to introduce zeroemission hydrogen cars onto our fleet.

We are still the only UK fleet using hydrogen cars, with the latest models from Toyota and Hyundai, and after trialling them with our corporate users we will be introducing them to the public fleet this year.

But this experience has proved invaluable in giving us the experience

on the advantages and pitfalls of how to run the cars you will be using tomorrow, not just the ones you use today.

We currently run more than 90 zero emission cars – pure EVs and hydrogen fuel cell – on our fleet of more than 600 vehicles, which in addition to the hundreds of plug in hybrids hybrid-electrics adds up to 50 per cent of our fleet making it the country’s greenest, cleanest mixed fuel car share fleet.

And in 2019 we are stepping up our roll out of EVs to our highest ever rate – with new fleets going in to Oxford and Bristol as well as EVs across Scotland thanks to our partnership work with Housing Associations.

Co-wheels also provides low carbon pool

fleet management for numerous businesses and public sector organisations – and one of our key innovations to maximise use and the environmental benefits is to open up use of those cars to the public outside office hours.

Local authorities such as Salford City Council found this not only savings them money on grey fleet costs and reduces the Council’s CO2 impact but also making EVs available to the Salford public to allow residents to reduce their carbon footprint.

Salford has a fleet of 26 vehicles at their Civic Centre in the city centre and other Council offices, including eight Nissan Leafs. More than 450 staff use the cars – reducing business mileage costs by 27 per cent – saving more than £200k and 12 tonnes of CO2 in the first 12 months.

If you want to find out what Co-wheels unrivalled environmental fleet experience can do for you – either for public car share fleets or grey fleet replacement – check our www.co-wheels.org.uk/ fleet email us on info@co-wheels.org. uk or call us on 0191 375 1050.

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Hydrogen dual fuel – a practical solution for ultra-low emission vans and trucks available now 2018 saw increased awareness of the challenges of decarbonising heavier duty vehicles like large vans and trucks, at the same time as meeting tightening emission restrictions designed to improve local air quality standards. Whilst electrification and battery technologies make the headlines for passenger cars, options for freight and commercial vehicles are extremely limited.

Largely considered a fuel of the future, hydrogen has gained significant interest globally this past year, as a way of providing zero tailpipe emissions for vehicles at the same time as mitigating electricity grid pressures that would inevitably be the consequence of the move to all electric goods vehicles.

Generally, this opportunity is associated with the application of fuel cell technology, a promising although currently expensive route to electrification of long range or heavy-duty vehicles without range anxiety and loss of productivity though lengthy recharge times. However, what is less widely known is that British company ULEMCo is focussed on innovative approaches that displace diesel with hydrogen directly in the combustion engine. Today, this is becoming available as a conversion

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to dual fuel, and in the longer term as zero emission 100 per cent hydrogen vehicles at a fraction of the cost of electrification.

Conversion involves the addition of on‑board hydrogen storage, refuelling and safety systems and an engine control unit (ECU) that manages the optimisation of the hydrogen diesel mix to match the vehicle’s normal performance.

Every kg of hydrogen used provides a direct CO2 emission reduction (25-40 per cent on average), with the air quality benefits being seen especially in the urban environment, improving real world emissions over diesel EURO 6 equivalents. If hydrogen is not available for whatever reason, the vehicle runs as a standard diesel vehicle, so incurring no risk to normal operations.

ULEMCo is working with partners Ocado, Aberdeen City Council, London Fire Brigade, Yorkshire Ambulance Service, Commercial Group, Westminster City Council and Veolia on the UK Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) Low Emission Freight Trial. The project will demonstrate the practicality and performance of a range of vehicles from refrigerated vans

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to bin lorries in real world use. It will show that ultra-low emission trucks and vans are available now, with little compromise on payload, duties and productivity of the vehicles. This opens the way for fleet operators considering proactive moves to full fleet decarbonisation, sooner rather than later.

Commended in Greenfleet’s awards, this is UK developed innovation in action.

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 Hermes has introduced a fleet of biomethane fuel and pure electric vehicles, partnering with CNG Fuels to facilitate trials of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). These have led to an order for 30 Iveco Stralis CNG units, making up nearly 20 per cent of the 166 units in the fleet. 32 pure electric vans have also been introduced to its central London fleet. These will serve more than 100 delivery rounds inside the low emission zone and is a step towards the comnpany’s goal of a 50 per cent CO2 reduction by 2020.

Looking at indivdual excellence, the Private Sector Fleet Manager of the Year went to Mark Squires at Northern Gas Networks.

Mark Squires has championed the low and zero emission agenda both internally within the business and externally through promoting and encouraging manufacturers and infrastructure providers to accelerate progress across the light commercial vehicle sector. This has included all areas of Low/ Zero emission from persuading the business to purchase a Toyota Mirai Hydrogen car, a number of Compressed Natural Gas vans and working with key manufacturers (including LDV) in the development of full electric 3,500kg vehicles for the industry.

Mark said: “Minimising the environmental impact of a large operational fleet is a top priority for NGN, and that begins by encouraging awareness, uptake and adoption of low and zero emission vehicles within the business.”

“Working directly with manufacturers means we’re able to action change faster

City of Swansea won Public Sector Fleet of the Year (medium-large)

and demonstrate that there is a market for cleaner, greener vehicles in large fleets which can deliver huge benefits, in terms of air quality and the environment.”

Public sector fleets The award for Public Sector Fleet of the Year (small to medium), sponsored by eVolt, was awarded to the University of Birmingham for its unwavering commitment to greening its fleet.

Since the introduction of the Renault Kangoo ZE and Nissan e-NV200 at the University of Birmingham, its ambitious target of 40 per cent electric or hydrogen fleet vehicles by 2020 has been achieved a

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The City of Swansea was crowned winner of the Public Sector Fleet of the Year in the medium to large catergory for its extensive electric van fleet.

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Optimising operations and preparing for a digital future As we look forward to 2019, Dhruv Parekh shares his latest reflections on how innovation will affect the fleet industry and how Masternaut is adapting to help its customers further This time last year, I predicted several trends would shape the world of connected fleets. I anticipated that we would see the fleet telematics industry “growing up,” and that more generally, fleet operators would feel theoretical buzzwords like “smart systems” and “big data” affect their business more tangibly.

In other words, we would feel the pace of innovation picking up. And as we look forward to 2019, I’d like to share my latest reflections on how innovation will affect the fleet industry and how we at Masternaut are adapting to better our customers.

The world is getting more and more connected – that much is old news. But what it means for fleet operators is that nearly every vehicle will soon be connected as well. And as with all hardware technology, devices will become cheaper, smaller and more flexible to serve a broader range of your needs. Last year, anticipating this trend, we were the first in the industry to introduce fully-flexible, no-commitment telematics on an enterprisegrade fleet management platform – now available from £5.99 a month. This next year, we will continue to innovate to make fleet connectivity even easier for you to deploy.

Lowering emissions In the past year, “big data” has also come to life for many of our customers through several transformational projects led by our Catalytix

services team. Combining telematics data with a rich database of benchmarks, we helped our clients optimise their operations and prepare for a more digital future. Encouraged by this sharp increase in demand, we have already made new investments in our data science and digital transformation capabilities.

Our new data science capabilities also allowed us to better understand our customers environmental impact, which is an important subject for many fleet professionals. In collaboration with the Energy Saving Trust, I was privileged to award a number of CO2 certifications to recognise the efforts of many fleet operators in lowering emissions.

We were pleased by the positive response to this programme – we saw dozens of proud fleet managers highlighting their certifications alongside their sustainability efforts on social media and in the press.

We will further develop and enrich this programme early in 2019. Stay tuned!

Finally, we have a long list of new product innovations to introduce this year.

For example, we will build on the new mobile experiences introduced in 2018, and fleet managers and drivers will have more access to the information they need while on the go – including information on routes and jobs. We will also introduce a service that enables our customers to provide their customers with more transparency on arrival times.

Combining telematics data with a rich database of benchmarks, we helped our clients optimise their operations and prepare for a more digital future.

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We are extremely excited about the coming year both for Masternaut and the industry as a whole. I would welcome input from anyone on innovations they would like to see, or how telematics providers can better serve our industry. L FURTHER INFORMATION For more information, visit www.masternaut.com

Dhruv Parekh

Dhruv S. Parekh joined Masternaut, European provider of fleet telematics, as chief executive officer in 2015.

Parekh joined Masternaut from Capstone, a group of operational executives that work closely with portfolio companies of private equity firm KKR & Co. During his tenure at Capstone, Dhruv worked with technology companies around the globe to drive major growth programmes.

Upon joining Masternaut, Parekh stated “The company has a strong and experienced team, backing from a leading growth equity investor in Summit Partners and strategic support from Fleetcor Technologies, the leading global fuel card and speciality payments processing company. This combination allows Masternaut to focus on delivering differentiated solutions to the commercial fleet market. We are also at the front end of a major trend in connected vehicles and Masternaut will continue to be the innovation leader.”

IT Innovation Award Winner: TrakM8 Leasing Company of the Year Winner: Leaseplan Mobility Provider of the Year Winner: Enterprise Car Club Charging & Refuelling Infrastructure Provider Winner: SWARCO UK / eVolt

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Winners at a glance

LGV Manufacturer of the Year Winner: Iveco  renewal and telematics identifying 30 short journey, low mileage diesel vans, an innovative procurement exercise resulted in 40 Peugeot Partner fully electric vans being acquired in early 2018. The largest single order of its kind in Wales, an additional 30 ‘slow’ 3kw chargepoints were installed across 12 operational bases. Used by car parks, building, highways, waste, parks and pool car teams, they have been positively received by drivers following an induction campaign aimed at personalising their contribution to carbon reduction in their city.

Other simple changes have combined to help reduce Swansea’s annual fuel use by six per cent.

Andrea Lewis, cabinet member for homes and energy at Swansea Council, said: “I was pleased to introduce low and zero carbon emission vehicles into the Council’s corporate fleet.

“I am absolutely delighted that the work we have done as a Council has been acknowledged by winning the Public Sector Green Fleet Award.

“We currently have the largest local authority electric fleet in Wales and we will expand this further, making a huge contribution to cleaner air across Swansea.”

Mark Thomas, cabinet member for environment and infrastructure management, said: “Getting the recognition of the council’s green fleet on a UK level is a great achievement and highlights our intentions to the rest of the country about our concern for the environment and the measures we are taking to improve things.”

Individual recognition The individual that won the Public Sector Fleet Manager of the year was Terry Pycroft from Leeds City Council.

Terry joined Leeds Council in February 2005 as head of fleet services. A key priority was to establish an understanding of the fleet, so Terry initiated the first green fleet review through EST in 2007. This was later used as a key working document over the following years. Influencing others around alternative fuels has been a key task. Leeds ongoing commitment to fuel LGV Fleet with CNG has showcased the option to other authorities. Terry has been instrumental in explaining to senior management teams why the work needs their support.

The council’s latest order of 51 new zeroemission Nissan vans mean that the council will have 95 electric vehicles (EVs) in total, which is believed to be more than any other local authority in the country at present.

Industry innovation The GreenFleet Award for Industry Innovation is presented to the organisation that has introduced a new technology, practice or method that reduces fuel consumption and emissions and demonstrates innovation in its design and/or implementation.

This year, the award went to Electra Commercial Vehicles for its Electric Refuse Truck. As part of an initiative to drive down air pollution in London’s Square Mile, Electra supplied the technology for The City of London’s trial of the UK’s first fully-electric waste collection truck. The 26-tonne truck runs on lithium-ion batteries. Designed for urban environments with short routes, it can complete a full 10-hour shift. Every aspect of its operation relies on electric motors, with no combustion engine on board.

Outstanding achievement GreenFleet’s Outstanding Achievement Award, presented by Leeds City Council went to Matthew Eastwood from the Energy Saving Trust.

Matthew first came in to this sector with a sustainable vision back in 2005, as a travel planning executive at Aberdeenshire Council.

He was responsible for the implementation of a sustainable transport policy that saw him work with public and private sector organisations across the region, as well as Transport Scotland.

In 2015, he joined the transport team of the Energy Saving Trust, as programme manager. Alongside grey fleet reviews, he was tasked with implementing a plan to encourage uptake of EVs across Scotland and within 11 months he had progressed to Head of Transport for Scotland, within EST. Leading the Energy Saving Trust’s work on transport in Scotland he has, in a short period of time, grown the annual budget of grant and commercial funding from circa £7m Per Annum to circa £35m per year and has grown the transport team from five full-time members of staff to 18.

He is now head of transport for the whole of EST, overseeing all transport activities across the Energy Saving Trust, including a team of 40 throughout the UK, delivering substantial programmes on sustainable transport, vehicle charging infrastructure and Ultra Low Emission Vehicles for Department for Transport, Office for Low Emission Vehicles and Transport for Scotland.

EV Champions With so much good work going on across by individuals that champion the electric

LCV Manufacturer of the Year Winner: LDV City Car Manufacturer of the Year Winner: Mini Fleet Car Manufacturer of the Year Winner: Toyota PHEV Manufacturer of the Year Winner: Volvo Electric Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year Winner: Hyundai Private Sector Fleet of the Year (Small to Medium) Winner: Farmdrop Private Sector Fleet of the Year (Medium to Large) Winner: Hermes UK Private Sector Fleet Manager of the Year Winner: Mark Squires Northern Gas Networks Public Sector Fleet of the Year (Small to Medium) Winner: University of Birmingham Public Sector Fleet of the Year (Medium to Large) Winner: City of Swansea Public Sector Fleet Manager Winner: Terry Pycroft, Leeds City Council Industry Innovation Award Winner: Electra Commercial Vehicles Outstanding Achievement Award: Matthew Eastwood, Energy Saving Trust EV Champions: Sara Sloman, North Somerset Council; Sathish Sethuraman, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Rasita Chudasama, Nottingham City Council; Dr Euan McTurk, Dukosi Batteries; Loyd Davies, ElectrAssure Ltd

vehicle cause, GreenFleet now recognise their endeavours with five EV Champion Awards.

The ‘champions’ this year were Sara Sloman from North Somerset Council; Sathish Sethuraman from Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Rasita Chudasama from Nottingham City Council; Dr Euan McTurk from Dukosi Batteries; and Loyd Davies from ElectrAssure. E FURTHER INFORMATION www.greenfleetawards.co.uk

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EVs – the future of green motoring One company that is firmly focused on the future of greener motoring is LDV, which recently picked up a prestigious LCV Manufacturer of the Year award at the Greenfleet Awards 2018

The zero-emission vehicle revolution is well underway and sales of electric vehicles are accelerating with an estimated five million on the world’s roads today.

One company that is firmly focused on the future of greener motoring is LDV, which recently picked up a prestigious LCV Manufacturer of the Year award at the Greenfleet Awards 2018. The company was recognised for its zero-emission LDV EV80 range.

The LDV brand returned to the UK market in 2016. Manufactured by SAIC, the largest automotive company in China, LDV is distributed by Harris Automotive Distributors. China is widely regarded as the trailblazer of the EV category and LDV is leading the charge with a range of vehicles that is revolutionising the market.

LDV’s EV80, the perfect city or short to medium journey vehicle, is fast becoming the van of choice for environmentally-conscious drivers and business owners. Boasting a 120 mile range on a single charge, there are a number of variants to choose from including panel van, chassis cab and crew.

The zero-emissions range is an affordable and competitive choice for fleet owners looking to increase their green credentials while benefitting from the van’s impressive spec.

motoring with a superior performance.

Mark Barrett, general manager, LDV UK and Ireland, is a firm believer in the benefits of embracing electric: “Businesses that invest in EVs can improve their green credentials, significantly cut long-term operational costs and contribute to future-proofing their organisations in an increasingly competitive market. With lower corporation tax reliefs and allowances to avail of, now is the time to make the move to a zero-emissions fleet and reap the rewards for your company.”

The big switch LDV is supporting business owners who want to make the big switch with a brilliant six-year finance offer that allows more fleet drivers to update and trade-in their current vehicles.

The vehicles are also part of the Go Ultra Low grant scheme, a government initiative to encourage drivers to switch to low emissions vehicles, and business owners can take advantage of an £8,000 grant towards a brand new EV80 van or Chassis cab to start enjoying the benefits of greener driving right now.

With the EV80 the only van in its category on the road right now, it’s the

Advanced electric power system The high spec includes an advanced pure electric power system providing a highly efficient, stable power supply and an EPB system that is not only convenient, but also reliable. From the electronic Park Brake assist system with a helpful vehicle hill start facility to the digital intelligent CVT that switches across three power modes, the EV80 delivers a consistently smooth driving experience with zero emissions guaranteeing greener

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name everyone is talking about.

Unitmovements, the home delivery operator for IKEA, currently has two EV80s on the road from LDV Heathrow and fleet manager David Evans said: “We believe the LDV EV80 is the most practical, medium‑sized EV on the market at the moment.

“There is no doubt that the EV80 is a user‑friendly vehicle, being simple to operate and a pleasure to drive. In the near future, as the technology improves, electric powered vehicles will become the norm. The EV80 is a good starting point for Unitmovements, or indeed any multi-drop delivery provider. We will continue with our commitment to embrace the use of zero-emission vehicles and the EV80 will no doubt play a large part in that.”

Mark Squires, commercial manager – fleet and facilities at Northern Gas Networks was impressed when he took a single charge, 110 mile round trip with 8 miles on the clock to spare. According to Mark, “the EV80 is on the brink of game-changing.”

Greenfleet Awards winner The recent win at the Greenfleet Awards for LDV is one of many recent awards for the EV80 in both Ireland and the UK. LDV’s EV80 was awarded Company Car & Van Magazine EV Van of the Year 2019 (UK) and Fleet Transport Irish Green Commercial of the Year Award 2019 (Ireland).

Future focus The future is exciting for LDV as the company plans to launch a new model or variant every three months through to 2020, with a commitment and focus to introducing more EVs to the market offering more choice in this category. This includes an all-new version of the flagship V80 with an all-electric variant, up to 5-tonne GVW. The company is also planning for the launch of a plug-in hybrid, hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell propelled EV80 variant.

Distributed for all right-hand drive (RHD) European Markets by the renowned Harris Group with its European Head office located in Ireland and supported by an extensive dealer network across the UK, all of LDV’s vehicles are covered by a five‑year warranty or 200,000miles (60,000 miles EV Range) and include five years roadside assistance cover as standard. L FURTHER INFORMATION www.myldv.co.uk

IT Innovation Award Sanctus Media (WattsUp) LEVL Telematics Limited / GEOTAB Reflex Vehicle Hire Masternaut Ltd Airmax Remote Leasing Company of the Year Grosvenor Leasing Alphabet Lex Autolease DriveElectric Daimler Fleet Management Mobility Provider of the Year Green Motion Car & Van Rental Co-wheels Car Club EVision Electric Car Hire Europcar Mobility Group Zip Car Charging & Refuelling Infrastructure Provider SRG Electrical Ltd Franklin Energy The Phoenix Works Elmtronics ElectrAssure LGV Manufacturer of the Year DAF Scania Mercedes-Benz Trucks Electra Commercial Vehicles LCV Manufacturer of the Year, sponsored by Trakm8 Renault Nissan Peugeot Iveco Ford

City Car Manufacturer of the Year, sponsored by Green Motion Smart Suzuki Skoda Hyundai

Private Sector Fleet of the Year (Medium to Large) Galliford Try M Group Services Plant & Fleet Solutions Amey Streets Ahead Brakes Group/Certas Energy UK Power Networks

Fleet Car Manufacturer of the Year, sponsored by Rockingham Volvo Mercedes BMW Hyundai Kia

Private Sector Fleet Manager of the Year Alan Baker - Galliford Try Kevin King - Hermes UK David Brown - Farm Drop Mark Chapman - Milk & More

PHEV Manufacturer of the Year Toyota BMW MINI Mitsubishi Hyundai Kia Electric Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year, sponsored by Elmtronics Nissan Renault LDV BMW Jaguar LEVC Smart Private Sector Fleet of the Year (Small to Medium), sponsored by Grovsenor Leasing Milk & More Eden Project

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GreenFleet commended organisations and individuals

Public Sector Fleet of the Year (Small to Medium), sponsored by eVolt South Gloucestershire Council Oxford Direct Services (Oxford City Council) Swansea University Scottish Natural Heritage Public Sector Fleet of the Year (Medium to Large) Falkirk Council Yorkshire Ambulance Service Leeds City Council Royal Borough of Greenwich Public Sector Fleet Manager of the Year Pat Taggart, Falkirk Council Olivier Tang, Royal Borough of Greenwich Owain Pierce, Oxford Direct Services Nigel Morris, Swansea University Ron Dovey, South Gloucestershire Council Industry Innovation Award, presented by Leeds City Council ULEMCo - Hydrogen Dual-Fuel Van Vulcanaer - Retrofit bus/truck hybrid engine HV Systems - H2Van / HV Truck Crowd-Charge - V2G Charging Arrival - Electric Van

Meeting air quality targets in Leeds with alternatively fuelled vehicles and a robust EV charging network

Meeting air quality targets and the potential implementation of a Clean Air Zone in Leeds brought major challenges back in 2007. Terry Pycroft, head of Fleet services continually looked to improve its efficiency, cost effectiveness and emission performance, and lead by example.

The Energy saving Trust (EST) first worked with Leeds City Council in 2007 on a Green Fleet review, including hybrids, EVs, and CNG, followed by a grey fleet review in 2014.

Several of the recommendations proved highly helpful to build the case for concerted action on alternatively fuelled vehicles.

Leeds City council undertook a comprehensive review of its entire fleet of 1,200 vehicles to highlight those potentially suitable for replacement with an EV. Characteristics included the jobs the vehicles carried out, payload and average daily mileages. Once the vehicles were identified, details of the depot locations were clarified across the authority.

It was found that most vehicles on the initial project were parked at depots overnight, seemingly ideal for charging.

However, surveys at the time revealed that most sites would only be able to accommodate charge points for two to four vehicles, unless expensive upgrades to the electrical capacity were undertaken.

The Council, The first in the UK, trialled a CNG refuse truck in 2009, which still runs to this day. This would prove to be crucial in Fleet objectives for 2020 and beyond.

Each service lead were consulted at this point and nominated officers put forward for a clean air and safety strategy event at Leeds Civic Hall with vehicle demonstrations as an aid to help ease the transition to EV. Leeds City Council has an ambition for all of its fleet to comprise of ultraLow emission vehicles by 2025, as part of Leeds City Council’s replacement programme running to 2026.

Details of the fleet’s alternative fuel trials have formed part of the council’s breakthrough project and details have been shared with the environmental programme board.

The council set objectives for the implementation of alternative

fuels and future procurement practice over the future years.

In response to the report and as a part of the council’s future planning, the impact of the clean air zone was to prove the fundamental spring board for Leeds to meet its clean air objectives and provide support and guidance to others.

The Nissan NV200 was a proven product in the market and after trials, an order was placed in early 2016. Leeds City Council now has 76 vehicles on fleet, one of which is with a NHS teacher training trust provider.

The home charging pilot in Leeds was to prove crucial in establishing the council’s policy for the home charging criteria.

The EV fleet has proven itself to work, services are pleased with the result and the driver feedback has proven invaluable.

106 EV points have now been installed in depots within Leeds City Council.

In 2016 we had 44 EVs and ordered 51 in 2018, taking the fleet total to 95, of which 76 are here and working, with the remaining 19 due any time.

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Managing your fleet for a more economic drive From programme manager to head of transport at Energy Saving Trust (EST), Matthew Eastwood has led the way in developing EST’s work on transport.

Delivering programmes covering England and Scotland, the organisation’s transport team has grown rapidly under his watch, as has the scope of work it delivers

Having won Green Fleet’s Outstanding Achievement Award, Matthew’s positive influence is clearer than ever, and EST’s transport services have continued to encourage and inspire change across the country.

Funded by Department for Transport and Transport Scotland, EST’s transport services and advice are free, impartial, and based on research and evidence.

diesel fuelled vehicles in comparison to alternatives can highlight the benefits of integrating ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) or electric vehicles (EVs) into your fleet. While the upfront cost may be more, the long-term running costs and impact on the environment is often considerably less.

Our Plug-in Advice Tool can help you decide whether plug-in vehicles are suitable for your fleet. See www.pluginadvice.org.uk

How can we make your fleet more sustainable?

Managing your existing fleet correctly is a good place to start when looking to make your fleet more environmentally friendly. Our Fleet Health Check provides you with a tailored report, outlining where you can make cost and emission savings, and drive more economically.

This in-depth information can help you make more informed changes to your fleet, understanding its impact on the environment.

Our fuel and mileage management advice can help manage the environmental impact and costs of your business transport operations. Using telematics to track vehicles can provide an accurate and immediate view of vehicle mileage, ensuring you have the information needed to make your fleet more cost-effective and efficient.

Our Best Practice guides offer more information and provide further guidance on carbon footprint, weight plates, chargepoint infrastructure, fleet technology and driving techniques. See www.energysavingtrust. org.uk/transport/fleet-managementessentials#best-practice-guides Considering the impact and cost of petrol/

Managing employee travel for a cleaner future Adapting your fleet’s vehicles is a helpful method of tackling your impact on the environment, but an often overlooked area is the impact employees can have. Vehicles owned by employees for business purposes are referred to as ‘grey fleet’, which can contribute heavily to congestion, air pollution and CO2 emissions. Our Best Practice guide to grey fleet can help you measure mileage, set a travel policy, and promote other forms of travel.

Our Grey Fleet Toolkit offers further information and guidance, encouraging more sustainable travel and less grey fleet use: www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/ transport/managing-employee-travel How else can we help?

EST’s transport work covers a range of areas, helping organisations in the public and private sector, and individual fleet drivers, reduce transport costs and emissions.

Our newest offering is the Local Government Support Programme, which aims to provide tailored, one-to-one advice and support to local authorities across the country. Three

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Regional Account Managers covering North East, North West, Midlands and South England are starting to help build and strengthen relationships with local authorities, improving local air quality and reducing CO2 emissions.

Our transport teams in England and Scotland can arrange driving training to help organisations and their employees reduce carbon emissions, save on fuel costs, and drive more safely. We run the Ecodriving training in England, and a similar FuelGood training scheme in Scotland.

Electric cars are a major part of the move to sustainable and clean transport, and an area we specialise in. Our experts provide up-to-date information and advice on types of EVs, incentives, charging infrastructure and more. The On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme is funded by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles and provides funding for local authorities to provide on-street chargepoints for residents, encouraging the public to invest in EVs. In 2018 we launched the Freight Portal, a hub of information on how you can improve your fleet, and fleet support schemes that can help address road freight needs. Working in partnership with the Department for Transport and Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, the portal now features 21 schemes addressing air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and safety.

Who is eligible for this support and how will they benefit?

Our transport support is for all suitable private and public sector organisations, and local authorities. Our support and advice can save fleets up to £145,000 and 235 tonnes of CO2 every year, improving the sustainability of your fleet.

We can calculate your current carbon footprint, expand the use of ULEVs and reduce grey fleet, and work to improve your knowledge of air quality and Clean Air Zones.

Our Fleet Heroes Awards & Conference recognises those making significant changes to reduce their impact on the environment and inspire change with their transport.

Look out for the 2019 event to hear from leading experts in transport and learn more about how industry leaders are implementing positive change. L FURTHER INFORMATION www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/transport

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EST’s Matthew Eastwood scoops Outstanding Achievement Award Matthew Eastwood first came in to this sector, with a clear sustainable vision, back in 2005, as a travel planning executive at Aberdeenshire Council. He now oversees all transport activities for the EST. Here is his story At Aberdeenshire Council, Matthew was responsible for the implementation of a sustainable transport policy that saw him work with public and private sector organisations across the region, as well as Transport Scotland. He was soon hooked and then moved in to a new world, in its infancy, that is car clubs.

He personally oversaw the Scottish programme expansion from £500k to £1.6m per annum, leading to promotion to assistant director. His new senior role saw him develop a city-focused programme even wider, taking car clubs in to more rural and

diverse regions across Scotland.

In 2015, he made the leap back in to the public sector, joining the transport team of the Energy Saving Trust, as programme manager.

Alongside grey fleet reviews, he was tasked with implementing a plan to encourage uptake of EVs across Scotland and within 11 months he had progressed to head of transport for Scotland, within EST. Leading EST’s work on transport in Scotland he has, in a short period of time, grown the annual budget of grant and commercial funding from circa £7m per annum to circa £35m per annum

and grown the transport team from five full-time members of staff to 18.

With that came yet another promotion, and yet more responsibility; he was once again elevated, this time to head of transport for the whole of EST. Matthew now oversees all transport activities across the Energy Saving Trust, including a team of 40 throughout the UK, delivering substantial programmes on sustainable transport, vehicle charging infrastructure and Ultra Low Emission Vehicles for Department for Transport, Office for Low Emission Vehicles and Transport for Scotland.

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Nottingham is leading the way in low emission transport

Nottingham’s reputation as a leader in adopting sustainable low emission technology is well established. Since becoming a Go Ultra Low city in 2016, we’ve been cleaning up the vehicles on our road, from buses and taxis, to commercial fleets and private vehicles.

Building on strong foundations – we’ve already invested in electric trams, biogas buses and cycling infrastructure – we’ve introduced a series of innovative measures with the ultimate aim of breathing cleaner air.

The flagship scheme, a £2.1m project to install 230 fast and rapid charge points in Nottingham, Derby, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, is creating sustainable infrastructure to support ULEVs, with a

reduced tariff for residents and more than 77 charge points already up and running.

Other projects include converting the council fleet, supporting businesses through a Workplace Travel Service offering fleet reviews, vehicle loans and grants, and opening the UK’s first bus lane that ULEVs can use.

Nottingham’s plan to improve air quality was the first in the country to be approved in November, along with £1m funding for measures to support taxi drivers; the expansion of our ‘try before you buy’ ULEV taxi scheme, the creation of an ULEVonly taxi rank and licensing discounts.

Principal transport planner Rasita Chudasama led the city’s bid to become a Go Ultra Low city and now heads the

team delivering these ambitious projects.

One of the first things she did was gather the ‘ULEV Champions’ – local people who are already converted. The champions have been instrumental supporting our message, acting as a sounding board, and talking to people at events.

Rasita spoke at Parliament in May on the challenges of building a charge point network, and her role coming up with creative ideas to keep Nottingham at the forefront of developments earned her an EV Champion crown at the Green Fleet News awards. The whole team was recognised at the Fleet Heroes Awards with the City Hero title for its work reducing the impact of transport on air quality.

Councillor Sally Longford, portfolio holder for energy and environment, said: “Our Go Ultra Low team works incredibly hard to bring some technical, challenging and bold projects to fruition. We’re starting to see the results and I’m delighted the team is gaining recognition from the industry.

“We’ll continue to lead the way in helping to make cleaner vehicles a reality for our businesses, residents and visitors.”

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ElectrAssure named a GreenFleet ‘EV Champion’ 2018 2018 was a formative year for the electric vehicle market and for ElectrAssure; foundations were laid for strong growth in 2019 and beyond with a number of factors carrying the market forward.

Greater awareness of the health impact of pollution has driven new legislation.

The introduction of Ultra-Low Emission Zones in London and other major cities has penalised drivers of the highest polluting vehicles. No new diesel taxis will be licensed in London; Uber started to roll out its Electric Vehicle programme in London and ElectrAssure installed the first five 50kW Rapid Chargers, supplied by Chargepoint UK, to support the Uber programme.

Tesla has taken market share from the premium brands and the new Model 3 has accelerated that success. The diesel‑gate debacle has forced manufacturers to switch investment to electric vehicles.

That investment has pushed forward electric vehicle technology with longer range and faster charging. An excellent example is the new Jaguar iPace which last month outsold all Tesla models in the Netherlands, one of the most advanced electric vehicle markets in the world.

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UltraFastCharger. In the UK it was the first 120kW CCS charger and the first to charge an iPace at 100kW. It charges two iPaces concurrently and load shares between them. So impressed were the iPace R&D team that they used this charger to test and validate the production charge controller.

There were major investments and acquisitions in the EV charging market.

BP acquired Chargemaster, Shell acquired NewMotion and several operators attracted new investment. Tesla added CCS charging cables to their Superchargers in Europe ready for the Model 3. Will Tesla now open up their Supercharger network to other manufacturers’ vehicles?

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In November, ElectrAssure was nominated and ‘Commended’ for the ‘Charging & Refuelling Infrastructure Provider’ award at the GreenFleet Awards and were then named EV Champion 2018.

The EV market is maturing and ElectrAssure is well positioned to take a leading role. ElectrAssure has great customers, prestigious projects and is supported by premium brand, quality partners.

ElectrAssure has every reason to look forward to 2019!

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Northumbria Healthcare’s EV champion Sathish Sethuraman, travel plan co‑ordinator at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, has been named one of the electric vehicle champions at the national GreenFleet awards 2018.

Sathish has been recognised by GreenFleet for leading the outstanding progress the trust has made towards implementing environmentally-friendly transport.

Sathish has introduced a fleet of electric vehicles for use by the trust and has spearheaded the installation of 33 electrical charging points at NHS sites across Northumberland and North Tyneside. This has led to over 17,000 charging sessions which is a 15 per cent increase since 2016/17.

Thanks to Sathish and the team, the introduction of 13 Nissan all-electric e-NV200 vans in 2015 has helped reduce the trust’s carbon footprint by approximately 100 tonnes. These vans take as little as 30 minutes to charge to 80 per cent using one of the specialist charging points installed at convenient locations across the trust.

Not only do electric vehicles help reduce carbon emissions, but they also help save money on fuel and maintenance costs, meaning more money can be invested into patient care. Northumbria Healthcare deploys almost a full fleet of electrical vehicles to deliver supplies, samples and

mail trust-wide. In addition, staff are actively encouraged to use electric transport.

Northumbria Healthcare has a long and established track-record tackling environmental issues – with transport a key area of focus. The trust covers a large geographic area, spanning over 2,500 miles from the banks of the River Tyne in North Tyneside to almost the Scottish border at Berwick-upon-Tweed. Across this diverse landscape it manages a large number of hospitals and community sites.

Sathish and the team have contributed massively towards the trust’s overall sustainability drive; something they and the trust now hope to build on. However, ‘green’ vehicles are just part of Northumbria Healthcare’s overall plan to lower its environmental footprint. It has also

introduced a new public transport travel scheme for staff as well as installing showering facilities and bike sheds as part of the trust’s cycle to work scheme.

In addition to which, long-running and highly-successful programmes exist to increase recycling, whilst reducing general waste.

Looking into 2019 Northumbria Healthcare hopes to have a full fleet of electric and hybrid vehicles and will continue to focus on improving its environmental impact.

FURTHER INFORMATION Sathish Sethuraman Tel: 07917523464 sathish.sethuraman@nhct.nhs.uk www.northumbria.nhs.uk

North Somerset Council’s Sara Sloman receives ‘EV Champion’ title at the 2018 GreenFleet awards

I am delighted to have been awarded “EV Champion, 2018” at the 2018 GreenFleet awards. I am proud that North Somerset

Council (NSC) is delivering an array of EV related incentives to promote the uptake of Ultra Low Emission Vehicles as part of the West of England’s Go Ultra Low West project (GULW).

NSC has already exceeded targets set by the Department for Transport’s Office of Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) to convert 25 per cent of all government small van and car fleet, including pool vehicles, to electric by 2021. We achieved 40 per cent

by March 2018 thanks to our commitment to teamwork, collaborative working and passion for change. We have a forwardthinking leadership team who strive for opportunity to ensure we are putting North Somerset on the map and providing a sustainable future for the region.

We are working on building the K:Port, the first of its kind in England located in Portishead. This Rapid Charging Hub will feature a solar array, sustainable architecture and a range of charging options. We have carefully situated the K:Port adjacent to shops and sports facilities to ensure EV charging is part of everyday life for our residents and visitors. The K:Port was designed by award winning local architects, Hewitt Studios LLP. NSC offers business

grants to install EV charging facilities across the region and the opportunity to borrow an EV for two weeks! We lead by example and I love every second of it.

Personally, I have never seen a better time to deliver a sustainable transport initiative.

Whilst transport needs to be holistic and focus a greater resource on walking, cycling, car share, bus use and rail travel, there is no denying the impact that EVs can have on our local clean air targets. EVs have ignited a passion I have, for expressing the importance of choice when we travel.

Electric Vehicles offer the opportunity to complete those journeys where public transport is not an option in a “tail pipe emission free” way. I am passionate about EVs and can be seen chatting on social media day and night about it! In 2019 I hope to secure the Volvo X40 EV as this will meet my family needs, my commuting needs, my range needs and my mountain biking needs. Please find me on LinkedIn, to stay up to date with our Go Ultra Low West work.

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100 NEW Edward Kulperger European Vice President, Geotab Geotab’s technology is proven at getting the most out of electric vehicles. Ethical grocer Farmdrop recorded a 27 per cent improvement in EV range and 33 per cent improvement in driver safety thanks to Geotab and LEVL technology. Geotab expanded its presence in the EV space with the acquisition of FleetCarma last year.

99 Kevin Bradshaw Chief Executive, Northgate Vehicle Hire Northgate’s ‘We Buy You Rent’ scheme supports customers in becoming greener and more efficient, removing barriers that can exist in terms of upgrading an owned fleet to a greener alternative.

98 NEW Doctor Euan McTurk Electrochemist, Dukosi Batteries Angela Pisanu, editor, GreenFleet

Welcome to the third GreenFleet 100 Most Influential list.

It is a time when the GreenFleet team casts its mind over the last year and filters out the top names that we feel have had the most impact on shaping the low-carbon transport agenda.

The list is made up of individuals for central and local government, industry associations, fleet managers, charities, car manufacturers, and businesses that supply the sector. What ties them together is their contribution to making the fleet and motoring industry more environmentally-friendly.

This year saw us wish we could go beyond one hundred, as we were impressed with the individuals striving to clean up road transport emissions and air quality.

There are 29 new entrants; many are winners or commended individuals from our GreenFleet Awards past and present, people that we have met during our events across the country, or industry figures that contribute to the magazine.

Accommodating so many new people has meant some considerable movement on the list, with many climbing, many dropping and some leaving the list – for this year anyway.

New to the top ten is the BEIS’s Claire Perry who has responsibility for government’s Industrial Strategy and international climate change, meaning her role often crosses over into the green side of transport.

GreenFleet’s 2018 Outstanding Achievement Award winner Matthew Eastwood also joins the list for the first time. Following an impressive career focusing on sustainable transport, he now oversees all transport activities across the Energy Saving Trust, delivering substantial programmes on sustainable transport and vehicle charging infrastructure.

2018 was a challenging year for fleets, caused by uncertainty from Brexit, WLTP and the demonisation of diesel. And so it is great to see that despite this backdrop, there are so many committed individuals that are achieving great things.

Congratulations to those on the list. For consideration on next year’s list, upload your nominations to gf100.greenfleet.net/form/submissions

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Euan is increasingly becoming the go to man for information on EVs. As well as winning GreenFleet’s EV Champion award last year, Euan launched Plug Life Television, the YouTube channel about EVs and battery technology.

97 NEW Tom Pakenham Head of Electric Vehicles, OVO Energy Tom Pakenham, one of the founders of green taxi companies Green Tomato Cars, is head of EVs at OVO Energy. The company is currently running a trial in London, transforming 50 lamp posts into charging points.

96 John Gorton Head of Transport, Kent and Essex Police As a proactive member of the National Association of Police Fleet Managers, John engages in several national working groups, including the standardisation of UK police vehicles.

95 NEW Sathish Sathuraman Travel Plan Co-ordinator, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust GreenFleet EV Champion Sathish has introduced a fleet of electric vehicles for use by the trust and has spearheaded the installation of 33 electrical charging points at NHS sites across Northumberland and North Tyneside.

94 Thomas Henderson service manager (fleet operations), Fife Council Fife’s fleet operations, led by Tom, have been a major catalyst for the rise in EV usage by the general public in Fife. In 2018, Fife Council reduced its CO2 output by 3,400 tonnes compared to 2017, by using telematics to improve employees’ driving style and reduce mpg.

93 NEW Mark Chapman EV Support Specialist, Milk & More Britain’s largest doorstep milk delivery service Mike & More introduced 200 zero emission electric StreetScooter milk floats to its fleet in May last year. Mark was commended at the 2018 GreenFleet Awards in the Private Sector Fleet Manager of the Year category.

Rapid rise of Clean Air Zones in attempt to lower urban air pollution

92 NEW Pat Taggart Fleet Manager, Falkirk Council

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Pat’s passion for electric has seen Falkirk Council adopt 20 electric and hybrid vehicles on its fleet. Pat was a close runner up as Public Sector Fleet Manager of the Year at the 2018 GreenFleet Awards.

91 Amanda Lyne Managing Director, Ulemco Amanda is the source of all knowledge on hydrogen as an alternative fuel, being deputy-chair of the UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association and MD of ULEMC. ULEMCo is currently working with partners on the OLEV Low Emission Freight Trial.

90 NEW Sara Sloman Principal Officer, Sustainable Travel and Road Safety, North East Somerset Council Sara was awarded EV Champion at the 2018 GreenFleet awards for her work in delivering an array of EV related incentives to promote the uptake of Ultra Low Emission Vehicles as part of the West of England’s Go Ultra Low West project (GULW).

89 Arne Knaben Former Managing Director, Volvo Trucks UK Volvo Trucks is making waves in the electrified commercial vehicle market, with the launch of the FL Electric truck. Arne left the position at the end of 2018 to preside over Volvo Trucks’ Middle East, East & North African operations.

88 Bianca Orrey Managing Director, EV OneStop Bianca set up evonestop.co.uk, which is the first online store specialising in supplying EV/PHEV equipment to the general public and businesses.

Bianca has extensive knowledge of the EV industry, which she has been a part of for over 10 years.

87 Darren Smith Fleet Standards and Delivery Manager, Heathrow Airport Darren is responsible for Heathrow’s owned and leased vehicles, and is a leading figure in the implementation of Heathrow’s Airside Ultra Low Emission Zone due to be in place in 2025. Darren is leading the drive for all airport vehicles under 2.4 tonne to be EV or PHEV by 2020.

One of the key themes of 2018 was the rapid rise of Clean Air Zones (CAZs), as the UK government seeks to bring urban air pollution down to legally permissible levels.

Recent research has estimated that air pollution in the UK kills up to 40,000 every year – and costs the economy up to £20 billion per annum. Another study, carried out by the University of Oxford and University of Bath calculated that, if every new car sold in 2019 was an electric vehicle (EV), it would save us more than £325m in health costs in the first year alone.

Innovative new technologies such as Mobility as a Service (MaaS), and freight-sharing platforms can help organisations to minimise the impact of road charging. MaaS reduces the number of vehicles on our roads by making more effective use of existing resources, such as ride-sharing instead of solo occupancy, better use of public transport infrastructure, and even encouraging more cycling. Apps that combine all of these travel modes, with one easy billing platform, can make a huge difference, as evidenced by Navigogo, Scotland’s first MaaS pilot project.

For companies engaged in urban delivery, freightsharing offers truly exciting possibilities. Digital platforms powered by optimisation algorithms can enable companies to share assets – this will become even more attractive when factoring road charging into shipping costs.

Electric and hybrid car sales grew by more than 20 per cent in the UK last year, compared to 2017. While low-emission vehicles still make up just 2.5 per cent of total car sales, this is promising growth. Along with an explosion in the number of electric cars and LCVs available, there are a growing number of tools that can help fleets to optimise EVs, to gain the best possible environmental and financial benefits.

However, the two biggest pressures on fleet managers are still reducing costs and improving safety. 2018 saw the first major fleets adopting telematics cameras, which address both these issues – expect to see many more organisations following suit over the next 12 months.

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Over the last ten years, Dr Herron has worked tirelessly to support the UK’s transition to electric cars, and has been awarded a CBE for services to Business and Energy in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2018.

85 Carl Nicholson Fleet and Asset Manager, North Somerset Council Carl has extensive knowledge of fleet management within the public sector and is on a charge to convert the entire light car and van fleet to zero emissions by 2020.

84 Andy Barratt Managing Director, Ford of Britain Andy’s leadership is taking Ford forward in its sustainability goals. The company is trialling 20 Transit petrol PHEV vans, which will go into production in 2019.

83 Chris Salmon Commercial Director, SG Fleet Chris is passionate about reducing the fleet industry’s impact on the environment, and as such, has developed a green ethos which underlines the operations of SG Fleet. This includes heavily incentivising staff to use EVs and ULEVs and offering to offset carbon from visitors coming on site.

82 Erik Fairbairn Founder and CEO, Pod Point Pod Point continues to have a significant presence in the UK EV charging market. This year, the company has partnered with Tesco and VW to put more than 2,400 electric chargers in Tesco car parks.

81 Dhruv Parekh CEO, Masternaut Masternaut is evolving to help fleets in a world where connectivity and big data is playing an increasingly crucial role. Dhruv has extensive experience of working with technology companies around the globe to drive major growth programmes.

80 Rachel Thompson sustainability lead, Gatwick Gatwick Airport, under the leadership of Rachel, has gained carbon neutral status because of its use of 100% renewable electricity and the Gold Standard carbon credits that offset its ground fuel emissions.

79 Matthew Morgan Operations Director, The Phoenix Works & Tonik Matthew specialises in the design, supply and installation of electric vehicle supply equipment, solar PV systems and battery storage solutions in the domestic, commercial and public sectors.

78 Mark Roberts CEO, Lightfoot Mark founded the company Lightfoot, whose technology has been described as the ‘Fitbit for cars’. The company now has over 100 clients, including Boots, Alliance Healthcare, and Virgin Media, that are using the technology to better driver performance.

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86 Dr Colin Herron Managing Director, Zero Carbon Futures

77 Darren Moon Operations Manager, Jersey Post Darren undertook extensive research and trials before putting 30 electric Nissan e-NV200 electric vans onto the fleet, which are said to be saving an average of 150g/km per vehicle.

76 Chris Gubbey CEO, LEVC The London EV company (LEVC) was a runner up as Electric Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year at the 2018 GreenFleet awards. The firm, headed up by Chris, was commended for its TX electric taxi which has been tested over a million miles and has a battery built to last the life of the taxi.

75 Colin Ferguson Managing Director of Fleet and Optimisation, Trakm8 Colin heads up TrakM8, which scooped the IT Innovation Award for its RH600 telematics camera which provides full telematics functionality, including driver behaviour analytics. Colin is known for his pioneering work on optimisation at Route Monkey, which was acquired by Trakm8 in 2015.

74 Dr Ben Lane Director, Next Green Car Dr Ben Lane’s company Next Green Car continues to give honest advice on the environmental credentials of a vehicle. He also operates Zap-Map. com which gives a comprehensive view of the UK’s chargepoint network.

73 Paul Balmont & Richard Falconer Directors, Co-Wheels Co-Wheels has the country’s greenest mixed fuel car share fleet, by having more than 90 zero emission vehicles (EV and hydrogen) and hundreds of plug in hybrids. Co-Wheels were commended at the 2018 GreenFleet Awards as Mobility Provider of the Year.

72 NEW Patricia Wolfe Managing Director, Daimler Fleet Management UK Patricia has taken her experience of working for Mercedes-Benz Financial Services for 22 years to grow the company’s contract hire and leasing business, Daimler Fleet Management, in the UK.

71 NEW Hannah Collishaw Director, E.ON Drive UK E.ON is a new entrant into the UK EV market place, but has many years of expertise in Europe. Driven by Hannah, E.ON Drive is providing future proof solutions for EV charging to UK businesses.

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70 NEW Mike Belk Managing Director, Mercedes-Benz & FUSO Trucks UK Mike is helping the company achieve its vision of zero accidents, zero emissions, and zero inefficiency, and the electric 7.5 tonner FUSO eCanter is playing a major part.

69 Nigel Morris EV Integration Manager, Swansea University Previous GreenFleet award winner Nigel continues to clean up the university’s fleet by adding seventeen electric or ultra-low emission vehicles and developing a sustainable travel plan.

68 Shaun Barritt CEO, Grosvenor Group Under Shaun’s leadership, the company has grown its innovative 0Zone solution, which supports clients in adopting low emission and zero emission vehicles.

67 Richard Lowden CEO and Founder, Green Motion Richard’s efforts to reduce the impact of his business on the environment has been recognised by achieving Bronze Award from Green Tourism, the most established sustainable certification programme in the world. In 2017 Richard won GreenFleet’s Outstanding Achievement award.

66 Mike Potter CEO, DriveElectric & Crowd Charge Mike came close to winning the GreenFleet Industry Innovation award last year for his company Crowd Charge, which is providing the demand control system for the Electric Nation project, the largest field trial in the world of V2G smart chargers.

65 Nicole Fletcher Head of Sustainable Development, London Fire Brigade London Fire Brigade continues to identify opportunities to introduce more electric vehicles into its vehicle fleet, including trialling BMW i3 blue-light vehicles for senior officers to attend incidents.

64 NEW David Burke Specialist Sales Executive – Gas, Scania GB David is responsible for the sales and development of the pure gas range of Scania commercial vehicles in the UK market. His specialist knowledge has lead to many high profile customers, such as Waitrose.

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62 Dr Graham Cooley CEO, ITM Power ITM Power’s intelligent solutions address the UK’s energy challenges through power-to-gas energy storage and hydrogen fuel.

61 NEW Rob Lindley Managing Director, Mitsubishi Rob Lindley took the role in April 2018, bringing with him a wealth of experience in the automotive industry. Lindley will take the company forward as it launches the revised Outlander PHEV this year.

60 NEW Peter Eldridge Director, ICFM As well as acting as a voice for the industry, Peter is regarded as one of the ICFM’s strongest lead tutors and regularly provides training support for members at both certificate and diploma level.

59 John Pryor Chairman, ACFO This year the organisation successfully lead a campaign for the HMRC to introduce Advisory Fuel Rate for EVs and has now launched a petition for the same to be done for plug-in hybrids.

58 Gary McRae Corporate Fleet Manager, Dundee City Council Dundee City Council has one of the largest electric public sector fleets, with almost 40 per cent of cars and vans being electric. The city has also been name the most visionary city in Europe for electric vehicles by the World Electric Vehicle Association.

57 Alexis Percival Environmental and Sustainability Manager, Yorkshire Ambulance Trust Yorkshire Ambulance Trust is the first ambulance service in the world to introduce hydrogen-electric vans into its fleet. Last year saw the trust roll out 109 new front line ambulances with roof solar panels.

56 Chris Rutherford Fleet Commercial Manager, London Ambulance Service NHS Trust Drawing on his experience of greening Islington Council’s fleet, Chris is now helping London Ambulance Service find ways to lower its fleet emissions.

63 NEW Robin Easton Managing Director, DAF Trucks UK

55 Paul Willis UK Managing Director, Volkswagen Group

Robin brings global insight to the UK truck business, after having spent 12 years with DAF parent company Paccar. He leads DAF into the future, including the use of cleaner fuels such as gas-to-liquid and biofuels.

Paul led the Volkswagen Group’s response to the dieselgate scandal and has been instrumental in turning the car maker’s fortunes around since.

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Paul has the challenge of managing the operation of Royal Mail’s 46,000 iconic red vans. 2018 saw Royal Mail starting to operate its fleet of electric vehicles.

53 Rebecca Kite Environment Policy Manager, FTA As well as vocalising the issues faced by the haulage industry, Rebecca manages the LERS scheme, which last year saw members reduce their average GHG emissions by four per cent.

52 NEW Sytse Zuidema CEO, New Motion

46 Sam Clarke & Matthew Linnecar Founders, Gnewt Cargo Operating electric inner city deliveries way before any other delivery firm, Gnewt Cargo’s fully electric fleet has lead Sam and Matthew to win multiple awards since launching in 2009.

45 Nicholas Brownrigg CEO, Alphabet Nicholas continues to take Alphabet forward as one of the UK’s leading providers of ultra-low emission and electric vehicles. Alphabet’s recent innovations include the new Electrification Potential Analysis (EPA) fleet consultancy tool and the introduction of e-Corporate CarSharing with AlphaCity.

Sytse oversees the direction of New Motion, which was acquired

by Shell in 2017, as it continues to be one of the main players in the EV charging market.

44 Gary Savage UK Managing Director, Mercedes/Smart

51 Edmund King President, The AA

Gary has been named as one of the UK’s Outstanding Automotive Leaders at the Autocar Awards for the second year running, due to his excellent leadership and in recognition of the company’s record sales.

As well as presiding over the AA, Edmund holds many high profile positions in the industry and is a regular commentator for transport and environment issues. Edmund has also received an OBE for services to road safety.

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50 NEW Loyd Davies Service Development Director, ElectrAssure Not only did Loyd collect the title of EV Champion at the 2018 GreenFleet Awards, his company ElectrAssure was commended for the award of Charging & Refuelling Infrastructure Provider.

49 Dan Martin CEO, Elmtronics Dan continues to successfully lead the company forward in such a fast moving and competitive industry. In 2018, Elmtronics was appointed to install and manage charging infrastructure for the UK’s largest used vehicle marketplace, British Car Auctions (BCA).

48 NEW Sid Sadique Group Managing Director, NRG Fleet Services Electra Commercial Vehicles won the GreenFleet Award for Industry Innovation for supplying the technology for The City of London’s trial of the UK’s first fully-electric waste collection truck.

47 NEW Rasita Chudasama Principal Transport Planner, Nottingham City Council Rasita led the city’s bid to become a Go Ultra Low city and now heads the team delivering ambitious projects such as installing rapid chargers, converting the council fleet, supporting businesses through a Workplace Travel Service, and opening the UK’s first bus lane that ULEVs can use.

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54 Paul Gatti Fleet Director, Royal Mail

Chris continues to work with customers to reduce the environmental impact of their fleets, advising them on electric vehicle purchases and infrastructure. Chris manages Lex Autolease’s alternatively fuelled fleet, including its hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

42 Vincent Tourette Managing Director, Renault UK & Ireland Vincent has worked for the RenaultNissan Alliance for 23 years, and leads the company forward during exciting times.

Renault’s electric line-up continues to improve, with its award-winning electric ZOE receiving an new motor for more power and faster acceleration.

41 Khaled Shabho Managing Director, Enterprise Car Club Khaled is managing director of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, which includes Enterprise Car Club, winner of GreenFleet’s Mobility Provider of the Year. Enterprise is working closely with local authorities and transport providers to integrate car club services alongside public transport as part of a total mobility solution.

40 Norman Harding Corporate Fleet Manager, London Borough of Hackney Norman has an excellent reputation in the industry for pioneering alternative fuels and champions the use of hydro-treated vegetable oil until heavier electric vehicles are viable.

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Using data to achieve your green goals All organisations have a need to monitor their costs over time, but many forget how this data can also be used to help cut their carbon emissions. Chris Salmon from SG Fleet explains further All organisations have a need to monitor their costs over time, but many forget how this data can also be used to help cut their carbon emissions Organisations operating a commercial fleet are subjected to a huge volume of data on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. From information on vehicle downtime to driver behaviour, fleet composition to servicing schedules, every aspect needs to be carefully monitored using solutions offered by an experienced fleet management company.

As an international fleet management and vehicle-leasing specialist, sgfleet has come into contact with businesses of all shapes and sizes. One of the more common concerns is how to utilise fleet management software to reduce overall costs. Many understand how important this process is, but few know that it can also be used to improve the environmental performance of their fleet as a whole.

So what steps can fleet managers take after analysing their data to shape the way their business operates as a whole?

Educating and coaching drivers One of the easiest ways for fleet managers to utilise data is to educate and coach their drivers on how to utilise their vehicles in an economic manner. The data collected can provide everyone in the organisation with richer insights into their driving habits and behaviour on the road.

This means that they are able to see how they can change their driving style to reduce road risk, improve fuel consumption and minimise the impact their vehicle has on the environment.

For example, sgfleet’s Fleetintelligence system includes customisable reports on the fuel consumption of a fleet. This includes data on individual vehicles, so if there are specific drivers that have unusual fuel consumption, action can be taken to rectify the situation and bring the associated costs down.

Exception reporting Alongside educating and coaching drivers on economical driving, in-depth reporting can also provide exception reports. These are a simple, effective way to manage weaker areas of an organisation’s fleet.

The fleet manager is able to choose and set specific rules and standards within the system, which then notifies them when a rule has been broken. Whether this is dangerous driving or when a vehicle exceeds predicted fuel emission standards,

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fleet managers can gain an even greater insight into their daily fleet operations.

Reduced vehicle downtime It should come as no surprise that a wellmaintained fleet is a safer and more efficient fleet. Vehicles are put under a huge amount of stress throughout their lives, especially in larger fleets that regularly undertake longer journeys, but with in-depth reporting, unplanned vehicle downtime is kept to a minimum.

In-depth reporting gives fleet managers a direct insight into the maintenance and servicing schedules of their fleet. Armed with this data, fleet managers and their team can keep their servicing and maintenance schedules up to date, accurately predict maintenance costs and analyse which vehicles may need replacing before they

Over the past 12 years Chris has led sales, account management & marketing teams within the fleet industry. Chris has a real understanding of customer needs and is passionate about ensuring these are delivered.

As a fleet management specialist, sgfleet has come into contact with businesses of all shapes and sizes. One common concern is how to utilise software to reduce costs become too expensive to repair.

At the same time, this data can be used to forward-plan any time the vehicle needs to be off the road, effectively cutting unplanned downtime and ensuring their fleet is always moving. One key example of this would be the fleet manager receiving an automatic alert every time a vehicle has a potential engine problem. Instead of suffering from an unplanned, inconvenient roadside breakdown, they can take pre‑emptive action and get the vehicle repaired.

Vehicle delivery information If an organisation is expanding their fleet or replacing less economical models, vehicle delivery information can be collected and analysed throughout the delivery process.

The key benefit of this is that fleet managers are able to reallocate other vehicles if required, or suggest alternative transportation methods.

These could include car sharing schemes, remote working or even public transport.

Invoice analysis In-depth reporting can also be used to analyse invoices received throughout the month. This is especially important for larger fleets, as there

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may be several vehicles that need maintaining at any point in time. Fleet managers or other nominated employees are able to access crucial data at the push of a button.

These invoice analyses are incredibly useful if an organisation is planning on expanding their fleet, or they have recently spent a large amount on servicing and repairs. If there are any discrepancies, the nominated user can flag these with the fleet management and leasing company.

In summary If you haven’t already embraced in-depth reporting within your fleet, now is the time to start. It has a host of benefits, for both your employees and your organisation as a whole.

It helps to reduce the overall cost of running your fleet, aids with driver safety, and helps to identify vehicles that could be replaced for a more environmental, fuel-efficient model. L FURTHER INFORMATION For more information, visit www.sgfleet.com Tel: 0344 85 45 100 Email: uk.enquiries@sgfleet.com

Continuing Justin’s pioneering work with biomethane, the John Lewis Partnership has said it will convert its 500 strong fleet of diesel delivery trucks to be powered by biomethane by 2028.

38 NEW James Smith Programme Manager, LoCITY James leads Transport for London’s LoCITY programme, which supports haulage fleets operating in and out of London prepare for the Ultra-Low Emission Zone. James regularly writes for GreenFleet, keeping readers up-to-date with the changes going on in London.

37 Quentin Willson Motoring Journalist GreenFleet continues to work with Quentin on a series of roadshows, where he chairs and gives impartial advice to fleets looking to operate a zero emission fleet. As well as heading up the FairFuelUK petition, he regularly lobbies to getter a better deal for drivers.

36 Matt Dyer Managing Director, LeasePlan Matt has moved on to become president and chief executive officer of LeasePlan UK at the start of January 2019, but remains on the list for his work in 2018.

He took the company forward with its sustainability ambitions, which lead the company to win GreenFleet’s Leasing Company of the Year Award in 2018.

35 Jane Lindsay-Green UK Future Fuels Manager, Shell Jane continues to lead the expansion of Shell Recharge electric vehicle charging points at forecourts across the UK, furthering the company’s commitment to delver a range of fuels to UK drivers as technologies evolve.

34 NEW Mark Barrow Fleet Manager, Central Transport Unit, City of Swansea Council The City of Swansea was crowned winner of the Public Sector Fleet of the Year (M-L category) for its extensive van fleet of 40 Peugeot Partners, which is said to be the largest electric van fleet of any local authority in Wales.

33 NEW David Brown Fleet Manager, Farmdrop Farmdrop has used pure electric vehicles since launch as part of its ethical and green ethos. For this reason, the company’s fleet, managed

by David, won GreenFleet’s 2018 Private Sector Fleet Manager of the Year Award, in the small to medium category.

32 Monica Guise Sustainable Logistics Manager, University of Birmingham Monica continues her unwavering commitment to greening the university’s fleet, and as such, the university won the award for Public Sector Fleet of the Year in the small to medium category in 2018.

The university achieved its target of 40 per cent electric or hydrogen fleet vehicles by 2020 a year early.

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31 NEW Mark Squires Commercial Manager Fleet And Facilities, Northern Gas Mark currently holds the title for GreenFleet’s Private Sector Fleet Manager of the Year, and so debuts the list at number thirty-one.

Mark champions the low/zero emission agenda and has persuaded the business to take on board a hydrogen powered car, natural gas vehicles, and electric vehicles.

30 Kieron Alsop Managing Director, Rolec EV Kieron and his team worked tirelessly to expand and improve its offer last year. A new EV charge point factory in Boston, Lincolnshire, has been built, which included increasing manpower by 50 per cent to over 150 people. In 2018, the company passed its ‘100,000th EV charge point manufactured’ landmark, and has also had some exciting new products launched.

29 Paul Philpott President and CEO, Kia Motors Paul presides over Kia in the UK, which is the fifth biggest market for the carmaker.

Kia is making electric motoring practical and affordable for the masses with its electric Soul and PHEV Niro.

28 NEW Martijn de Lange CEO, Hermes UK Under Martijn’s leadership, Hermes won Private Sector Fleet of the Year in the medium to large category in recognition its biomethane and electric vehicles.

27 Terry Pycroft Head of Fleet Services, Leeds City Council Climbing the list this year, Terry won GreenFleet’s Public Sector Fleet Manager of the Year award. The council has begun replacing 50 of its existing fleet with electric vehicles, taking the total to 95 EVs in total, which is believed to be more than any other local authority in the country.

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26 NEW Matt Eastwood Head of Transport, the Energy Saving Trust (EST) As GreenFleet’s 2018 Outstanding Achievement Award winner, Matt joins the list for the first time this year. Following an impressive career focusing on sustainable transport, he now oversees all transport activities across the Energy Saving Trust, including a team of 40 throughout the UK, delivering substantial programmes on sustainable transport and vehicle charging infrastructure.

25 NEW Graeme Grieve Managing Director, BMW UK and Ireland 2018 was a good year for BMW in terms of sales of EVs and PHEVs. Demand increased by over 25 per cent, with more than 17,000 UK customers choosing an alternatively fuelled vehicle. This represents one in ten of all BMW brand vehicles sold.

24 NEW Iker Lazzari UK Fleet Director, Nissan GB Iker joined Nissan as UK fleet director in June 2017 and is playing a key role in driving sales performance into new markets and building on its core fleet market. Iker is maximising opportunities with exciting new products like the new LEAF with its large-capacity new battery and 168 mile range.

23 Michael Hurwitz Head of Transport Innovation, TfL Michael is responsible for making sure transport in London is ready for the future. TfL is involved in a number of pilots and initiatives to help ensure that any introduction of new technology such as autonomous vehicles and drones is safe, environmentally-friendly and consistent with its aims.

22 Elon Musk Founder and CEO, Tesla Motors Elon has stepped down as chairman of Tesla’s board of directors but will remain Tesla’s chief executive. This is due to an investigation into a misleading tweet sent

by Elon leading its share price to soar and creating huge losses for investors who had bet against the company. Despite all this, Elon is massively influential in the electric vehicle market and his employees still rank him as a top CEO, as he came in at 14 out of 29 in America’s most sought-after tech CEOs.

21 NEW David George Director, MINI UK David was appointed as the new director for MINI UK from January 2018. David makes the list this year for his leadership of the company as it embarks on an electrified future. MINI won our City Car Manufacturer of the Year award for its Countryman - Mini’s first plug-in hybrid. In 2019, a fully electric 3 door MINI will be entering the scene.

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20 Martin Flach Former Alternative Fuels Director, Iveco Martin, who retired at the end of 2018, has been the go-to-guy on alternative fuels for trucks and vans during his 20 years at Iveco. Martin took the lead on Iveco’s range of commercial vehicles that run electric power and compressed natural gas (CNG), a range that enabled Iveco to win our LGV Manufacturer of the Year award for three years running.

19 Mark Barrett General Manager, LDV UK & Ireland LDV, headed up by Mark, won GreenFleet’s LCV Manufacturer of the Year Award for its electric EV80 van. Available in Panel Van, Tipper & Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle variations, the EV80 is being trialled by IKEA, Royal Mail, Northern Gas Networks and National Grid, whose fleet criteria is among the most stringent in the sector. LDV has grown a dealer network across the country that delivers a dedicated service to fleet and business customers from more than 30 centres.

18 Jon Wakefield Managing Director, Volvo Car UK Volvo Cars was the first car maker to announce that it will stop make conventional ICE engine vehicles in favour of electrified vehicles and has made significant progress since then. The Swedish carmaker took home the GreenFleet accolade for PHEV Manufacturer of the Year for its clever technology that combines turbos and super-chargers with electric. Volvo will soon be delivering pure electric vehicles.

17 Jon Hunt Alternative Fuels Manager, Toyota Jon has worked at Toyota for 27 years in various roles and is a fountain of knowledge on electric powertrains, hybrid systems and fuel cell vehicles.

From February 2018, Jon took on full time the role of commercialising the Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle in the UK market.

16 Tony Whitehorn President & CEO, Hyundai Motor UK While Tony has announced he will step-down from his post, he is recognised for his work in making Hyundai a recognisable green brand.

The carmaker’s IONIQ and KONA models are attractive, safe, affordable, practical, and crucially, offer excellent range, with the KONA capable of 300 miles and Ioniq 173 miles. This lead Hyundai to win our EV Manufacturer of the Year Award.

15 Andy Eastlake Managing Director, LowCVP Well-known in the industry, Andy Eastlake is LowCVP’s managing director and is heavily involved in all aspects of the low-carbon transport and air quality agenda.

In 2018, the LowCVP published a Low Emission Taxi Guide which provides advice on implementing policy measures, initiatives and incentives to accelerate the take up of low carbon vehicles.

Mike is the voice of the automotive industry, speaking up about issues such as the demonisation of diesel and the affect that Brexit will have on the new car market.

Coming from an automotive background, Mike Hawes worked at Bentley Motors, Toyota and Volkswagen before joining the SMMT in 2013.

13 Phillip Sellwood Chief Executive, Energy Saving Trust (EST) Philip has been the chief executive of the Energy Saving Trust since 2003, leading the organisation to deliver on its mission to help everyone save energy. The EST helps the fleet sector drive down emissions by giving advice to companies considering using ULEVs and delivering fuel efficient driver training. Philip is also Vice Chair of LowCVP.

12 David Martell Founder and Chief Executive, Chargemaster Chargemaster, which is the operator of the UK’s largest EV charging network, was acquired by fuel giant BP in June 2018, a move which David described as marking “a true milestone in the move towards low carbon motoring in the UK.” David will continue to lead the company, which will be rebranded as BP Chargemaster.

11 James Thornton CEO, Client Earth James Thornton is founding CEO of ClientEarth, the law firm that has won three court cases against the UK government on illegal levels of air pollution.

The resulting Clean Air Strategy, which includes Clean Air Zones and the banning of new ICE engine vehicles by 2040, will no doubt have an impact on fleets operating in city centres.

James is a very influential figure, with the New Statesman naming him as one of 10 people who could change the world.

10 Robert Evans CEO, Cenex Robert has headed up Cenex for 13 years but also holds many other highly-esteemed titles in the low carbon vehicle industry. He is Chair of the UK Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Association; a director of Cenex NL, and a non-executive director of EV8 Technologies, the Scottish Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association, Electric Corby Community Interest Company and Corby Community Energy Company. Robert represents Cenex on the Technology Group of the UK’s Automotive Council and was formally a Director of the Advanced Propulsion Centre.

9 Gerry Keaney Chief Executive, BVRLA This year’s list sees Gerry rise up from 15th position for being the respected voice of the fleet, leasing and rental industry. He frequently campaigns to government on issues such as company car tax and preparing for Clean Air Zones.

Playing its part in driving up the EV market, 2018 saw the BVRLA launch its ‘Plug-in Pledge’ which will see its members’ grow its plug-in vehicle fleet size from 50,000 to 720,000 by 2025.

The association also unveiled its Three-Year Plan, which outlines the its intentions to achieve stronger industry representation, be a louder voice of influence, collate deeper industry insight, and have a wider service offering.

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8 NEW Laurence Kenney Head of Low Carbon Vehicle Policy, Transport Scotland Laurence heads up Transport Scotland’s low carbon vehicle policy and has been responsible for the ChargePlace Scotland network. He has recently taken on responsibility for delivering the Switched on Scotland EV roadmap, which is the Scottish government’s strategy for achieving zero-carbon transport.

7 NEW Claire Perry Minister of state, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Claire and the department have responsibility for government’s Industrial Strategy and international climate change, and her role therefore crosses over into the green side of transport.

Last year BEIS hosted the first ever Green GB Week in October which hosted activities promoting how business and the public can contribute to tackling climate change and cleaner air. This included a week long electric vehicle road show, run by GreenFleet, which took EVs to city centres across the UK for the public and businesses to experience.

6 Poppy Welch Head of Go Ultra Low, SMMT The ‘Go Ultra Low’ campaign, headed

by Poppy, continues to promote EVs and ULEVs and encourages consumers and businesses to make the switch to electric.

This year, Go Ultra Low hosted its firstever panel on the future of electric vehicles at the Hay Festival, which brought together influential speakers from the government, automotive and energy sectors, to share insights on electric mobility.

5 Natasha Robinson & Vicky Edmunds Joint Heads, OLEV Natasha and Vicky head up the government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV), which holds a budget of around £900 million for zero and ultra-low emission vehicles. OLEV is responsible for the grants for electric vehicles and home/work charging and is therefore in a significant position of power when it comes to shaping the industry.

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4 Sadiq Khan Mayor of London London’s mayor Sadiq Khan continues to tackle London’s harmful air with more bold action.

He will be expanding London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), which comes into effect in April 2019, up to the North and South Circular boundary in 2021, making it 18 times larger than the Central London Ultra Low Emission Zone.

Acknowledging that his plans could make things difficult for some small business owners, he has announced a £23 million van

3 Michael Gove Environment Secretary Environment Secretary Michael Gove published the UK’s final Clean Air Strategy in January this year, which includes new primary legislation to give local government new powers to improve air quality.

The strategy included a goal to halve the number of people living in locations where concentrations of particulate matter are above the WHO guideline limit of 10 ug/m3 by 2025. It also had a commitment to end the sale of conventional new diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040.

However, Gove’s clean air strategy is criticised for only referring to previous road transport plans.

ClientEarth describes these plans as “already falling apart, as local authorities tasked with doing much of the work are missing deadlines set for them by ministers.”

Gove also has oversight of the Brexit process in relation to environmental legislation and is in the process of establishing a body to hold the government to account for environmental outcomes.

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scrappage scheme for non compliant vehicles and is urging the government to match fund the initiative.

Sadiq said that if the government matched the Mayor’s funding, it would enable City Hall to put in place further scrappage support for other Londoners, including those on low incomes, and charity vehicles. It would also give ministers the evidence they need to judge scrappage proposals from other cities, and demonstrate the transformational benefits of a truly national scrappage fund.

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2 Chris Grayling Transport Secretary The Department for Transport, headed by Chris Grayling, has put out some major moves to decarbonise road transport this year, such as the Road to Zero strategy and the passing of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 into law.

The government also held its first ever Zero Emission Vehicle Summit in Birmingham where £106m funding was announced for new battery and hydrogen technology.

With transport such a big cause of carbon emissions and local air pollution, Grayling has a major role to play in setting policies that will affect how the transport, automotive and fleet sectors work in the future.

1 Phillip Hammond Chancellor of the Exchequer The Chancellor remains in the top spot for the third year for deciding what to tax and how public money will be spent, which ultimately has a huge affect on the ‘green agenda’.

His decision in the Autumn Budget to delay a government review of the impact of WLTP on Vehicle Excise Duty and company car tax was a blow to the fleet sector as it makes strategic long-term planning difficult.

The Budget also failed to bring forward the two per cent company car tax threshold for electric vehicles to 2019/20, which the fleet industry had been calling for.

Hammond is no stranger to transport issues as he was previously Secretary of State for Transport from 2010 to 2011. He has been in his current role since July 2016.

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Air Quality Written by Professor Gillian Leng, Deputy Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

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Getting the public sector to procure greener vehicles NICE’s guidance on air pollution makes a number of recommendations to improve air quality, including the need for public sector fleets to make low vehicle emissions one of the key criteria when making routine procurement decisions. Professor Gillian Leng, NICE’s deputy chief executive, explains further Air pollution is linked to around 29,000 deaths a year in the UK. It is the fourth biggest threat to public health after cancer, obesity and heart disease, and last year alone, the costs of air pollution to the NHS and social care in England were estimated at £42.88 million.

The harmful and life-threatening effects of air pollution are something we have battled as a nation for decades. In 1956, the government introduced its first Clean Air Act to put an end to the infamous urban smogs of the 1950s. And over the years further legislation and various monitoring networks were introduced to combat and measure air quality.

But despite these positive steps forward, air pollution continues to pose a significant threat to life. Today, our biggest challenge is the air pollution caused by the millions of vehicles lining our roads.

A national priority At the end of June 2018, there were 38.2 million vehicles licensed for use

We have known for some time that the nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter emitted by vehicle exhausts has a direct impact on our health. For example, shortterm exposure to traffic-related air pollution can trigger asthma attacks and long-term exposure has been found to reduce lifeexpectancy, mainly due to an increased risk of cardiovascular and respiratory disease.

Our guideline aims to prevent both the short-term and long-term effects of roadtraffic related air pollution. One key area it highlights is the important role that local authorities and NHS organisations can play to reduce the emissions from its vehicles.

Public sector procurement The public sector fleet is substantial.

It includes various vehicle types (from local authority refuse vehicles and goods vehicles to lease cars and patient transport vehicles) many of which are highly polluting. However, public sector on the roads in Great Britain, of which decisions about vehicle procurement don’t 31.5 million were cars. Worryingly, always take air pollution into account. the total number of licensed vehicles In light of this, our guidance on our roads is increasing every year, recommends that local authority and averaging 640,000 per year since 2012.

So it comes as no surprise that tackling NHS organisations should make low traffic-related air pollution is now a vehicle emissions one of the key criteria national priority. In June 2017, the when making routine procurement government proposed a £3.5 billion decisions. This could include replacing plan to reduce air pollution from road high polluting vehicles with low-emission transport and diesel vehicles and, in May ones at the end of their working life.

2018, it launched its Clean Air Strategy, Another key area the guidance explores is the need to train NHS and including a chapter on reducing local authority staff in emissions from transport. efficient driving. Many Air pollution has also become The drivers are unaware an important focus of the NICE of the impact their work we do at NICE. In guidan driving has on air June 2017 we published ce explore pollution, and our first piece of guidance s the n about practical on this topic and we are t e o ed train N changes they due to publish an air HS and local au could make to pollution quality standard t hority s reduce this. in February 2019. t a i

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Training drivers in techniques such as smooth acceleration and braking, not over-revving the engine, and efficient gear changing can help to improve fuel efficiency and cut emissions.

Fuel efficient driving To address this problem, our guidance urges organisations to consider introducing fuelefficient driving as part of any test carried out when appointing or re-appraising staff who drive as part of their work. It also recommends that staff drivers should be trained to reduce their vehicle emissions.

NICE recommends training public sector drivers to lower their vehicle emissions. This could include reducing rapid accelerations and decelerations, and selecting the correct gears to improve fuel consumption.

NICE also urges drivers to switch off engines, if practical and safe, when parked by the roadside and when dropping off people or deliveries.

Another tip is to ensure good vehicle maintenance, including pumping up tyres to the recommended pressure.

NICE also emphasises that lower vehicle emissions will reduce both fuel costs and air pollution.

It is also recommended that organisations should consider fitting telematics technology within vehicles to provide information about driving style.

Comprehensive feedback following training is also important. This could include providing support from colleagues or ‘buddies’ to improve their driving style and rewards for those who drive efficiently.

These key changes – from procurement through to training our employees to ‘drive green’ – could make all the difference to reducing the level of dangerous emissions we consume every day.

With increasing pressure to provide high quality care with limited budgets, it’s more important than ever to tackle air pollution at the source. By taking responsibility for the pollution we create within our own organisations, we can also cut the significant financial costs incurred as a result of treating and caring for the people suffering as a result of it. Some NHS organisations and local authorities are already blazing a trail to make this happen, but only a combined effort across the board will really make the impact we need to clean up our air for good.

statements that set out the priority areas for service improvement and is aimed at commissioners, service providers, health, public health and social care practitioners, and the public.

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This new quality standard, currently available in draft, complements NICE’s published guidance on the topic, covering road-traffic-related air pollution and its impact on health. It contains four

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Road Test Written by Richard Gooding

ROAD TEST

Hyundai Kona Electric Premium SE 64KWH The Hyundai Kona Electric is the first EV to bring a near-300 miles of range to the affordable end of the electric car market. Richard Gooding finds very few flaws What is it?

Entering the fiercely-competitive SUV sector, the Hyundai Kona is a sub-compact SUV from the South Korean company. Distinctive to look at, and launching with a range of 1.0 and 1.6-litre direct-injection petrol and diesel engines, the Kona debuted in 2017. The allelectric version opened for order on 2 August 2018, with a choice of 39kWh and 64kWh battery capacities. It’s the more powerful car which is tested here.

How does it drive?

Through its long-established Sante Fe and Tucson models, Hyundai has strong SUV pedigree and it shows in the Kona. While its appearance may be challenging to some (especially at the front), there’s no mistaking Hyundai’s first compact SUV for anything else.

All-electric Konas differ from their combustionengined sisters by way of a blanked-off grille, more aerodynamic wheels, and reshaped bumpers. Hyundai has satisfactorily resisted the temptation to go too avantgarde with the styling of the electric Kona, which is a good thing: subtlety is the welcome key here.

Inside, owners of Ioniq models will feel at home, and while the general fit and finish is excellent, some of plastics belie its price point. Overall, though, conventionality is the

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watchword. Hyundai has made the Kona as and taking more stress out of driving. It’s all easy to live with as its combustion-engined very intelligently thought out, helped by the counterparts, and it’s all the better for it, with infotainment system’s range indicators and little to distract and learn. economy information.

On the move, as you may expect, the Kona Electric is a comfortable and quiet companion.

What range does it have?

With 291lb ft / 395Nm of instant torque, The world’s first all-electric compact SUV it’s a speedy one, too, the 64kWh car sets the benchmark high with a 279reaching 62mph from rest in mile range from the 64kWh just 7.6 seconds. It also feels version. Hugely impressive and The fleet of foot, even though enough to almost entirely ic r t c the electrically-powered banish range anxiety, the le e all d Hyundai is around 300kg range is close to many e n e p heavier than its diesel combustion-engined Kona o rs on relatives. But with a rivals. Even the 39kWh or orde f , 8 1 0 pleasant weight to its version boasts an 2 t s 2 Augu of 39kWh official 180 miles, which steering and compact dimensions, it’s easy to undoubtedly reduces choice with a battery thread through urban some of the stress of h W k areas, while its turn of electric motoring. Both and 64 cities capa speed and range enables it models make all-electric to survive out of it. driving less of a challenge The single-speed gear and drive to the point you forget you’re modes are selected by a range of driving an electric car. buttons on the centre console, while the threestage regenerative braking can be managed How long does it take to charge? via paddles either side of the steering wheel, Able to charge using the rapid charging 50kW which make it an intuitive process. On the DC network, the Kona Electric 64kWh takes most severe setting, the Kona can be brought just 75 minutes to get to 80 per cent capacity, to complete stop, bypassing the brakes entirely dropping to 57 minutes for the 39kWh car.

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Hyundai Kona Electric Premium SE 64KWH ENGINE: Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor, 150kW electric motor

and 64kWh lithium-ion battery RANGE (WLTP): EFFICIENCY: CO2: VED: BIK: PRICE (OTR):

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On a domestic three-pin 10A electricity supply (Hyundai states for ‘emergency use only’), 64kWh Konas take 31 hours from flat to 95 per cent full. Lower-powered versions drop that to 19 hours. A 7.2kW wallbox takes 9h 35m or 6h 10m for 64kWh and 39kWh cars respectively, and a Pod Point home charger is offered by Hyundai for £300 inclusive of VAT. Both models are aided by a 7.2kW on-board charger, a battery heater, and a heat pump.

What does it cost?

Sold in three equipment grades, the Kona Electric SE starts things off at £27,250 including the government’s £3,500 Plug-in Car Grant (PiCG). Only available with the smaller 39kWh battery and 100kW / 133bhp electric motor, Kona SEs feature 17-inch alloy wheels, a seven-inch colour touchscreen infotainment system with smartphone integration, auto headlights, both climate and cruise control,

a rear view camera, as well as a raft of useful safety systems.

Premium-spec Kona Electrics gain a larger touchscreen, auto wipers, LED rear lights, privacy glass, upgraded audio, and wireless smartphone charging. Prices begin at £28,720 for the 39kWh car, rising to £32,845 for the 64kWh battery, 150kW / 201bhp electric motor option. The range-topping Premium SE has electric and heated front seats, a heated steering wheel, LED headlights, and partleather upholstery. Only available with the more powerful battery and motor combination, Premium SE Kona Electrics are priced from £35,145 once the PiCG has been deducted.

How much does it cost to tax?

As the all-electric Kona emits 0g/km of CO2 emissions, VED is rated at £0. BIK is similarly low at 13 per cent for the 2018/2019 tax year, rising to 16 per cent for 2019/2020.

Why does my fleet need one?

As winner of the GreenFleet Electric Vehicle Manufacturer of the Year 2018, Hyundai has an enviable problem with the Kona Electric.

Part its appeal is that it looks near-identical to its non-EV siblings, but the biggest selling point is the range-for-price factor. Add in lots of standard kit, an easy and enjoyable driving experience, and it’s easy to see why the eagerly-awaited Kona Electric is being hailed as a ‘game-changer’. At a stroke it moves the affordable electric-vehcile game on at some pace, offering Tesla-like range for less than half the price. It’s both a very enjoyable and impressive car, and sets the bar high for affordable personal electric transport. L FURTHER INFORMATION www.hyundai.co.uk

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First Drive

FISRT DRIVE

HONDA CIVIC 4 DOOR 1.6 I-DTEC SR MT

Written by Richard Gooding

Building on the strengths of its diesel-powered hatchback sibling, Richard Gooding finds that the new Honda Civic 4 Door adds more practical – and low emission – appeal What is it?

The Honda Civic name has over 45 years of heritage and the first-generation of the Japanese hatchback launched Honda as a mass-market brand in the UK. Over the intervening four-plus decades there have been nine further generations and body styles, with the more traditional four-door saloon introduced during the car’s third iteration in 1983. The latest tenth-generation model arrived in the UK in 2017 with the debut of five-door fastback-styled hatchback. The fourdoor saloon tested here joined the range in July 2018.

– is neat, with an integrated, more flowing tail and coupé-like rear end which some drivers may prefer.

The 117bhp, 1.6-litre i-DTEC diesel engine is more efficient than before and was one of the first to be put through the new Real Driving Emission (RDE) procedure to validate NOx and particulate emissions. As a result, the Civic 4 Door is one of the cleanest models in its class.

The i-DTEC manual car boasts a low 91g/km, thanks in part to a new NOx Storage Converter (NSC) system which aids emission levels.

With 221lb ft (300Nm) of torque, there’s also plenty of pace from ly the 1,597cc unit. Punchier Arguab king o How does it drive? in the lower to mid-RPM lo r e bett , g The largest single model ranges, the slight roughness n li sib global development disappears at higher than its Door is a 4 programme in Honda’s speeds, and the Civic 4 ic the Civ lue and well- Door is a comfortable history, the Civic 4 Door is, like the hatchback, companion. good vaped addition cruising a completely new car Inside, the cabin will ip u eq ange engineered from the be familiar to those who to the r ground-up. The bodyshell have driven the current Civic is 23 per cent stiffer than hatchback. A more conventional before, and while wider and layout than its predecessor features longer than its predecessor, it is lighter, plusher materials as well as a higher too. One of Honda’s aims was to reclaim back level of quality, while there is ample headroom the Civic’s sporty character and a lower centre in the rear. For added convenience, the rear of gravity aids dynamics. The 4 Door handles seats can be folded down from the boot via a well and enjoys good grip levels, while precise simple lever. steering ensures for accurate placing on the road. The six-speed manual transmission has How economical is it? a very positive feel, too, which aids the Civic’s Honda quotes an official 83.1mpg for engaging feel. the i-DTEC diesel Civic 4 Door manual on The sophisticated new suspension system the combined cycle, with the nine-speed – lower-arm-type MacPherson struts at the automatic transmission car said to be capable front with an all-new rear multi-link set-up at of achieving 68.9mpg. The 1.0-litre i-VTEC the rear – feels softer than the hatchback, but turbocharged petrol engine – the only other it still leans towards the comfortable side of power unit option – achieves a claimed firm. Noise levels are commendably low, thanks 58.9 and 60.1mpg on the same cycle with in part to a seperate boot. The rear seats fold manual and CVT transmissions respectively. down to reveal 519 litres, a useful 41 litres more than the hatchback. The body shape demanded What does it cost? by the added practicality – and 130mm length A trio of trim levels makes up the Honda Civic 4 Door range. SE starts things off from £19,395 and equipment includes auto headlights,

adaptive cruise control, climate control, a five-inch colour touchscreen infotainment system with Bluetooth/DAB/USB/AUX connectivity, 16-inch alloy wheels as well as a raft of Honda’s ‘Sensing’ safety systems.

Priced from £21,240, the SR builds on the SE and adds auto wipers, dual-zone climate control, front and rear parking sensors, a seven-inch Honda Connect with Garmin touchscreen navigation and infotainment system with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, power-folding door mirrors, a reversing camera and 17-inch alloy wheels.

At top of the Civic 4 Door tree sits the EX. Available from £24,100, extra kit over the SR includes an auto-dimming rear view mirror, heated front and rear leather seats, keyless entry and start, LED head and fog lights, wireless smartphone charging, as well as blind spot and cross traffic monitoring systems.

Prices quoted are for the six-speed manual 1.0litre models – expect to pay an additional £1,670 for CVT and nine-speed automatic transmissions.

How much does it cost to tax?

Its impressively low 91g/km of CO2 emissions sees the Honda Civic 4 Door i-DTEC attract VED of £145 in the first year, dropping to £140 thereafter. Automatic transmission adds 17g/km, which means a first-year rate of £165, the same as both 1.0-litre versions.

Why does my fleet need one?

In a market which has a love affair with hatchbacks and SUVs, the introduction of the Civic 4 Door initially seems a strange move by Honda. With few rivals but many of the appealing strengths of its five-door hatchback sister, the three-box Civic is a conservative choice for drivers who prefer a more traditional look. Arguably betterlooking than its more mainstream sibling, the Civic 4 Door is a good value and wellequipped addition to the range, and its low emissions add to its fleet driver allure. L FURTHER INFORMATION www.honda.co.uk/cars

HONDA CIVIC 4 DOOR 1.6 I-DTEC SR MT ENGINE:

1,597cc four-cylinder diesel

CO2:

91g/km

NOx:

52mg/km

MPG (Combined): VED: BIK:

83.1

£145 first-year, £140 thereafter 23%

PRICE (OTR): £22,590 (including VAT, £23,115 as tested)

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COMMENT: FTA

Powering an electric transport future

Becki Kite, environment policy manager, FTA

The government has set an ambitious target to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, a commendable aim fully supported by FTA and its members. But for this to be realised, we need to see a significant shift away from diesel and petrol; of the 38 million vehicles on UK’s roads, less than one percent are currently hybrid or electric.

I attended a Sustainable Road Freight Transport workshop to explore how we can drive a transition to electrified road freight transport systems, touching upon the technological, logistics, policy and economic aspects.

While the logistics sector is almost united in its belief that electricity is the favoured option for powering cars and vans, there are several concerns limiting uptake, including a lack of nationwide charging infrastructure, vehicle cost and battery range. The workshop focused on how these hurdles can be overcome.

The first consideration is cost: electric vehicles are more expensive to purchase than their fuel-based counterparts.

To overcome this, Sophie Punte, the Smart Freight Centre’s executive director, presented an option that would reduce the purchase price of an electric vehicle by 50 per cent: purchasing the vehicle but leasing the batteries. In addition to reducing the purchase costs, it would create an incentive for manufacturers to build batteries that would last longer and be easier to recycle. However, as electric vehicles become more popular, FTA believes it is likely costs will come down anyway in the long term.

The next consideration is the lack of charging infrastructure.

While many operators will leave their vans at the depot to charge overnight, public charge points are scarce; currently, there are only 13,000 points available nationwide. For many companies, this leads to ‘range anxiety’ – the concern that, with limited opportunities for recharging, a vehicle’s battery will not be sufficient to carry out the required tasks.

During the workshop, David Cebon, professor of mechanical engineering at Cambridge University, shared the results of study which found ‘top-up’ charges required a lighter, cheaper battery which required less capacity from the grid, therefore providing a workable solution for urban areas in particular.

The workshop also explored other emission-reduction solutions, such as Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS), an automotive system for recovering a moving vehicle’s kinetic energy under braking, which is then stored for later use under acceleration. The system is currently being trialled, but the results so far are promising – across various test cycles, the vehicles fitted with KERS all delivered fuel savings.

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ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Ocado opens its first natural gas refuelling station

Online supermarket Ocado has opened its first compressed natural gas refuelling station at its Hatfield Customer Fulfilment Centre.

The Gasrec designed and developed filling station will power Ocado’s fleet of 29 CNG biomethane trucks, which represent 20 per cent of the online retailer’s HGV fleet.

Using CNG is expected to reduce Ocado’s HGV fleet CO2 emissions by 29 per cent annually.

The facility has been designed to accommodate 80 vehicles in total, and the business plans to increase the fleet to 40 vehicles in 2019.

Ocado is the first UK retailer to fully fund the purchase of an onsite grid connected natural gas refuelling station outright, at a cost of £3m.

Graham Thomas, fleet services manager at Ocado, said: “By

investing in gas-powered vehicles, and in our first onsite refuelling station, we’re futureproofing our fleet and our business. Emissions from CNG are cleaner than Euro VI standards which start to take effect with the London Low Emissions Zone from April, and will soon be followed by a further 32 Clean Air Zones.”

The businesses have agreed a 10-year support and maintenance contract, with Ocado also announcing plans to invest in natural gas technology at future sites.

The investment in natural gas is part of Ocado’s wider strategy to explore and invest in carbonfriendly alternatives to diesel fuel.

The retailer is also testing electric and hybrid delivery vehicles.

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VAN SALES

New UK van market sees only moderate decline in 2018 The new van market has seen a moderate decline of -1.3 per cent in 2018, according to figures by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). December demand fell -8.8 per cent, representing half of the annual decline.

Performance in 2018 was boosted by the strong pickup and 4x4 models (up 4.3 per cent and 303.4 per cent respectively), meaning 3,548 more of them on the road compared with the previous year. Overall registrations of 357,325 were still enough to make 2018 the fourth best year on record, beating industry forecasts.

Fleet buying cycles, model renewal and business uncertainty have all had an impact on the market, but the December decline represents more than half of the full-year decline of -4,824 units. Small (less than 2.0t) and medium-sized vans (2.0-2.5t) were hit hardest by the annual downturn, with full-year registrations of 25,070 and 50,956 accounting for -14.7 per cent and -7.4 per cent drops respectively. Larger vans (2.5-3.5t) matched their 2017 performance with 225,891 registered, a 0 per cent change on last year.

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COMMENT: LoCITY

ELECTRIC VANS

Fortnum & Mason welcomes electric Renault Kangoos for city deliveries Fortnum & Mason has taken delivery of two all-electric Renault Kangoo Z.E. 33 refrigerated vans for deliveries in London.

Working out of its Piccadilly store and newly-opened Royal Exchange outpost in the heart of the City, the electric, specially converted light commercial vehicles replace Fortnum & Mason’s previous Kangoo Z.E., which the store has used since 2015. The additional vans will enable Fortnum & Mason to service the increasing number of customers opting for convenient delivery of in-store purchases.

Fortnum & Mason chose to specify its new Renault Kangoo Z.E. 33 vans with refrigerator conversions in order to ensure that customers’ fresh food purchases arrive in pristine condition.

By using the Renault Kangoo Z.E. 33 for the basis of its refrigerator vehicles, Fortnum & Mason is not only eliminating CO2 emissions from the exhaust, but also those that would be created

from using an on-board diesel generator to power the chiller.

David Woodroof, logistics manager, Fortnum & Mason, said: “We are immensely proud of our heritage, but Fortnum’s has survived for 311 years by constantly innovating – and so we are always looking for new ways to progress, particularly when it comes to our sustainability strategies.

The Renault Kangoo Z.E. will play a part in our drive towards more environmentally friendly operations.

Since 2015 it has proved a valuable, reliable, and highly efficient asset and its electric drivetrain is perfect for the role. While the actual mileage our vans cover is low, the driving conditions are demanding, but the Kangoo Z.E. overcomes a lot of the issues you would have with a conventionally-engined van, while also being significantly cheaper to run and maintain.”

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AWARDS

Nominations open for FTA’s Van Excellence Awards in February The Van Excellence scheme, ran by the FTA, will be holding a new awards lunch in Birmingham on 7 February.

The Van Excellence Honours Lunch, sponsored by MercedesBenz Vans, will recognise and reward the van operators who have made a significant contribution to the van industry.

The nominations are now open and close on 25 January 2019.

The FTA’s Mark Cartwright, said: “The Van Excellence Honours Lunch will celebrate the ‘best of the best’ in the van industry; the businesses and individuals that consistently place safety and compliance at the heart of their operations and are at the heart of so many businesses across the country, and internationally.

With the van industry growing so fast, it is important to recognise and reward the operators leading the way in excellence and setting a high standard for others to follow.

“Whether operating a large fleet or a single vehicle, all van operators committed to quality and excellence should enter these awards or nominate an esteemed peer.

It’s time van operators are acknowledged for the essential, and highly versatile, role they play to the UK economy.”

With the exception of the ‘Van Hero of the Year’ award, which is open to all, the following categories are open to Van Excellence Accredited Operators only: Making a Difference; Putting Drivers First; Helping the Community; Using Technology for Good; Keeping your Show on the Road; and Winning at Wellbeing.

The awards take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Birmingham on 7 February 2019.

Visit the link below for details on how to enter.

The latest from LoCITY’s James Smith It’s three years since the inception of LoCITY. Whilst progress has been slower than some would’ve preferred, and some concerns remain unanswered, it looks like early 2019 will see some critical progress.

James Smith,

programme The Mayor’s EV manager, Infrastructure Taskforce LoCITY which has brought together representatives from business, energy, infrastructure, government and London boroughs will be publishing a delivery plan in Spring 2019 with recommendations around how, when and where to increase London’s electric vehicle infrastructure up until 2025. Commercial operators should feel the benefits of this collaborative initiative. More overall charge points will undoubtedly reduce range anxiety, but suitably located and readily available charging will directly enable businesses to profitably use zero emission vehicles. Collaboration across all authorities will be key to unlocking further progress.

Conveniently 2019 will also see an increase in the range of zero emission trucks and vans available for purchase.

In a demand driven market let’s hope manufacturers feel confident to supply enough units to the UK. The Mercedes-Benz Vans eSprinter and eVito are due to arrive mid-year. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles are launching the eCrafter to target urban deliveries and the lightest vehicle in their truck portfolio with an electric version of the MAN TGE. Volvo’s truck range will also grow, with FE and FL electric models supporting cleaner city operations, such as waste collection. Slightly longer term, LDV looks set to deliver a new offering, the EV31, which will form the basis for a new smaller van due to arrive in 2020.

It wouldn’t be a LoCITY article if I didn’t mention the Ultra Low Emission Zone. The ULEZ is going live in April but now is the time to plan for going beyond, especially if you operate across inner London. By October 2021 we expect to see a number of zero emission zones alongside the ULEZ that will be 18 times bigger than the one being introduced this April. London is going to be a very different place to operate by 2021.

To support this transition the Mayor recently announced a £23 million scheme to help smaller businesses scrap older, more polluting vans and switch to cleaner vehicles. The fund will support those who have vans that do not comply with the ULEZ standards but drive into the zone regularly.

This is a positive step to help London’s micro-businesses, so if you are considering the scheme then why not think ahead and go for an alternatively fuelled vehicle. More information on the scheme will be announced over the next few weeks. If you want to know more about this scheme and the latest vehicles then register [https://locityroadshows. co.uk/locityroadshows2018/en/page/home] to come along to our next LoCITY event on 20 March at Kempton Park.

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With just three months to go until London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) becomes operational, LoCITY is continuing to prepare the capital’s commercial vehicle operators modules and 1,700 attendees to our classroom training, so it heartening to see our message getting out across the industry.

Are your vehicles compliant?

LoCITY is also advising everyone to check their vehicle’s compliance with the ULEZ emission standards, especially those early Euro 6 models, using Transport for London’s (TfL) online checking tool. 1.5 million checks have already been completed. However, if you think a vehicle is wrongly classified, please contact TfL via the website, so issues can be resolved before the scheme launches.

Vehicles which don’t meet the new, tighter exhaust emission standards will have to pay a daily charge (£12.50 for cars, vans and motorcycles, £100 for buses, coaches

and lorries) to travel within the zone. Please remember that the Congestion Charge will be unchanged by the introduction of the ULEZ or any clean air zones and will continue to apply for all eligible vehicles entering the zone between 07:00 and 18:00, Monday to Friday.

A change to the FORS standard A major change for LoCITY in 2019 is our inclusion within Version 5 of the FORS Standard which is effective from 14 January.

Organisations with Bronze, Silver or Gold audit(s) must meet all version 5 requirements by this date. FORS have included new mandatory training requirements for Silver

Written by James Smith, programme manager, LoCITY

January. The month of broken new years resolutions and the pitfalls of a post-Xmas diet. So what is LoCITY looking to achieve in 2019 and how will we achieve our goals?

LoCITY has been doing its part to make sure commercial drivers are prepared for launch of the world’s first Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in London.

Throughout 2018 our quarterly working groups, roadshows and annual conference contained speakers highlighting ways to go beyond the ULEZ compliance.

The ULEZ is just the first step in a chain of events which will change how commercial vehicles will need to operate across inner London. The zone will be 18 times bigger by 2021 so it is a central part of the Mayor’s long term plan to tackle London’s toxic air and address the health impact of poor air quality.

It’s only three months until launch so more than 300 ULEZ signs have been installed across central London warning drivers at entry points of the Congestion Charge zone, where the ULEZ will operate 24/7/365.

Better benefits 2019 is the midpoint of the LoCITY programme. As such we procured some independent member research so a few of you may have received a phone call asking your opinion on us. We are collating the results but still have heard a clear steer on how to move forward. This year we’ll be looking to improve our overall offering to members so it’s clear what benefits are involved in engaging with LoCITY. Providing better, more targeted networking opportunities and a stronger support system for members is key. If time is spent attending our events, using our website, reading the material or inputting data into our tools then we must make sure it provides the results you need to make better decisions. A stronger focus on what businesses need to feel more confident in sinking investment into new vehicles is critical as well as lobbying manufacturers and suppliers for appropriate infrastructure and stock. Ultimately we are providing policy support for businesses struggling to make a change and a platform for those who have successfully integrated alternative fuels.

The Mayor’s recent announcement of a £23 million van scrappage scheme to help small businesses is testament to the work being done by LoCITY to ensure support is available for members. We just hope that those making a change are futureproofing their vehicle choice and considering where the city will be in three to five years time. For that reason LoCITY’s petitioning cannot be restricted to vehicles. Non-tailpipe commercial emissions will become progressively more

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The Mayor’s recent announcement of a van scrappage scheme to help small businesses is testament to the work being done by LoCITY to support its members and Gold levels to reflect a greater emphasis on environmental impact and awareness. For silver the LoCITY Time to clean up eLearning module must have been completed within the past 24 months and for Gold the Professional LoCITY Driving classroom training course or FORS Approved environmental awareness training course should have been completed within the past five years. These are light touch courses and we’ll be refreshing the content over the first part of the year, especially relevant for those who are coming back to the modules for a second time.

Since launch we’ve had nearly 34 thousand people complete the two LoCITY e-learning

scrutinised as the impact of cleaner fleets is felt in town centres across London.

Finally we’d like to thank all of the operators, manufacturers, and fleet managers who donated time to attend or support our work last year. TfL recognises that an industry engagement programme like LoCITY is only as successful as those willing to participate.

We continue to work hard on your behalf and hope to see you this year too. L FURTHER INFORMATION For more information, visit www.locity.org.uk

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A van scrappage scheme for the capital A £23 million van scrappage scheme has been announced in London to help small business owners upgrade to cleaner vans in preparation for the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) Businesses in London with fewer than ten employees will be eligible for funding to scrap their vans that do not meet the emission standards set by the new Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ).

The van scrappage scheme, which was announced by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan in December 2018, is planned to be in place before the ULEZ comes into operation, on 8 April 2019. £23 million has been put aside by the Mayor to help small business upgrade their vans to cleaner, emission-compliant vehicles.

Further details of the scheme have yet to be announced, while City Hall and TfL are working out how the money could be spent most effectively.

Sadiq Khan has also asked ministers to match-fund the scheme with £23 million of government money, proposing that it is funded either from the £245 million National Clean Air Fund or from Highways England’s £75 million air quality fund.

The Mayor’s office says this would enable City Hall to put in place further scrappage support for other Londoners, including those on low incomes, and charity vehicles. It would also give ministers the evidence they need to judge scrappage proposals from other cities, and demonstrate the transformational benefits of a truly national scrappage fund.

For diesel vans, the Euro 6 standard was mandated for all new vehicles sold from September 2016. But for secondhand vehicles, the tool can check if the vehicle meets the ULEZ standard.

More than 300 ULEZ warning signs are currently being installed across central London. The signs warn drivers at all entry points to the zone, and on a number of key approach routes, to ensure their vehicle meets the tough new emission standards.

These are complemented by posters and digital banners across the whole TfL network, a social media campaign and adverts across print, radio and online video.

Support for small businesses Commenting on the van scrappage scheme for London, Edmund King, president of the AA, said: “Some small businesses that cannot afford to switch their vans to cleaner Euro 6s have been taking the hit from higher road use charges and simply passing on the extra costs to their customers. This scrappage scheme gives them a route to cleaner vehicles, an escape from air quality charges, the chance to stay competitive in their trades and businesses, reduce customer costs and above all the means to cut street-level pollution.”

Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation, said: “Vans criss-cross the Preparing for ULEZ capital making journeys that are crucial for The ULEZ will come into effect in the current London’s economy. They are likely to cover central London Congestion Charge Zone on more miles per day than a car simply driving 8 April 2019 and will replace the current to and from a single place of work. Helping Toxicity Charge. Vehicles will need to meet smaller businesses, with limited cash flow, tighter exhaust emission standards or pay trade up to newer cleaner vehicles faster a daily charge (£12.50 for cars, vans and than they could do otherwise makes sense.” motorcycles, £100 for busses, coaches Gerry Keaney, chief executive of the and lorries) to travel within the zone. The BVRLA, said: “It is great that the Mayor is Congestion Charge will be unchanged providing extra financial support for by the introduction of ULEZ and upgrading vans, which are an will continue to apply for all essential tool for so many eligible vehicles entering the SMEs operating in London.

The van Congestion Charge zone.

More and more firms scrappa With three months to go are choosing to lease g e s cheme until the launch London’s because it provides an i to be in s planned Ultra Low Emission Zone affordable, fixed cost p (ULEZ), Sadiq Khan has way of accessing the the ULElace before urged London’s drivers latest low-emission Z c o mes into op and business owners vehicles. The BVRLA eration who drive in the zone and its members o n 8 April to check whether their look forward to 2019 vehicles comply with the working with the GLA required emissions standards. on its plans to remove They can do this by using older, more polluting TfL’s online checking tool to vans from London’s roads. see if their vehicle will meet ULEZ’s “Vehicle rental and car clubs will tough, new emissions standards. also play a vital role in helping businesses

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and individuals make the shift to cleaner, ULEZ-compliant motoring from April 2019.”

Sue Terpilowski OBE, London Policy Chair, Federation of Small Businesses, said: “We are delighted that the Mayor is announcing a fund to support micro businesses looking to scrap their older diesel vehicles. FSB has long argued that tackling air quality is a critical issue for London and we have been vocal with the Mayor to approach this brave new Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) world with ‘carrot-based incentives’ to aid struggling small firms who are faced with changing an expensive vehicle stock – many of whom are facing damagingly high costs of doing business in the capital.” L FURTHER INFORMATION www.london.gov.uk

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“The team you can trust�

Join the electric vehicle charging revolution BMM teams up with Vattenfall to roll out the InCharge Network across the public and private sectors using leading edge electric vehicle (EV) fast charging stations.

Cleverly designed to fully optimise space and charge EVs quickly at an affordable cost, BMM charging stations provide organisations with an ongoing profit share.

BMM EV fast charging stations are being installed in car parks, supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, commercial developments and on-street locations throughout the UK. 50kW charging to 80% in 20 minutes, up to 16 times quicker than standard points, 22kW to 80% in 1-2 hours and 7kW to 80% in 4-6 hours.

100% funded equipment and installation, zero cost to business Long-term, rental income Improved air quality Reliable, safe and future-proof industry-leading equipment Friendly, 24/7 customer service and simple payment by the kWh unit.

Vattenfall InCharge Network powered by 100% renewable energy

BMM, helping EV ownership make environmental and businesswww.bmm-ltd.com sense

T: 01236 842 329 www.bmm-ltd.com

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