AX orders 88 electric BMWs and highlights a growing EV replacement-car issue

A hand passing over a new electric vehicle key

Accident aftercare specialist AX is adding 614 BMWs to its replacement fleet, including 88 fully electric cars.

The BEVs comprise 32 BMW i4 Gran Coupés, nine i5 saloons, one i7 and 46 iX SUVs. Plug-in hybrid and fully electric vehicles together represent more than half of the overall order.

For fleet managers, however, the more interesting aspect is why those electric cars matter.

AX operates an EV-for-EV replacement approach designed to keep an electric-vehicle driver in an EV when their own vehicle is off the road.

As BEVs become increasingly normal on company-car fleets, that should raise a question for fleet managers reviewing accident-management and replacement-vehicle agreements.

Putting an EV driver into a petrol vehicle for several weeks can alter reimbursement arrangements, running costs and the driver experience, while potentially undermining an organisation’s electrification policy.

Fleet EV policy therefore should not end when the original car is ordered. Replacement, accident and rental provision increasingly need to evolve with it.

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