Better Fleet: Make fleet information easier to retrieve by making it easier to recognise

Better Fleet: Make fleet information easier to retrieve by making it easier to recognise

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Having a record and being able to find it are two different things. A fleet may have years of vehicle histories, invoices, inspection records, correspondence, photographs and driver documents stored...

Better Fleet: Make fleet information easier to retrieve by making it easier to recognise

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ian richardson

Having a record and being able to find it are two different things. A fleet may have years of vehicle histories, invoices, inspection records, correspondence, photographs and driver documents stored...

Lidl charging

Public Charging Price Watch: Lidl cuts rapid charging to 59p/kWh

ian richardson

Lidl has reduced rapid EV charging to 59p/kWh for Lidl Plus users, down from 62p/kWh, while fast charging costs 40p/kWh. Without Lidl Plus, rapid charging costs 74p/kWh and fast charging...

Public Charging Price Watch: Lidl cuts rapid charging to 59p/kWh

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ian richardson

Lidl has reduced rapid EV charging to 59p/kWh for Lidl Plus users, down from 62p/kWh, while fast charging costs 40p/kWh. Without Lidl Plus, rapid charging costs 74p/kWh and fast charging...

AA/Toyota Mythbuster Rally proves long-range viability of EVs

AA/Toyota Mythbuster Rally proves long-range viability of EVs

ian richardson

The AA and Toyota are taking part in a 1850-mile EV Mythbusters Rally across Britain, including cars, vans and a dedicated truck-and-trailer route. For fleet managers, the value is not...

AA/Toyota Mythbuster Rally proves long-range viability of EVs

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ian richardson

The AA and Toyota are taking part in a 1850-mile EV Mythbusters Rally across Britain, including cars, vans and a dedicated truck-and-trailer route. For fleet managers, the value is not...

Could your electric fleet keep moving through a three-hour power cut?

Could your electric fleet keep moving through a three-hour power cut?

ian richardson

Fleet electrification makes energy resilience an increasingly important part of operational planning. New rules allow National Energy System Operator (NESO) to use rotating power cuts of up to three hours,...

Could your electric fleet keep moving through a three-hour power cut?

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ian richardson

Fleet electrification makes energy resilience an increasingly important part of operational planning. New rules allow National Energy System Operator (NESO) to use rotating power cuts of up to three hours,...

Success Story: what fleets can learn from Greencore’s 191-van transformation

Success Story: what fleets can learn from Greencore’s 191-van transformation

ian richardson

Greencore is nearing completion of a 191-vehicle urban delivery-van renewal programme, providing a useful example of how large fleet changes can be managed across multiple sites. The programme includes multi-temperature...

Success Story: what fleets can learn from Greencore’s 191-van transformation

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ian richardson

Greencore is nearing completion of a 191-vehicle urban delivery-van renewal programme, providing a useful example of how large fleet changes can be managed across multiple sites. The programme includes multi-temperature...

Motorway charging growth increasingly depends on the grid behind it

Motorway charging growth increasingly depends on the grid behind it

ian richardson

The Government has published its evaluation of the Rapid Charging Fund pilot, examining how public funding can help overcome electricity-network constraints at motorway service areas. The pilot was created because...

Motorway charging growth increasingly depends on the grid behind it

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ian richardson

The Government has published its evaluation of the Rapid Charging Fund pilot, examining how public funding can help overcome electricity-network constraints at motorway service areas. The pilot was created because...

New commercial energy hub gives fleets more than one route to decarbonisation

New commercial energy hub gives fleets more than one route to decarbonisation

ian richardson

Construction has started on a new Sheffield energy hub designed specifically for vans and HGVs. Aegis Energy’s site near the M1 will provide 400kW EV charging alongside Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil...

New commercial energy hub gives fleets more than one route to decarbonisation

News
ian richardson

Construction has started on a new Sheffield energy hub designed specifically for vans and HGVs. Aegis Energy’s site near the M1 will provide 400kW EV charging alongside Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil...

On-street charging gap remains a challenge fleets cannot solve alone

On-street charging gap remains a challenge fleets cannot solve alone

ian richardson

More than 90% of UK councils now have public EV charging, but half still provide no on-street charging, according to new Vauxhall research. The proportion offering on-street infrastructure has risen...

On-street charging gap remains a challenge fleets cannot solve alone

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ian richardson

More than 90% of UK councils now have public EV charging, but half still provide no on-street charging, according to new Vauxhall research. The proportion offering on-street infrastructure has risen...

Battery-buffered charging offers workaround where grid connections are weak

Battery-buffered charging offers workaround where grid connections are weak

ian richardson

SP Energy Networks is expanding battery-buffered EV charging across three operational sites following a successful trial. TUAL’s PowerUp system stores electricity from the available grid connection before delivering higher-power DC...

Battery-buffered charging offers workaround where grid connections are weak

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ian richardson

SP Energy Networks is expanding battery-buffered EV charging across three operational sites following a successful trial. TUAL’s PowerUp system stores electricity from the available grid connection before delivering higher-power DC...

Skoda Karoq SUV gains range-topping Black Edition

Skoda Karoq SUV gains range-topping Black Edition

ian richardson

Skoda is expanding its Karoq SUV range with a new Black Edition, which becomes the model’s range-topping variant when order books open on 1 October 2026.

Skoda Karoq SUV gains range-topping Black Edition

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ian richardson

Skoda is expanding its Karoq SUV range with a new Black Edition, which becomes the model’s range-topping variant when order books open on 1 October 2026.

Dacia Spring

Dacia Spring unveiled - and it's secretly a Renault Twingo

ian richardson

Affordable EV superminis are popular with fleets looking to manage their costs effectively, and the new Dacia Spring seeks to tempt that market. 

Dacia Spring unveiled - and it's secretly a Renault Twingo

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ian richardson

Affordable EV superminis are popular with fleets looking to manage their costs effectively, and the new Dacia Spring seeks to tempt that market. 

Business lease deals of the week: hybrids to go all the way

Business lease deals of the week: hybrids to go all the way

ian richardson

This week, we've picked out three excellent lease deals on hybrid vehicles to suit the needs of every company car driver.

Business lease deals of the week: hybrids to go all the way

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ian richardson

This week, we've picked out three excellent lease deals on hybrid vehicles to suit the needs of every company car driver.

Kia adds performance GT trim to EV3, EV4 and EV5

Kia adds performance GT trim to EV3, EV4 and EV5

ian richardson

Kia has expanded its GT trim line portfolio by adding it to three electric models, the EV3, EV4 and EV5. The move gives fleets the opportunity to order sportier EVs...

Kia adds performance GT trim to EV3, EV4 and EV5

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ian richardson

Kia has expanded its GT trim line portfolio by adding it to three electric models, the EV3, EV4 and EV5. The move gives fleets the opportunity to order sportier EVs...

Audi A2 e-tron

Audi A2 e-tron unveiled with 401-mile range and £32k starting price

ian richardson

Fleets shopping for a practical lower medium EV have a brand new option, the Audi A2 e-tron. It harks back to the classic model - now nearly 30 years old...

Audi A2 e-tron unveiled with 401-mile range and £32k starting price

News
ian richardson

Fleets shopping for a practical lower medium EV have a brand new option, the Audi A2 e-tron. It harks back to the classic model - now nearly 30 years old...

Smarter maintenance, cutting fleet downtime, and keeping vehicles productive

Smarter maintenance, cutting fleet downtime, and keeping vehicles productive

ian richardson

Vehicle downtime is becoming an increasingly expensive and complex challenge for fleets, with the cost of an off-road vehicle extending far beyond the workshop bill. As vehicles become more connected...

Smarter maintenance, cutting fleet downtime, and keeping vehicles productive

Interview
ian richardson

Vehicle downtime is becoming an increasingly expensive and complex challenge for fleets, with the cost of an off-road vehicle extending far beyond the workshop bill. As vehicles become more connected...

How AI and connected diagnostics can help fleets predict faults and speed up repairs

How AI and connected diagnostics can help fleets predict faults and speed up repairs

ian richardson

If reducing downtime is the objective, the challenge for fleets is increasingly how to turn growing volumes of vehicle data into faster, better maintenance decisions. Benoit Dessart, Head of BL...

How AI and connected diagnostics can help fleets predict faults and speed up repairs

Analysis
ian richardson

If reducing downtime is the objective, the challenge for fleets is increasingly how to turn growing volumes of vehicle data into faster, better maintenance decisions. Benoit Dessart, Head of BL...