Reducing on-site charging costs: a key issue for corporate fleet managers πΈπ
For company fleet managers, the transition to electric mobility is obviously not limited to the purchase of vehicles – cars, motorbikes or bicycles.
Monitoring charging costs, whether at home, while roaming or on site, is just as crucial to optimising the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of company cars.
And since, for the time being – even with significant efforts from car manufacturers in the right directioin – electric vehicles still cost more than their interanl combustion equivalents, anything that can reduce the other components of their TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) is a valuable stepπ‘
As we have seen here, where a company electric vehicle is charged significantly impacts its cost of use. Therefore, businesses have every interest in equipping their own car parks as extensively as possible. This allows employees to prioritize charging there at much lower costs than public charging.
π§ However, equipping their car park at scale must not present a discouraging level of investment. We have seen many of our clients start with conventional, rather expensive solutions: over β¬1,000 per 7, 11 or 22 kW charging point, with electrical installations needing to be sized accordingly, often leading to per-space costs easily exceeding β¬3,000 or β¬4,000. Viable for a few spaces, no doubt, but for an entire 150-space car park?
β That is where we come in: our sockets and charging points start at just a few dozen euros. By leveraging low power and reusing existing infrastructure, their installation costs are also on average 30% to 40% less than traditional solutions. This is all while offering a service perfectly aligned with the needs of employees spending several hours on site (as we explain here). This makes large-scale deployment entirely feasible. π
π And since, to quote Niels Bohr, βthat which cannot be measured does not existβ, our supervision system provides clients with all the consumption data and tools needed to manage their billing requirements, even down to the amount of CO2 avoided by their electrified fleet.
So that the shift to electric mobility also becomes an economic opportunity for companies!