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any member of the TA or the local community that drives an EV van , rigid , and soon , arctic , can come by and charge it
Charging ahead
“ This is the key principle that needs to be applied to EV charging , which I ’ ve wholeheartedly been shouting about . That ’ s exactly why I ’ ve installed a supercharger under the same premise ; that any member of the TA or the local community that drives an EV van , rigid , and soon , arctic , can come by and charge it . Additionally , we have a seven kilowatt charger and a 22 kilowatt unit on site to support our company car fleet , which we ’ ve been steadily transitioning over the years .”
Alongside this , Welch ’ s has been working to further develop its overall EV infrastructure on site , to facilitate the future requirements of its fleet , once it ’ s fully electrified .
“ The Energy Saving Trust came by last year ,” Chris says , “ and conducted a feasibility study on our head office site , where we started our EV journey . Firstly , they took a 30 minute energy feed , which we had the foresight to bump up with a substation back in 2015 , which they combined with the output of our growing solar estate from the last eight years . They were then able to compare this information with the data from our telematics system and convert the MPG that we ’ ve relied on in the past into the new kWh , and ultimately map our journey to electrification .
“ The overall outcome was that we could convert almost 15 percent of our fleet today without hampering our service anywhere else . So , we approached Fleete and Zenobe with the data and technological recommendations
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