EV SPECIALIST broker DriveElectric shares 10 easy steps for businesses to convert to electric vehicles. And take advantage of those green number plates due this autumn. 1. Look at whole life costs Electric vehicles can be more expensive to lease than ICE vehicles, so look at whole life cost comparisons Employee BIK. An employee taxed at 40%, driving 20,000 miles a year,…
PAUL Hollick has been elected chair of the newly-formed Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP). Created in March through the integration of the Association of Car Fleet Operators (ACFO) and the Institute of Car Fleet Management), Hollick takes up the new position effective immediately. The change of chair follows the decision of Caroline Sandall to step down from the position of co-chair she…
THE company car has been assaulted on many sides for years with suggestions that it was falling out of favour with employees. And increasing levels of benefit in kind taxation certainly added weight to that argument. But research from Arval, based on its Mobility Observatory, suggests that the company car is an integral part of corporate culture. Fewer than one in five…
KEVIN Griffin is the new managing director of SsangYong Motors. Griffin, the former sales director, takes over from the outgoing Nick Laird. The appointment is effective 01 July 2020. Griffin said on his appointment: SsangYong now has an array of versatile products available in the UK market, so even in challenging times, I’m confident that SsangYong will do well with its excellent…
ARVAL has produced a fleet manager’s guide to COVID-19 safe vehicles. It is entitled COVID-19: A two step guide to vehicle safety principles. The guide is a distilled version of the government’s advice – but reduced from many pages to just three. Shaun Sadlier, Arval’s head of consultancy, explained: “The document delivered by the Government provides a strong basis for future fleet…
THE London Motor Show has been confirmed for 2021 – in stark contrast to the announcement that the Geneva Motor Show will be cancelled next year. The London Motor Show – following its 2020 break – will return to the Evolution London venue in Battersea Park from 16-18 July 2021. Alec Mumford, chairman of The London Motor Show, said: The last four…
FLEET managers want to electrify their fleets. A survey by Go Ultra Low, in partnership with the Energy Saving Trust, found that a third of fleet managers expected to have 50% of their fleets fully electric within five years. The survey was across a wide cross section of UK fleets, from two to 100 vehicle fleets. Most of the respondent said the…
DRIVERS can now update their V5C vehicle logbook details online thanks to a new service from DVLA. The new service takes less than two minutes to complete. All drivers need is their vehicle registration number, log book document reference number and their postcode. DVLA says it reduces the amount of time to receive a new log book from six weeks to five…