The latest initiative is part of the company’s commitment to switching 50% of their <1.5ft vehicles to fully electric by 2025 with the goal of changing all 1.5t vehicles to electric in the future.
They will be used in London boroughs, and form part of FM Conway’s effort for half of its lighter vans to be fully electric by 2025.
The Renault Kangoo E-Tech’s were delivered to FM Conway ready for the roads, with Chapter 8 included in the livery requirements, which is best practice for maintenance and civil engineering companies in order to meet highway regulations.
Dan Conway, Plant, Transport & Workshop Director, said:
“The plan is to integrate more electric vehicles across the business to meet our 2025 target.
“The Herd Group have made the fleet transition as seamless and efficient as possible. With lack of business interruption being key, the switch to electric vehicles has been no different to any new fleet changes.” Conway continued.
“With the initial cost of EV vehicles being nearly double traditional internal combustion engine vehicles, the lower running costs and reliability of electric vehicles makes them an economical choice until new technologies come through.”
Herd Group fleet director Danielle Davison said:
“The EV landscape is evolving at a rapid pace and adoption within the LCV space has now become a priority for many fleets.
“At Herd we understand the transition to electric needs careful consideration; as such, we work closely with customers to help identify vehicles that work from a range, payload, and capability perspective.”
“Herd spent time working with FM Conway to understand not only the way the vehicles were used, but where and how this aligned with FM Conway’s broader net zero strategy.” Davison concluded.
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