How Telematics can Support Your EV Fleet
Telematics are useful for any business fleet, offering you the ability to monitor your vehicles.
With more and more fleets adopting electric vehicles (EVs) and transitioning over to fully-electric fleets, the importance of telematics becomes even more significant.
Telematics offers you the ability to monitor all your vehicles and drivers and keep an accurate track of business efficiency.
Due to the limited range and long recharging process for EVs, integrating telematics can help fleet managers and drivers get the most out of their vehicles.
This can be done through health monitoring, route optimization, driver efficiency management and range monitoring.
The following are ways telematics could help your electric fleet reach its full potential:
Calculate range
Charging and range tends to be the biggest worry about EV’s for non-owners. Yet, the majority of EV drivers don’t encounter any problems with charging their vehicle. The range of electric vehicles are more than enough.
Telematics means that you will be able to have up-to date information on which vehicles in your fleet need priority charging, or whether a vehicle needs to be substituted for another, for example.
Today, charging points can be found everywhere and this network will continue to expand as more people switch over.
Monitor maintenance needs
With an EV fleet, scheduling maintenance can be more of a challenge. This is due to the limited number of mechanics with the skills required to carry out the work.
Telematics can help to keep Fleet managers informed with alerts of any potential issues such as tyre failures and drivetrain faults. Issues can be tracked in advance and maintenance can be scheduled more seamlessly.
Prioritise safety
As well as helping to ensure the safety of your drivers, telematics offers you the ability to plan your schedule and routes. This can help you to avoid traffic jams or accidents.
You can also monitor driver behaviour and ensure your branded fleet is driving safely and efficiently.
How can Cambrian help my EV Fleet?
Our Shell EV card is a complete fueling solution in one card, giving you access to nearly 8000 charge points, a PIN-secured card and an online account portal.
One partner for all day-to-day transport expenses from fuel and EV charging, to serving drivers with quality food and rest facilities.
Useful Links
Learn more about our Shell EV card – https://www.cambriancards.com/shell-electric-vehicle-card/
To find out more about our other fuel cards click here – https://www.cambriancards.com/fuel-cards/
To learn how our telematics solutions will help your fleet become more efficient and effective, click here – https://www.cambriancards.com/telematics/
