Date: 02 February 2021 Â Â |Â Â Author: Sean Keywood
Measures to help drivers without off-street parking to charge EVs should feature in the Chancellor s Budget next month, according to the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP).
Chair Paul Hollick said that with around 40% of potential EV drivers living in properties without driveways, providing them with some form of domestic charging was essential given the UK Government s plan to ban new petrol and diesel car sales by 2030.
Hollick said: There are some interesting ideas being pursued in this area, most notably around using street lighting as charging points, but there appears to be no overall strategy of which we are aware and it is a problem that needs solving.
Click the thumbs up >The Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) is calling on the Government to publish benefit-in-kind (BIK) company car tax tables up to 2030, in next month’s Budget, to help fleet electric vehicle (EV) adoption strategies.
However, AFP chair, Paul Hollick, he would also like to see company car tax tables through to 2029-30 created “as soon as possible” to look two cycles into the future.
“From a practical standpoint, this will mean that we can produce comprehensive EV adoption strategies that take us right through to the moment when petrol and diesel cars will no longer be available, tackling financial and operation concerns,” he said.
Click the thumbs up >Trakm8 has joined the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) as a gold partner, where it will offer advice to its members.
As a gold member, Trakm8 will use its fleet management solutions and data-driven insights to help shape the future of the industry, the company says.
Peter Mansfield, group sales and marketing director at Trakm8, said: “We’re very excited to be joining the AFP, an organisation that shares our values of wanting to engage with the industry and identify areas where we can provide solutions that offer real change.
“We look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with the AFP and the positive impact this will bring to our industry.”
Date: 22 January 2021 Â Â |Â Â Author: Sean Keywood
Company car numbers have been declining, but most who drive them now expect to continue, according to new research.
The BVRLA has launched a new Company Car Report , produced in association with business consultancy Steer, which it says gives insight into the number of company cars on the road, the people that drive and manage them, and what motivates their decisions.
Research for the report, which was carried out before the Covid-19 pandemic, consisted of analysing data, and also surveying both current and former company car drivers.
It defines a company car as one used by an employee for business and/or personal travel, including pool cars as well as those allocated to individuals either as an employee benefit or job requirement. This includes cars that qualify for BIK tax, and also some that don t, for example because there is no private use, the car is zero emission, or because an empl