Electric Vehicle (EV) Fleet
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A fleet made up wholly or partly of battery-powered vehicles, which brings new things to manage: driving range, charging time and battery health.
What is an electric vehicle (EV) fleet?
An EV fleet replaces some or all of its petrol and diesel vehicles with battery-electric ones. Most fleets start with cars and light vans on short, predictable daily routes that return to base each night and charge there on slower AC chargers; DC fast chargers can add most of a charge in under an hour during the day. Running costs are lower, with no oil changes and less brake wear, but range falls with heavy loads, high speed and air conditioning.
Telematics helps twice: before the switch, to show which vehicles' daily distances fall within an EV's range, and after it, to follow trips, distance, stops and driving style as for any other vehicle.
How it works
- 1Daily distances analysed per vehicle
- 2Suitable vehicles replaced with EVs
- 3Trips and charging stops monitored
Why do electric vehicle (EV) fleets matter?
Gulf governments have set targets for electric mobility, charging networks are spreading, and large clients ask their suppliers for lower emissions. An EV can cost a fleet less per kilometre over its life, but only on duties that suit it. A vehicle chosen without data may run out of charge mid-shift or sit waiting at a charger, and the savings disappear.
What you gain
- Lower running cost per kilometre
- No tailpipe emissions
- Switch based on real distances
How does Safee help plan and run an EV fleet?
Before you buy, Safee's trip data and Asset Utilization report show each vehicle's daily distance and driving hours over months, so you can see which ones never exceed the range of the EV you are considering, with a margin for heat and load. After the switch, EVs appear on the map and in reports like the rest of the fleet. Charging points drawn as geofences show how long each vehicle spends charging, and driver behaviour alarms flag the harsh acceleration and high speeds that drain the battery fastest.
A field example
A grocery delivery company in Dubai with 50 delivery vans wanted to start moving to electric. Three months of Safee trip data showed 34 vans never covering more than 140 km a day, most of them back at the depot by early evening. The company bought 15 electric vans with a rated range of about 250 km for those routes and installed overnight chargers at the depot. Six months later the electric vans had covered their routes without one running out of charge, and their energy cost per kilometre, worked out from depot electricity bills and the distances recorded in Safee, was about a third of the diesel vans'.
Frequently asked questions
How much does heat reduce an EV's range?
It varies by model, but tests at 35°C with the air conditioning on recorded an average drop of about 17%. Gulf summers are often hotter, so plan with a margin.
Can standard GPS trackers be fitted to electric vehicles?
Yes; location, trips and distance work the same way. Battery readings such as state of charge depend on the vehicle making them available and the tracker model being able to read them.
Want to put this to work in your fleet?
Talk to a Safee fleet expert about your vehicles and how you operate, and we will suggest what fits.
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