Parcel delivery company DPD is bolstering its plans for an all-electric fleet through a new partnership with public EV charging app Bonnet.
The deal simplifies public charging access for DPD’s growing number of EV delivery drivers – giving the company’s thousands of EV vans access to over 32,000 charge points in the UK and Europe.
Founded in 2020, the Bonnet platform aggregates EV charge points across numerous charging networks, including Shell Recharge, ESB and Char.gy. This allows EV drivers to use and identify available charging points through a single app that also offers a simple pricing structure.
The work will support DPD’s ‘clean, green delivery’ mission – it’s planning to become the UK’s most sustainable delivery company. The firm is already on track to have over 3,000 electric vehicles on the road in the UK this year and 5,000 by 2023, when it will deliver to 30 towns and cities solely using all-electric vehicles.
Olly Craughan, head of sustainability at DPD UK, said: “The app will complement our own charging infrastructure and help our EV drivers access the public charging network in a timely and efficient way, whenever they need it. We are racing ahead with the decarbonisation of our delivery fleet. Within the next 18 months we will go from 10 UK towns and cities served by an all-electric DPD fleet, to 30 and more than double our EV fleet. Bonnet will help us keep those vans moving and delivering clean and green for customers.”
