By Joshua Hooper, head of product development at Northgate
As a vehicle fleet solutions provider for over 40 years, Northgate is proud of its award-winning, industry-leading emission reduction programme, Drive to Zero, which provides customers with a suite of tools and solutions to aid the transition to electric LCVs.
Northgate’s EV industry experts ensure it can support businesses, beginning with a Drive to Zero consultation or a suitability analysis, assessments of a company’s current fleet and driver journeys. Through this process, Northgate builds a complete understanding of vehicle needs, movements, distances travelled and journey times, helping customers to understand which vehicles can be immediately switched to electric. The reports also support customers’ ESG requirements by demonstrating potential CO2 emissions savings through both tailpipe and fuel.
Vehicle choice plays a major part in fleet electrification and Northgate works closely with existing and emerging manufacturers, continually adding to its range of EVs – from micromobility vehicles to large electric vans. Northgate’s flexible hire packages provide the opportunity to change vehicles as technology evolves without being tied into long-term, inflexible contracts or purchases.
Servicing and maintenance are key when running EVs, so Northgate has invested heavily in its fully equipped workshops and 68-strong branch network, ensuring that trained EV technicians are employed across the country. Suitable charging infrastructure is also a crucial step to ensuring a smooth transition to electric for any business. Northgate works with ChargedEV to ensure that the best possible solution can be found whether a customer needs to consider workplace charging, home charging or even public charging facilities, including solar options. ChargedEV has installed more than 60,000 domestic and 3,000 commercial charge points, with its specialist team of engineers on hand to advise customers.
Northgate’s focus is very much on a customer’s transition to EVs, working with the support of a team of proven experts to assess individual customer requirements including infrastructure, energy and billing and combining these with the most suitable flexible rental package available. With these plans in place, Northgate customers know they can rely on its dependability and flexibility, to ensure that it can support more companies to deliver their own Drive to Zero.