Alex Crane-Robinson of Webfleet on data, downtime, and using AI to its potential

Meet Alex Crane-Robinson, Regional Director UK & Ireland at Webfleet. Joining in October 2025, he’s brought more than 20 years of experience working across fleet management, SaaS and IoT. With fleet technology evolving so quickly, below Alex explains why it’s a really interesting time to be in ...

Public Charging Price Watch: app pricing widens the gap between tariffs

Public charging prices continue to diverge, making the way drivers pay increasingly important. MFG EV Power has made its 59p/kWh app tariff permanent from 1 October, compared with 79p/kWh for drivers paying by contactless or card at the charger. No subscription is required. That means a 60kWh charg...

Success Stories: Dundee shows what an energy-first fleet strategy looks like

Dundee City Council has built a fleet-energy model that combines solar generation, second-life battery storage and overnight EV charging. Its workshop supports a fleet of around 750 vehicles, with almost 40% already electric. Solar panels feed second-life Renault Zoe batteries, which store surplus ...

Citroen 2CV Concept revealed, previewing €15,000 car for urban fleets

Fleets shopping for an affordable, urban city car have a good selection, which will include the all-new Citroen 2CV within the next two years. Like its current rivals, it's gone all retro. The new 2CV will sit between the Ami quadricycle and e-C3 in the brand's lineup. It follows the trend and succ...

AA puts vehicle downtime at the centre of fleet resilience

The AA has launched a new report focused on one of the most expensive problems facing fleet operators: keeping vehicles on the road. Its Keeping Business Moving: Minimising Downtime, Optimising Performance Yellow Paper argues that vehicle-off-road time should be treated as a wider business risk rat...

Business lease shortlist: EVs for urban use, mainstream drives, family duties, and longer range

This week’s shortlist groups together four full EVs covering entry-level urban use, mainstream company-car duties, family/SUV practicality and longer-range fleet driving. All prices are business lease figures excluding VAT, based on 10,000 miles per year. Offers can change quickly, so fleets should ...

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EV Charging Solutions by VEV Services Limited

As specialists in the development and implementation of large-scale enterprise fleet solutions, VEV Services Limited are dedicated to assisting you in maximising the benefits of transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs). Our expertise is underpinned by extensive experience in providing comprehensive, turnkey charging solutions.

We utilise bespoke analytical tools and frameworks to envision your future fleet and the pathway to achieve it.

  • Data-Driven Fleet Analysis: Leveraging telematics and energy data from your operations, our fleet analysis tool models various transition scenarios to identify the most effective strategy for your fleet.
  • Expert Electrification Consultation: Our team, with its profound knowledge in electrification, fleets, and energy, guides you towards making informed decisions. Combined with our analytical tools, we're equipped to sculpt the future of your fleet with precision.
  • Comprehensive Strategy Development: We provide tailor-made strategy consultations to address the complexities of your EV transition, from operational model adjustments to detailed multi-year plans and business cases, ensuring a seamless shift that avoids unnecessary expenditure on vehicles and infrastructure.
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The Rightcharge Electric Fuel Card

Rightcharge is a beacon for innovative solutions tailored to EV owners, including pioneering the first-ever energy tariffs designed for them.

The Rightcharge Electric Fuel Card is a solution designed to unify EV charging for drivers, whether at home, in public spaces, or at work.

  • Flexible Payment Options: Drivers can effortlessly use the Rightcharge Card at over 37,000 charge points, using either company or personal funds.
  • Simplified Home Charging Payments: Businesses can cover home charging costs with a single payment to Rightcharge, which then allocates funds to the respective home energy suppliers, ensuring employees are reimbursed without delay.
  • Comprehensive Charging Management: A unified dashboard allows businesses to oversee all aspects of their drivers’ EV charging needs, from public and workplace charging to home setups.

Rightcharge is revolutionising the EV charging experience, making sustainable driving accessible for both households and businesses alike.

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Herd Connect

Since our establishment in 2014, Herd Group has expanded into a leading national supplier, crafting custom service level agreements to ensure our customers' operations run smoothly around the clock.

We cover a wide array of services from vehicle procurement and ongoing maintenance to end-of-life processes like de-fleeting and disposal.

Our unique blend of industry experience, cutting-edge products, and competitive pricing is complemented by our exceptional customer care.

Fleet Management for Every Business Size:

  • Efficient, error-free fleet management is essential. For small to medium-sized enterprises, employing a dedicated fleet manager may not be cost-effective, yet managing a fleet is a significant responsibility.
  • For larger fleets, while the idea of outsourcing has been met with concern, it can actually free fleet managers from complex tasks, allowing them to focus on strategic objectives.
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Vehicle Tracking by Quartix

The Quartix vehicle tracking system is currently operational in over 600,000 vehicles worldwide. Established in 2001 by four UK industry experts, Quartix has amassed over 120 years of collective experience in systems design, telemetry, embedded computing, communications, and database design and implementation.

Quartix vehicle tracking offers a comprehensive toolkit designed to enhance your fleet management, ensure driver safety, and bolster your bottom line. Our system is entirely internet-based, eliminating the need for additional software and allowing you to start immediately. It simplifies the analysis of your vehicle tracking data, generating user-friendly reports. These insights help you recognise your top drivers, understand mileage and fuel expenditures, and minimise administrative duties.

With Quartix, you can monitor your vehicles' live locations anytime, from any device. Utilise our real-time GPS tracking maps and postcode lookup feature to optimise efficiency, swiftly respond to customer queries, and efficiently allocate the nearest vehicle to a job.

Our tracking system records every journey, detailing start, finish, and idling times. Route maps reveal the exact paths taken and vehicle speed at each waypoint. A click further provides a Google Street View, offering a perspective similar to what the driver sees.

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