"The fleet and company-provided car sectors have led the adoption of cleaner, greener vehicles from day one. We now need to see more steps taken to help others join that journey. The growth of electric vehicle adoption seen in recent years is welcome. It will remain unstable and unsustainable unless we see greater government support to stimulate new and used BEV demand and better charging infrastructure."

- Toby Poston Director of Corporate Affairs • BVRLA

"Growing overall demand for new vans is encouraging as the sector, a barometer of the UK economy’s health, continues to recover post Covid. But while manufacturers have invested huge sums delivering zero emission technology and incentivising its sale, consistently low demand is constraining the industry from meeting Britain’s ambitious zero emission vehicle sales mandates. For van fleets to go green at pace they need the immediate encouragement – and long-term certainty – of fiscal incentives and van-specific charging infrastructure. Without these, UK decarbonisation ambitions cannot be achieved at the worldleading speed demanded by regulation.."

- Mike Hawes Chief Executive • SMMT

"2025 will see more charge points going in the ground and getting switched on than in any other year to date. ChargeUK members added a new charge point to the network every 25 minutes on average in 2024 and the industry is growing exponentially, providing infrastructure ahead of demand.

In their first full year in office we need the government to deliver a supportive policy environment to ensure we can deliver the right charging solutions in the right place."

- Vicky Read CEO • ChargeUK

"There remain infrastructure issues for some fleets and we’re working directly to provide new options that should make accessibility to power easier by helping businesses to share their charging facilities.

In 2025, we plan to launch an online matchmaking service and a specialist platform that will link fleets with spare charging capacity at their premises with others who need charging in those areas.

If we can make these solutions work, it’ll be a boost for fleet EV charging, providing a useful further option for fleets beyond home charging, their own workplace charging, and pay-on-use public chargers."

- Paul Hollick Chair of the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP)

"There is no doubt that the move to electric is happening, but there is also another movement in the fleet sector that needs to be supported in 2025: the decarbonisation of existing petrol and diesel vehicles. While electric will take over one day, at present many businesses still have a majority of their commercial fleet running on petrol and diesel.

But that doesn’t mean they are ignoring the need to run more sustainable operations, and reduce emissions. They need support to drive more efficiently, buy fuel more effectively, plan better routes and streamline operations, and we’re committed to help them with this."

- Paul Holland Managing Director • UK/ANZ Fleet • Corpay • Allstar

"With a new Government now bedded in, what we need in the electric vehicle sector is stability so that every stakeholder, from car and van manufacturers and charge point operators, to SMBs and corporate fleets, can put longer term strategies in place.

We now have a network in the UK that can support zero emission business travel. We now have electric vehicles that can often do the mileage necessary. What we need this year is more certainty around running costs, taxes and delivery of infrastructure. With these in place, our customers can plan the successful transition to electric with confidence."

- Ashley Tate Managing Director Allstar Chargepass UK