Ivesting in a net zero future is becoming increasingly important across all business sectors. Actively demonstrating your commitment to reducing your carbon footprint helps retain staff and clients, win new customers and contracts, and attract future talent to your organisation. 

With sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans due to be banned in the UK from 2030, exploring the advantages of the EV (electric vehicle) opportunity will help future-proof your business by ensuring you are EV ready.

There are currently more than 660,000 battery-electric cars on UK roads, a growth of 40 per cent on 2021, and a further 445,000 plug-in hybrids.

According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, battery-electric cars made up 16.6 per cent of the new car market last year, overtaking diesel for the first time, and 22.9 per cent of all new cars registered were plug-in vehicles including pure electrics and plug-in hybrids.

There are many ways in which investing in EV infrastructure can benefit your business, from reducing your ongoing transport or fleet costs to providing an added benefit for your employees.

Installing an EV charging station (or stations) can also potentially generate extra revenue through enabling public use, which in turn grows the charging point infrastructure network.

The UK currently has less than 10 per cent of the charging infrastructure required to meet the projected EV requirements by 2030 – and we can’t rely solely on Governments and local authorities to deliver it.

Registering your EV charging station on sites such as ZapMap, which enables drivers to locate charge points in their area, can bring customers right to your door, with drivers buying your products or using your services while they wait for their car to charge. This can be particularly useful if you run a retail or hospitality business.

At EcoGoZero, we work with businesses and organisations across the UK to help them meet the net zero challenge. Our EV portfolio of products includes easy-to-install GEWISS EV charging stations, and the BriXcell, a brick-sized EV charge point which is designed to save time and money for housing developers because it can be easily incorporated into the construction phase of new build developments.

By investing in EV or hybrid vehicles and infrastructure, businesses can contribute towards their own carbon footprint reduction journey, increasing fuel efficiency and reducing long-term costs, while also creating opportunities to provide incremental revenue streams.

It’s simply good business.

This article was first published in the April 2023 edition of In-Cumbria magazine