{"id":101171,"date":"2024-05-22T16:27:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T14:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/?p=101171"},"modified":"2024-09-16T09:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T07:53:40","slug":"only-1-of-vans-and-lorries-are-electric-highlighting-challenges-of-decarbonising-fleets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/insights\/only-1-of-vans-and-lorries-are-electric-highlighting-challenges-of-decarbonising-fleets\/","title":{"rendered":"Only 1% of vans and lorries are electric \u2013 highlighting challenges of decarbonising fleets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='container  py-3'><div class=\"row \"><div class=\"col-lg-12\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"arrow-right-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #004146;\"><strong>Transition to EVs often essential part of corporate commitments to achieve Net Zero<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #004146;\"><strong>High interest rates and technological limitations making transition even more challenging<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #004146;\"><em>December, 19th 2023<\/em>.<strong> Only 1% of vans and lorries in the UK \u2013 55,813 out of a total 5,188,128* \u2013 are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/insights\/automotive-transformation-2024\/\">electric vehicles<\/a> (EVs), shows research by supply chain experts KGM Strategy, a subsidiary of Boston Consulting Group.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kiren Pandya, Senior Project Manager at KGM Strategy, says: \u201cThat only 1% of vans and lorries are electric highlights the sheer scale of the challenge of decarbonising fleets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive million logistics vehicles is a huge number to replace \u2013 either with electric equivalents or lower-cost alternatives like bicycles in cities. This will create severe supply-side bottlenecks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of electric commercial vehicles in the UK are Light Goods Vehicles (LGVs) like vans, with only a small minority being Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) like lorries (see table below for breakdown).<\/p>\n<p>The number of electric vans and lorries is growing \u2013 with a 52% increase in the past year \u2013 but the gap is too big to close soon. The high cost of switching to EVs is making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/insights\/decarbonization-how-to-reduce-the-carbon-footprint\/\">decarbonising logistics<\/a> a major hurdle for supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>High interest rates are making the already-expensive transition to EVs even costlier. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/inflation-in-procurement\/\">Inflation<\/a> in the cost of raw materials \u2013 and in turn EV batteries \u2013 is also further increasing costs.<\/p>\n<p>Says Kiren Pandya: \u201cElectric vehicles have always been more expensive than those with a combustion engine \u2013 and that\u2019s especially true of electric vans. Interest rate rises are making it more expensive for fleet operators to borrow and this is impacting their ability to lease electric vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recent expansion of the ULEZ in London has increased costs for fleet operators. This has added further pressure to fleets to transition to electric alternatives at a time when EVs are particularly expensive. Instead of buying new EVs, some companies are simply moving vehicles geographically within their portfolio, bringing all their EVs into London and taking non-EVs outside of London.<\/p>\n<p>A huge technological gap remains for long distance HGV EVs, with current battery range not able to compete with fossil fuel equivalents. This technological gap is further hampered by a lack of long-distance charging infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Shortages of key components like high-voltage cables (due to competing demand from expanding broadband infrastructure) and skilled workers make expanding the UK\u2019s charging infrastructure even more complicated.<\/p>\n<p>Says Kiren Pandya: \u201cLorries are simply too heavy and travel too far for this section of the supply chain to be decarbonised. Until the capacity of electric batteries allows lorries to travel further and charging stations are as ubiquitous as petrol stations \u2013 including improving speed to recharge the batteries, this leg of a product\u2019s journey will remain hard to decarbonise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately, the bulk of freight emissions are in the final leg of transportation \u2013 with vans \u2013 which is far easier to achieve emissions reductions in. That is why we advise our clients to first focus their efforts on decarbonising their last-mile distribution networks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Companies are also increasingly making of use of low-cost alternatives to supplement the switch to EVs. Recycling tyres and parts is now another major way that companies are finding affordable emissions savings.<\/p>\n<p>Says Kiren Pandya: \u201cWe\u2019ve achieved huge emissions savings for our clients by simply reducing waste. Reusing functioning car parts and switching to more fuel-efficient tyres is making a huge difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve also had great success with \u2018old school\u2019 solutions \u2013 increasing the use of bicycles and e-bikes for city-centre logistics can reduce last-leg emissions to near-zero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\"><strong>EV goods vehicles rising fast but still just 1% of the total in the UK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101176 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Table-EV-goods-vehicles-in-the-UK.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<p>*Year end: March 31 2023<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section class='bg-light py-3 pb-xl-0'><div class='container  py-3'><div class=\"row \"><div class=\"col-lg-12\"><p><strong>About KGM Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As an international management consultancy, KGM Strategy is one of the leading specialists in strategic procurement and supply chain management in Europe. The consultancy supports companies from strategy development to implementation and accompanies them in the digitalization of procurement. As a subsidiary of the Boston Consulting Group, KGM Strategy identifies and realizes the potential for process optimization and cost reduction for its clients and supports the establishment of resilient supply chains that meet sustainability criteria. In comprehensive transformation projects, KGM Strategy is the trusted partner for improving the performance of the procurement organization.<\/p>\n<p>KGM Strategy has over 500 employees in 14 locations in 11 countries. The diverse, international teams have in-depth expertise in various industries and functions. Clients include international corporations and mid-sized companies across all industries, as well as the world&#8217;s leading private equity firms.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\">www.KGM Strategy.com<\/a>\/en\/<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\"><a class=\"btn btn-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Inverto-Greening-fleets.docx\">Download Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\"><a class=\"btn btn-outline-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Table-EV-goods-vehicles-in-the-UK.png\">Download Table<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<div class='container  py-3'><div class=\"row \"><div class=\"col-lg-12\"><h2>Contact our press representatives<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only 1% of vans and lorries in the UK \u2013 55,813 out of a total 5,188,128* \u2013 are electric vehicles (EVs), shows research by supply chain experts KGM Strategy, a subsidiary of Boston Consulting Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":53013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[709,752],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-decarbonisation","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.KGM Strategy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}