Ayvens, which is rebranding from ALD Automotive I LeasePlan globally, has published its new Mobility Guide to help businesses navigate the ever-evolving world of electric vehicles, sustainable practices, and international fleet management.

The guide is designed to demystify the electrification landscape for fleet managers, particularly those overseeing international fleets

The new guide – available here – fuses together ALD Automotive’s Mobility Guide and LeasePlan’s EV Readiness Index following the firms’ merger.

It’s designed to demystify the electrification landscape for fleet managers, particularly those overseeing international fleets.

The guide, which spans 46 countries that include markets in North and South America, Oceania, Asia and Europe including the UK, finds that the sales growth of electric vehicles in 2022 and the first half of 2023 has accelerated compared with previous years, confirming that electrification is a megatrend.

But as electrification accelerates, the fleet industry is facing multiple challenges and uncertainties.

This 2023 edition of the Mobility Guide highlights the main barriers to battery electric vehicle (BEV) adoption, which are range anxiety, charging infrastructure complexity and affordability.

The guide draws on Avyens’ experience in overseeing international fleets – the business recently passed the landmark of half-a-million funded EVs – and guides operators amid the ever-evolving landscape to a successful EV transition.

It also includes46 individual country scorecards showcasing the six metrics behind the scoring (EV adoption, charging infrastructure, taxation and regulation, green powertrain offering, sustainability relevance and the BEV-TCO parity vs internal combustion model equivalent).

And the guide features an assessment of taxation benefits and regulatory requirements around electric vehicles for 33 countries.

Keys findings from the edition include:

• The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) BEV parity has improved in many countries, such as Spain, Belgium and Italy but also Ireland and Poland and operating a BEV is now cheaper than internal combustion engine vehicle (ICE) in many European countries, such as for instance, France, Belgium, Austria, and Norway.
• Out of the 46 countries examined, only 11 fall into the ‘developed’ category, indicating a robust presence of EVs and favourable conditions for further electrification. All 11 countries are situated in Europe, primarily in the western and northern regions. Norway (with a score of 81), Austria (with a score of 69) and the Netherlands (with a score of 68) emerge as the best prepared countries for the electric vehicle revolution.
• Many transitioning countries, such as Portugal (with a score of 57), Switzerland (with a score of 54), and Ireland (with a score of 51), are progressing and closing the gap with developed countries.

Annie Pin, chief commercial officer at Ayvens, said: “With fast technological evolution, rising energy costs, and inflation on vehicles, we’re living in uncertain times and facing adverse winds. This makes the EV transition, especially when it involves making decisions that affect multiple countries, a complex process.

“As a global sustainable mobility player, we are committed to accelerating the take up of EVs, by providing a one-stop-shop solution for electrification. This goes hand in hand with accompanying our clients in this journey, jointly supporting the achievement of their corporate climate goals in this ever-evolving world. And our Mobility Guide is already a success story, with many of our clients using the country classification to pace their transition.”

The Ayvens Mobility Guide 2023 is available to download here.