Daloop, a specialist in sustainable mobility management, has created a formula to help businesses looking to invest in workplace electric vehicle charge points.   

The staff-to-charge-point ratio is intended to act as a guideline for businesses calculating the scale of their initial investment

The staff-to-charge-point ratio is intended to act as a guideline for businesses calculating the scale of their initial investment by combining a series of national averages with tailored information about each company.  

This includes the number of employees driving to work, the length of a working week and the approximate percentage of employees without the capabilities to charge at home, a factor which varies drastically based on location.   

The firm said the simple calculation or multiplier – revealed in a new white paper – can be used to calculate a staff-to-charge-point ratio that will be continually useful for growing businesses and can be easily updated as adoption rates increase.    

Using national averages, Daloop has also calculated an average UK ratio of 0.0016, or one per 1,000 employees at present. Using this formula with projected UK government data on EV adoption, it estimates that the necessary staff-to-charge-point ratio will reach 0.15 by 2035, or one per every six or seven employees.    

The work draws on Daloop’s decade-plus experience in managing the roll-out of charging networks across businesses and municipalities alike. Formerly known as GoWithFlow and financially backed by Galp Energia, it started off working with key organisations in Portugal and now develops and provide software and services that enable business around the world to decarbonise their fleets, whilst providing a ‘back-office’ to charge-point operators and e-mobility service providers alike.  

CEO Jane Hoffer said: “Fleet electrification can be a daunting journey for businesses to make, and it is important for those anxious about these changes to have the tools they need to estimate their need. This simple calculation will enable businesses to visualise the scale of their initial investments into EV infrastructure, pushing past any change anxiety with confidence. Our tagline ‘Mobility change for good’ champions sustainable mobility, and as EV adoption grows, it is essential that workplaces facilitate the transition and support their employee’s values.”     

Daloop’s white paper on the multiplier is available here, and this, alongside other experience-driven insights, will be launch later this summer in Daloop’s new e-book on ‘Change Anxiety’.