The Fleet Business Unit was created one year ago with the acquisition of fleet tool development specialist TCOPlus, an expert in consolidated fleet reporting and TCO forecast solutions, and its sister company, international fleet consultancy FleetVision. Both businesses are based in Belgium and now operate within the unit alongside Fleet Logistics, TÜV SÜD’s European fleet management provider.

To commemorate the anniversary, TCOPlus is making its new generation GreenCube 2020 available free of charge for 12 months to any fleet operator that signs up to take the global fleet reporting solution, FleetCube, before the end of September this year.

The anniversary offer is linked to the landmark year, 2020, when the EU’s next CO2 benchmark of 95g/km needs to be reached by all European car manufacturers as an average measurement across their entire model range.

In recognition of this, TCOPlus has now developed a new version of its CO2 measurement solution, GreenCube, called GreenCube2020. This latest solution allows fleet operators to model a host of ‘what if’ scenarios to ensure that their fleets comply in plenty of time with the 2020 CO2 benchmark, looking at the effect on taxation of switching the fleet to low carbon dioxide models or alternative power trains, and assessing how many of each, including hybrids and EVs, may be required to reach the 95g/km limit across the corporate fleet.

The anniversary offer is linked to FleetCube, TCOPlus’ mainstream tool for global data consolidation and reporting. Once uploaded into FleetCube, the outcome can then be ‘sliced and diced’ into whatever segments the fleet decision-maker requires, so that inter-country or even inter-continent fleet comparisons are simple and without huge amounts of effort.

The information is intended to make negotiations with vehicle manufacturers over issues such as volume rebates and bonuses far more straightforward and with far greater transparency than was previously achievable, as well as helping achieve efficiencies in acquisition costs.

TCOPlus director, Bart Vanham said: “The return on investment from the use of GreenCube 2020 will more than pay for the use of the FleetCube global reporting tool for 12 months for the typical international fleet.”

Hans Damen, co-director of TCOPlus, added: “FleetCube in its own right is extremely valuable for the international fleet decision maker. In a marketplace where globalisation is more and more apparent, understanding where your fleet is in meeting your KPI's becomes more complex with multiple suppliers, supply chains, regions, countries, divisions and legal entities. Your data is scattered to say the least.

“FleetCube allows international fleet decision makers to gain insight into their consolidated international fleet data and information in a few mouse clicks, providing immediate insight into fleet performance and programme compliance while bringing unmatched global fleet intelligence and translating identified trends into transparent and clear cut actionable strategic decisions and execution,” he concluded.