Europcar highlights sustainability landmarks in new report

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Europcar Mobility Group UK has published a new report to showcase key landmarks in its sustainability journey.

The report features insights on Europcar’s own sustainability journey, and how it is helping businesses reduce their fleet emissions

The ‘Plugged into Sustainability’ guide reveals how the mobility giant is helping businesses and private motorists make the transition to zero emissions mobility while also taking its own sustainability leaps.

Key landmarks revealed in the report include:

  • Europcar customers drove more than 3.5 million EV miles in 2023
  • 50,000 more EV rental days were driven year on year
  • 5% of Europcar’s corporate customers have access to EVs
  • 12% of the rental fleet was battery electric (BEV) or plug-in hybrid (PHEV) by the end of 2023 – a year-on-year increase of 379%
  • Over 25% of delivery & collection journeys use electric cars and bikes

Mark Newberry, commercial director & sustainability spokesperson at Europcar Mobility Group UK, said: “We are committed to helping businesses and private motorists make the change from ICE to electric, through innovative tech-based solutions, electrification across our network, and a growing range of low and zero emission vehicles.

“And we do not just ‘talk the talk’, we also ‘walk the walk’, with our rental fleet increasingly electrified as well as the integration of EVs into our own operations, such as for our Delivery & Collection service.”

Europcar’s electrified fleet now comprises a wide range of models, available to rent for a few days, weeks, months or more. And CO2 emissions on its company car vehicles are down 85% compared with the legacy fleet.

“Moving a business to a zero emissions strategy requires clear thinking, detailed planning and a hands-on real-world experience,” added Mark Newberry. “Our carefully designed EV solutions are future-proofing the whole mobility process and already support many organisations as well as private motorists on their sustainability journeys.”

The full report, ‘Plugged into Sustainability’, is available to download here.

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Natalie Middleton

Natalie has worked as a fleet journalist for over 20 years, previously as assistant editor on the former Company Car magazine before joining Fleet World in 2006. Prior to this, she worked on a range of B2B titles, including Insurance Age and Insurance Day. Natalie edits all the Fleet World websites and newsletters, and loves to hear about any latest industry news - or gossip.