Europcar Mobility Group UK has launched a new digital guide to electric motoring to help drivers make the shift to EVs.

Europcar’s Electric Vehicle Guide outlines the EVs on its rental fleet and includes Zapmap’s national charging locator

The first phase of the free Europcar Electric Vehicle Guide provides a digital ‘Showroom’, outlining the features and benefits of each electric vehicle in the Europcar fleet.

Europcar has embedded Zapmap’s national charger map into the EV Guide, making it the first major rental provider to partner with the charge point mapping service. Intended to reduce ‘range and charger anxiety’ for new as well as experienced EV drivers, the charging locator enables customers to find more than 40,000 charge points across the UK and Ireland to suit their charging needs, from rapid and destination charging to overnight charging.

The Zapmap app can also be downloaded, enabling drivers to access a journey planner and pay for charging sessions across multiple charge point providers.

An ICE vs EV cost comparator is also available, helping motorists see the immediate savings they can make by driving electric.

Mark Newberry, Europcar Mobility Group UK commercial director and sustainability spokesperson, said: “Electric vehicle charging remains one of the main roadblocks to motorists hiring or buying an EV. Yet our own ‘lived’ experiences at Europcar suggest that this simply does not need to be a concern. However, we know that there needs to be a big leap from myth to reality and we want electric vehicle rental to help cross that chasm.

“Europcar is, therefore, making a significant investment in tools designed to take the anxiety away from the EV experience. This includes the creation of our new free-to-access EV Guide, as well as our new partnership with Zapmap – the first in the UK rental space.”

The Europcar EV Guide is available here.