Technology specialist Lightfoot has partnered with EV charging solutions provider Drax Electric Vehicles to support fleet and facilities managers with the transition to electric vehicles.

Drax already provides comprehensive support to businesses transitioning to electric mobility, offering services spanning planning, installing and managing charging infrastructure.

The partnership with Lightfoot brings a new brand of telematics to Drax’s offering, delivering an additional layer of intelligence to fleet and facilities managers.

By installing Lightfoot’s open-platform telematics technology into vehicles, Drax customers will receive advanced data insights about usage, driver behaviour and vehicle status, allowing them to optimise fleet performance, efficiency and sustainability.

Lightfoot’s CEO, Paul Hollick, said: “Our technology provides next-generation data to fleets to help them better run their businesses. Our solution helps businesses with the shift from internal combustion (ICE) vehicles to EVs – ensuring that when they make the investment, they have access to crucial data on hardware, fleet vehicles and drivers.”

Thanks to their in-cab coaching, Lightfoot’s devices typically enable fleets to increase the average range of electric vehicles by 15%. As well as driver coaching and telematics data, drivers can sign up to competitions that reward efficient and safe driving.

Lightfoot also generates more than a billion miles’ worth of data every year, allowing firms to understand which drivers and vehicles could make the switch to electric immediately, and which might need more time and planning.

“This is where the collaboration with Drax is extremely exciting,” said Hollick. “Drax provides a fleet with a detailed roadmap for electrification, and overlaying our data from the operational vehicles will provide the full picture. Businesses can electrify with complete confidence that the investment in infrastructure, vehicles and support will be successful.”

Naomi Nye, head of sales at Drax, said the partnership would help to speed up the pace at which many fleets transition to electric while also delivering cost savings too.

“We’re already able to support organisations with planning, installing and managing their charging infrastructure investment,” she went on.

“We can now also recommend Lightfoot’s advanced fleet management solution to fleet and facilities managers. Lightfoot’s open-platform telematics technology provides the evidence organisations need to kick-start electrification – and the insights they’ll need to optimise fuel and cost-saving efficiencies.”

The partnership brings tangible benefits to both companies and their customers. With Drax’s expanding customer base, Lightfoot gains an opportunity to reach an even broader audience with its technology.

Paul Hollick said that 85% of businesses trialling Lightfoot devices become long-term Lightfoot customers.

“We are confident that Drax customers will find immense value in our solution, further strengthening the case for EV adoption and fleet efficiency,” he went on.

Drax offers customers access to its My Electric Vehicles portal, which integrates with Lightfoot in-cab devices to provide actionable insights. This allows fleet managers to analyse key data such as journey mileages, travel patterns, and vehicle idling and dwell periods. By using this intelligence, businesses can make data-driven decisions regarding fleet electrification and infrastructure investment.

“We don’t just provide data; we provide solutions,” explained Hollick. “Our technology ensures that fleets operate efficiently, safely and sustainably.”

Naomi Nye added: “By installing Lightfoot devices in their vehicles, Drax customers gain a new way to unlock driving insights – enhancing the telematics capabilities they already benefit from, and enabling fleet-efficiency optimisation while cutting costs. This is a partnership that offers fleets every tool they need to electrify.”