Leading the charge on electrifying our van fleet by 2030
25th January 2022
We rely on our fleet of 9,000 vans to reach our customers and keep their homes and businesses running smoothly. But with so many vans on UK roads, we felt like it was important to do everything we could to lower our emissions. That’s why, since 2020, we’ve ordered 3,000 new fully-electric Vauxhall Vivaro-e vans. It’s the largest commercial EV order in the UK and is a big part of our mission to drive down our carbon footprint and do our bit for the environment.
By switching our fleet over to EVs, we can cut our carbon emissions by around 75% – improving air quality and massively reducing our carbon footprint overall as a business. We’ve already clocked up nearly 3 million electric miles so far, and we’re aiming to buy more EVs as soon as they’re available.
Our target to cut annual emission reduction targets for our fleet has helped us cut emissions by over 40% in the last five years. And our goal is to completely electrify the British Gas fleet by 2030 – that’s five years earlier than the UK’s ban on internal combustion engines. So we’ll be placing more orders with our friends at Vauxhall as soon as they’re off the assembly line.