Technology specialist Lightfoot has signed a partnership with electric vehicle (EV) charging solution provider Drax Electric Vehicles to support fleet and facilities managers with their transition to electrification.
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.
Drax already provides comprehensive support to businesses transitioning to electric mobility, offering services that encompass planning, installing and managing charging infrastructure. The partnership with Lightfoot brings a new brand of telematics to its offering. With the integration of Lightfoot’s technology, Drax said it “can now bring an additional layer of intelligence to fleet and facilities managers”.
Drax also 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.
Lightfoot 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.
With Lightfoot devices installed, and through in-cab coaching, fleets typically see a 15% uplift in the average range of electric vehicles. As well as driver coaching and telematics data, drivers can sign up to competitions that reward efficient and safe driving.
Lightfoot’s CEO, Paul Hollick, said of the strategic partnership:
“We don’t just provide data; we provide solutions. Our technology ensures that fleets operate efficiently, safely, and sustainably.”
“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.”
“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:
“We’re already able to support organisations with planning, installing and managing their charging infrastructure investment.
“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.
“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.”
“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.”
Drax Electric Vehicles will be speaking at the upcoming Transport + Energy Fleet Electrification Forum on 9 July at Warwick Conferences. You can find out more about the event and speakers here.
