Visa has selected Rightcharge to join its Ready for Fleet programme as Visa’s only home charging reimbursement provider in Europe.
The move aims to ensure a solution to public charging payment and and home charging reimbursement in one solution.
Data from Rightcharge’s fleet platform shows that 27% of EV fleet charging sessions happen on the public network with 73% at home. Total charging spend is 43% of total cost at home while 57% was on the public network.
Visa covers the public side of charging through Visa Fleet 2.0, its open-loop payment infrastructure for fleet and mobility.
Rightcharge covers the domestic side with their platform that calculates the exact cost of every home session and pays drivers back automatically to their energy bill.
For fleet managers, the move means “accurate reimbursement for every home session and real-time visibility across the fleet”, and for drivers, it means “no out-of-pocket costs and no expense claims, wherever they charge”, it said.
Rightcharge’s position in Visa’s partner directory makes it “straightforward for fleet issuers and mobility providers to add home reimbursement to their existing fleet services”, it concluded.
Freddie Winterbotham, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Rightcharge, said:
“We’re witnessing a rapid transition across Europe as fleets move from diesel to electric. The technology that fleets use to pay is transitioning with it.
“We realise that Visa will play a major role as a public charging payment platform and we’re proud to offer fleet suppliers the Rightcharge platform in parallel to manage payments for charging at home.
“Joining Visa Ready for Fleet also gives us the opportunity to work with a broader ecosystem of fleet, payments and mobility partners, supporting our ambitions to expand our reach across Europe.”
Neil Halls, Head of Fleet & Mobility at Visa, said:
“Through the Visa Ready for Fleet programme, we’re building a network of partners who can offer a comprehensive range of solutions tailored to our fleet and mobility clients.
“Rightcharge’s expertise in home charging reimbursement fills a critical gap in the ecosystem. We look forward to working together to help more UK fleets make the move to electric with confidence.”
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