Cennex reports findings of electric car trial

One of the key findings of the ’Smart Move’ trial was that 72 per cent of the 264 participants stated after the trial that they would be happy to use an electric vehicle as their regular car.

The trial’s main objective was to study the integration of electric vehicles into fleets, with an emphasis on the efficiency and performance of the vehicles. 10 organisations took part, integrating one to four electric two-seater passenger cars into their fleets and allowing qualitative and quantitative data to be collected.

After the trial, 88 per cent of fleet managers felt more positive about incorporating electric vehicles into fleets, despite a lack of public charging infrastructure, and 58 per cent of fleet users felt generally more positive about the electric vehicles.

Anxieties over the range of the vehilces mean that 93 per cent of the journeys started with over 50 per cent battery charge and that maximum journey length was only 25 per cent of the typical vehicle range capability.