Fleet

30-van depot. 6-month payback on fuel alone.

Last-mile delivery operator, 30-van depot

Manchester outskirts

Case Study

Fleet

THE BRIEF

Transition 30 diesel Transit vans to electric over 18 months. Build depot infrastructure to charge them overnight. Maximise grant funding. Avoid the DNO reinforcement quote nobody can predict until you ask.

THE SOLUTION

Turnkey 30-socket depot install with full Depot Charging Scheme grant capture and a Flexible Connection that sidestepped a six-figure transformer upgrade.

1
15 × 22kW twin AC chargers (30 sockets)
2
DNO G99 application with Flexible Connection agreement
3
Civils, switchgear, transformer upgrade
4
OCPP 2.0.1 back-office integration
5
Depot Charging Scheme grant application (70%, capped £1m)
6
100% First-Year Allowance capital allowance claim

THE NUMBERS

Gross Capex
£180,000
Grant Received
£126,000
Net Capex
£40,500
Annual Saving
£88,000
Payback
6 months

THE IMPACT

£88K
annual fuel saving vs diesel
£40.5K
effective net capex after grant + tax
<6 months
payback from fuel savings alone

"We expected the chargers to pay for themselves over five years. The grant team got the maths down to under six months. The board approved it in one meeting."

— Head of Fleet, last-mile delivery operator

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