Mitie Reaches 3500 Electric Vehicles On Fleet

FACILITIES management company Mitie has reached a major milestone on its electric transition: 50% of its fleet is now electric.

That means 3500 vehicles are now juiced up by electric making it one of the largest electric fleets in the UK.

What’s the driver behind this electric transition at Mitie?

The EV deployment is part of Mitie’s wider Plan Zero pledge. This includes a commitment to fully electrifying its fleet by the end of 2025. 

The EV transition started in 2018 and has progressed at pace, with the company celebrating EV number 3000 last December. Just last month, Mitie deployed 60 EVs across some of its major contracts including Magnox, where EVs are used by engineers conducting essential maintenance services to critical nuclear infrastructure.

Electric Vivaro van pushes Mitie to 50%

The 50% electric vehicle milestone was reached with a fleet of Vauxhall Vivaro-E vans which will be driven by Mitie’s Technical Services mobile engineers.

EVs continue to play a major role in not only Mitie’s own net zero ambitions, but also in its Decarbonisation Delivered initiative. As part of this approach, Mitie says it recently supported the Defence Infrastructure Organisation in securing 20 EVs at its Gibraltar site. 

Other examples include the roll-out of over 100 EV vans across major contracts including the Home Office and National Grid. 

To support the rapid growth of its EV fleet, Mitie has also installed 2,800 EV charging stations across customer sites and colleagues’ homes.