Energy and technology solutions company ECL Group has developed a commercial EV fleet management service via its OpenLoop charging platform for Custom Fleet, to service current and new customers transitioning to electric fleets.
OpenLoop’s smart technology makes it the ideal ecosystem for existing and new EV users, a huge benefit in the fleet management market which is rapidly transitioning to EVs, ECL Group chief executive Vivek Rajendran says.
“With OpenLoop we can customise the offering for each client or even individual user within a large fleet, giving endless options for personalised offerings and customisation,” he explains.
“We can develop consolidated reporting per client, one view dashboard analysis, carbon emissions reporting, vehicle and RFID card management and, permissions management for private charge points. This also includes a connected-residential EV charging service for commercial fleets to enable staff members to charge at home.”
ECL has developed an automated digital service that integrates with Custom Fleet’s fleet management system which makes EV management a breeze, with the touch of a button, Rajendran says.
“There are more and more reasons to switch to e-mobility as smart tech makes it both a sustainability and business efficiency choice.”
With the power of an intelligent cloud platform, OpenLoop provides greater flexibility and cost effectiveness, greatly reducing management time for large vehicle fleets, Rajendran adds.
Custom Fleet’s mobility and strategic partnerships director Leonard Tham says the company provides EV fleet services to government agencies and corporates throughout Australasia, with e-mobility a growing opportunity for the company.
“We’re finding there is increasing demand from our large enterprise and government customers to provide electric vehicle fleets and charging options,” he says.
“We’ve partnered with ECL Group due to their ability to design a flexible and customised service for our electric vehicle charger fleets using their OpenLoop ecosystem.
“To date, they’ve connected more than 120 charge points, and growing, for our customers spanning the length and breadth of New Zealand.”
The announcement follows on from ECL Group’s partnership agreement with industry leader ABB to offer its full range of EV charging products.
“We’re going from strength to strength as the market for full service e-mobility solutions expands and we work towards New Zealand’s net zero emissions goal by 2050,” Rajendran says.
ECL Group’s majority shareholder is energy and technology company Counties Energy, which purchased the company in 2019.
