CBVC Vehicle Management has supplied 11 electric vans and an electric pool car to Norfolk’s Holkham Estate, as the business looks to reduce its environmental impact.
The new fleet of Toyota Proace City EV vans will be used for daily maintenance operations by the Holkham Property Company team at the 25,000-acre estate in North Norfolk, close to Wells-next-the-Sea.
This provision of the new electric vans builds on an existing partnership between Holkham and CBVC.
The business said the switch to eLCVs powered by renewable energy to cover its annual 55,000 miles will save 17.4 tonnes of CO2e each year.
Holkham and CBVC explored several electric van options to make sure that they were the right vehicles to meet the fleet’s requirements.
Luke Tyce, finance director at Holkham, said, “Moving to electric vans across the Holkham Property Company fleet is a key project to deliver our ambition to be a carbon-negative estate by 2040.
“Our carbon audits identified that 55% of Holkham Property Company’s direct emissions came from the diesel fleet so transitioning to electric was an excellent way to decarbonise this business.
“The Toyota vans were found to be ideal for our maintenance team being quiet, easy to drive and importantly a cost-neutral alternative.”
Mike Manners, managing director at CBVC Vehicle Management, said, “The Toyota eLCVs are perfectly suited to the estate’s requirements, offering an acceptable range and the ability to charge with renewable electricity.
“With the minimal maintenance profile of electric vehicles, the ongoing operating cost is very low, particularly in light of what has happened to diesel prices.
“Holkham vans operate within the estate and do a low mileage, so we looked at options that would allow them to be kept beyond a traditional lease period.”
