Flexible Power Systems (FPS) and Barron McCann have launched a joint partnership to provide support for van and truck fleets growing their EV operations.
The collaboration combines FPS’s fleet software expertise with Barron McCann’s engineering infrastructure to solve the major issue of keeping commercial electric vehicles on the road and chargers working during large-scale rollouts.
As commercial vehicle fleets transition from pilots to large-scale operations, fleet managers must navigate infrastructure availability, vehicle readiness, energy constraints, charging costs, route suitability, utilisation, reporting and return on investment, while continuing to meet customer service commitments and net zero objectives.
The FPS Operate platform integrates data from across the fleet ecosystem, including vehicles, chargers, buildings and operations, and combines this into real-time ‘control-tower’ views, automated analytics and alert services.
It also automatically optimises vehicle and task allocations, on-route charging stops and charging profiles to ensure assets are used efficiently.
The partnership means customers can plan deployments with greater confidence, manage vehicles and chargers in real time, improve utilisation, maintain charging infrastructure performance, reduce operational complexity and demonstrate measurable progress against cost, carbon and service objectives.
Michael Ayres, managing director at Flexible Power Systems, said, “As commercial EV deployments scale, fleet operators need to maintain performance, control costs and keep vehicles and chargers available.
“Our partnership with Barron McCann combines FPS’s transition and real-time management software with best-in-class front-line support and charger uptime services, helping customers operate EV fleets with confidence.”
Steve Slater, head of electrical and EV at Barron McCann, said, “Fleet electrification creates major opportunities, but success depends on reliable infrastructure, responsive support and practical operational expertise.
“By partnering with FPS, we can offer customers a joined-up solution that helps them transition, scale and operate EV fleets reliably.”
