Fleet Assist growth driven by electric vehicle demand
Fleet Assist has added more than 300 mobile services units to its network in the first six months of the year.
The company now operates a nationwide network of 900 vehicles and technicians and is predicting the number will grow to more than 1,200 by the end of the year.
This is in addition to the managed network of 9,300 service points which Fleet Assist runs to manage its customer fleet of more than 1.5 million vehicles.
It attributes continued growth to the rise of electric vehicles, with electric vehicle jobs rising from 0.3% of its total to 2022 to 21.3% so far this year, while electric light commercial jobs have increased from 2.3% to 7.5% across the same period.
The fewer working parts in an EV has certainly helped accelerate the viability of mobile service units in recent years with Fleet Assist’s electric car jobs rising from 0.3% in 2022 to 21.3% in 2026, while eLCVs rose from 2.3% to 7.5% in the same period.
Mobile servicing
Nikos Kotrozos, Fleet Assist supply chain director, said: “The popularity and viability of mobile servicing within our customer base has been helped by the growth of EVs which typically have fewer parts and take less time to service than ICE vehicles. More customer work direction policies are advising that their driver’s SMR needs can be managed by a mobile service unit which is why we are continuing to expand our fleet.
“Obviously the bigger more complex SMR jobs or where the vehicle is not at a suitable location will be sent to a garage, but such is the demand that many garages are investing in putting their own mobile service vehicles on the road to expand their aftersales businesses.”
