LeasePlan Corporation N.V. announced today in New York that it will become a founding partner of EV100, a new major global transport initiative designed to fast-track the uptake of electric vehicles among corporate companies. LeasePlan also announced that it will transition its own employee fleet to electric cars – the first major fleet management company to do so.

EV100, a new global business initiative designed to fast-track the uptake of electric vehicles (EV) and infrastructure, has been launched by The Climate Group in New York today as business and government leaders gather for Climate Week NYC. This is the only initiative of its kind to encourage global business commitments on electric transport, with members committing to transition their petrol and diesel fleets to electric vehicle fleets by 2030.

LeasePlan is one of the ten founding partners of EV100. Other EV100 partners are Unilever, Baidu, IKEA Group, HP Inc., Vattenfall, PG&E, Deutsche Post DHL and Metro AG. LeasePlan is the only automotive company to join the initiative.

CEO Tex Gunning said, “Electric vehicles are What’s next. We’re therefore delighted to become a founding partner of the EV100 initiative and to work with some of the world’s largest companies on speeding up and facilitating the switch to electric mobility. Together, we can have a significant impact: over half the cars on the road today belong to companies.
"We’re also very proud to announce that LeasePlan’s own employee fleet will be going electric, making us the first major leasing company to make the switch. Our ambition is to have all our employees driving electric cars by 2021. We encourage other companies to do the same: making the transition to an electric fleet is one of the easiest ways for businesses to lower their emissions and to help tackle climate change. LeasePlan is fully committed to facilitating other companies who would like to make that shift.”

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