To achieve their goal of reaching Net Zero by 2030, TSB require a fully electric fleet by 2026. To help them achieve this, Lex Autolease delivered a holistic view of their existing fleet management system and advised on ways to improve it. The result? A tailored green car policy that helped increase awareness and improve uptake of electric vehicles (EV) among employees.

An important part of TSB’s business strategy is their ‘Do What Matters’ plan, as part of which TSB aim to reduce their impact on the environment while helping customers and partners do the same.

But three challenges stood in the way of TSB achieving an EV-only car fleet by 2026:

• Low EV adoption: just 6% of TSB's existing fleet were EVs
• Lack of choice & awareness: employees didn’t have access to, or sight of the vehicles available to them
• High CO2 emissions: Average of 121g CO2/km for their existing fleet and 113g CO2/km on their order bank

Working in partnership with TSB, Lex Autolease delivered a robust, adaptable, and efficient fleet management system that aligned with TSB’s Net Zero goal. This included revamping their existing car policy to include electric vehicles. Together the teams implemented the following actions:

• Moving TSB to a Whole Life Cost policy so they could see the total cost of each car in their fleet
• Increasing the choice of vehicles employees could select from, including more varieties of EVs
• Educating TSB employees on the benefits of owning an EV and aiming to remove any potential barriers people had – via virtual roadshows
• Allowing TSB employees with petrol/diesel cars to switch to an electric, if they were in the last 12 months of their contract
• Increasing the Private Usage Contribution (PUC) for EVs due to lower benefit in kind tax (BIK)

The customer journey for a TSB employee was made easier, more seamless and self-sufficient. TSB have now removed Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) from the policy meaning eligible employees can exclusively order Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV). As a result, over an 18-month period, TSB achieved the following outcomes:

• 97% of all orders place were full EV
• 80% of the fleet are electric, up from 6% in 2021
• 86% increase in TSB’s fleet (from 160 to 297 vehicles)
• 99.1% reduction in the average CO2/km for vehicles on TSB’s order bank
  
• 84 existing drivers swapped from ICE to EV