Ford Pro™, the commercial division of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), has introduced new digital tools—including E-Switch Assist—to help integrate electric vans and trucks into fleets in a way that best meets business objectives and gets the job done.
The first step towards commercial electrification is figuring out which vehicles in a fleet are ready to make the transition. In a survey of fleet operators who have integrated electric vehicles (EVs), gas and diesel vehicles still make up 58% of their fleet on average, and hybrid vehicles make up almost 20%.1 Ford Pro E-Switch Assist helps business and government customers determine if they’re ready to add electric vans and trucks to their fleet—like the E-Transit van and F-150 Lightning pickup—and can help identify which areas in the fleet are ideal for switching. This complimentary web-based tool is now available in the U.S., UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Norway, and the Netherlands.
E-Switch Assist uses advanced algorithms developed by the Ford Pro data science team to analyze connected vehicle data to compare the energy consumption of gas-powered vehicles with the estimated energy needs of comparable electric vehicles, recommending which gas-powered vehicles are suitable to switch. The tool accounts for distance driven, cargo load, vehicle efficiency, terrain, driver-specific behavior, external climate, and cabin heating load. The tool also estimates the required number of daily charges for both individual vehicles and fleets of all sizes.
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