Schneider Electric commits to electrifying its service vehicle fleet in Singapore

Schneider Electric (SE) and SP Group (SP) have partnered to fully electrify SE’s service fleet in Singapore.

SE’s 25 service vehicles will be able to access SP’s nationwide network of electric vehicle (EV) charging points. SP will fully support SE’s charging needs for at least the next two years. SE is the first corporate partner outside of the public transport sector to be using SP’s nationwide EV charging network.

SE intends to convert 10 of its vehicles into EVs by June 2020 and fully electrify its fleet by 2021. Damien Dhellemmes, Country President of Schneider Electric Singapore said: “Going green is a deliberate decision. After greening our regional headquarters in Singapore, our next step is to electrify our fleet.

"This is only possible if we have an accessible and wide enough charging network so that our service vehicles can be green and still serve our customers efficiently. SP’s nationwide network gives us the impetus to make this decision.”

SP currently operates Singapore’s largest and fastest public EV charging network with more than 200 charging points across the island. It is targeting 1,000 EV charging points by end of 2020, of which 250 will be high-speed DC (direct current) chargers that can deliver a full charge in 30 minutes.

Goh Chee Kiong, Head of Strategic Development, SP Group, said: “SP has built up deep capabilities in electric vehicle charging and usage over the years which we have harnessed for our nationwide public EV charging network. We are pleased to have Schneider Electric as our first corporate partner outside of the public transport sector and are confident this will provide a model for many other corporates to electrify their own fleet vehicles.”

SP has partnerships with Grab and HDT Singapore Taxi to support the charging needs of their EV fleets.