EV Suitability Assessment (EVSA)
A personalised fleet electrification blueprint based on performance requirements, vehicle preference and charging availability.
Go electric with confidence
EVSA offers a tailored roadmap to electrify your fleet, driven by real-world data. Identify the perfect EV candidates, create solid financial forecasts, and effortlessly choose the right EVs from local markets. Our comprehensive solution helps fleets reduce emissions, find cost savings, and ensure performance excellence, making fleet electrification a breeze.
- Identify electrification candidates with real-world driving data, preferences and charging availability.
- Get reliable financial forecasts and comparisons to build an electrification business case.
- Save time finding EV replacements with local market best-fit model recommendations.
Electrification options for any fleet scenario
EV options for depot-first charging
Get EV recommendations based on depot-charging availability.
If you manage a delivery or service fleet and find that stopping for charging during deliveries is costly, our customised recommendations focus on prioritising electrification at your primary dwell locations. This ensures your vehicles can efficiently charge when needed.
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Increase electrification potential
Extend range and time-away from depot when on-route charging is an option.
If you oversee an urban municipal fleet and have easy access to public charging, your fleet's on-route charging capability becomes a valuable asset. This feature is particularly beneficial when your vehicles don't always return to primary or secondary charging spots or when you need to extend their range for specific trips.
Decentralised electrification
Maximise electrification potential and reduce reliance on primary charging locations.
If your fleet operates in an area with accessible public charging and your vehicles don't return to a central hub daily, like street-level parking for your sales team, our recommendations are tailored to your specific needs. We consider multiple dwell locations and charging options, reducing your reliance on centralised charging infrastructure.
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Say goodbye to EV guesswork
Performance requirements
Accurate EV recommendations from real-world driving data.
- Ensure EVs work in all conditions; battery performance in extreme weather.
- Get the right vehicle recommendation based on charging availability and use.
- Results from real-world EV performance data in thousands of trips.
Charge Viability
Tailored to your use-case of charging availability, and EV state-of-charge.
- Choose up to 20 primary charging zones: workplaces, depots, offices, drivers' homes.
- Estimate state-of-charge based on past trips, stops, and charging availability.
- Set on-route charging preferences for frequency per month or none.
Total cost of ownership
Get reliable financial forecasts to build an electrification business case.
- Explore various scenarios for the best electrification strategy.
- Get cost-savings potential and total cost of EV ownership projections.
- Do an in-depth analysis by exporting simulation data.
Vehicle selection
Save time researching EV models with in-market recommendations.
- Simplify EV research by focusing on recommendations.
- Discover available and upcoming local-market EVs for informed choices.
- Confirm vehicle range and capability with matches to current fuel vehicles.
Environmental impact
Understand your potential avoided CO2 emissions based on electrification scenarios.
- Calculate your fleet's potential CO2 emissions reduction.
- Estimate your fleet's fuel consumption savings when transitioning to EVs.
- Emission data is sourced from EPA and WLTP ratings.
Case study
Enterprise Fleet Management: Uncovering the potential of fleet electrification
Commonly asked EVSA questions
What is an Electric Vehicle Suitability Assessment?
An Electric Vehicle Suitability Assessment (EVSA) provides an electrification recommendation based on your fleet's unique needs. Geotab’s EVSA analyses your fleet’s telematics data to create an EV adoption recommendation based on each vehicle’s distinctive driving patterns, taking into consideration range capability and total cost of ownership. It uses real-world EV performance data to determine which vehicles in your fleet have a suitable EV replacement, while highlighting the financial and environmental impact of making the switch.
What is the role of telematics in an EVSA?
Telematics is a key component in determining a fleet's electrification potential via an EV Suitability Assessment (EVSA). Before doing an EVSA, Geotab's telematics device records the driving patterns of the fleet's petrol and diesel vehicles to use as a basis for the assessment. During an EVSA, Geotab taps into telematics data to compare which EV models can best service the fleet's range requirements. The EVSA leverages:
- the largest set of real-world EV performance data
- ratings from the EPA and WLTP on upcoming EV models, and
- data on speed, trip patterns (e.g. idling) and environmental factors like localised ambient temperature for increased accuracy.
What are the benefits of an Electric Vehicle Suitability Assessment?
A key benefit of an Electric Vehicle Suitability Assessment is that it can save fleet managers time by making it easy to pinpoint fleet vehicles that can be replaced by an equivalent EV based on their function and range requirements. The EVSA compares EVs based on factors such as:
• Total cost of ownership (includes retail price, maintenance costs, fuel/electricity costs and other expenses)
• EV type (Battery Electric vs. Plug-in Hybrid)
• Vehicle class
• Range
• Local availability
What does EVSA mean?
Electric Vehicle Suitability Assessment (EVSA) is a Geotab Marketplace solution developed to help fleet managers identify which vehicles are best suited to be replaced by electric fleet vehicles.
EVSA analyses the driving data of the vehicles in the fleet and recommends replacement when two conditions are met:
- There is an electric vehicle replacement that is sufficiently autonomous to perform the required driving cycle without needing to be charged during the day.
- The life cycle cost of the electric vehicle is lower than that of an equivalent non-electric vehicle.
What is an electric vehicle adoption report?
An electric vehicle adoption report (EVSA) provides an accurate understanding of which fleet vehicles could be replaced by electric vehicles. This analysis covers the type of vehicle and its autonomy level, and the cost savings of a change.
Which vehicles can be replaced by electric vehicles?
Many fleet vehicles can be replaced by electric vehicles, but the first step to making a well-informed investment in electric vehicles is to identify the needs within your fleet and seek out the vehicles that will best address that need. Understanding the driving patterns of your fleet and how to maximise operational efficiency can provide the extra clarity that is needed for a switch to electric vehicles. Using telematics data to identify existing driving profiles can be a helpful starting point for deciding whether to switch to electric vehicles.
How long does it take to convert to an electric vehicle fleet?
There is no fixed timeline for a switch to electric vehicles. Each fleet carries out different operations and has its own challenges when it comes to embracing electric vehicles. If you are developing a timeline for electrifying your fleet, it is therefore important to build a picture of the needs within the fleet, your goals and your budget.
What types of electric vehicle are compatible with the Geotab tracking device?
Geotab currently supports more than 200 brands and models of electrical vehicle. Check our reference sheet for a complete list of the electric vehicle brands/models supported.