Fleet World June 2019

M O B I L I T Y
Welsh public sector urged
to ban grey fleet cars
Public bodies in Wales should end the use of grey fleet cars to cut emissions as
well as costs.
So says the Urban Mobility Partnership as it highlights that turning to leased
cars or car clubs could cut CO2 emissions from grey fleet journeys by 42% for the
44 public bodies in Wales.
Such a move would also save the four largest local authorities in
Wales (Rhondda Cynon Taf, Newport, Swansea and Cardiff) more than £2.8m a
year, according to the organisation at a briefing for Welsh ministers and
government officials on ways to cut congestion and improve air quality.
Held just days after the Welsh Government declared a ‘Climate Emergency’,
the specially convened summit also said that mobility credits and MaaS were the
answer to Wales’ transport problems.
The mobility credits would work in the form of a ‘Netflix-style’ app that could
be used for journeys using trains, buses, car clubs and bike hire, as already being
trialled in Manchester by Enterprise and Stagecoach and funded by Imove from
the European Union to provide transport on demand across a variety of modes to
Manchester Airport Group staff.
New Cenex-Connected Automated
Mobility event opens for registration
IN BRIEF
French ride-hailing app takes
fight to Uber in London
French ride-hailing service
Kapten has launched in
London to bring a ‘best
value’ rival to Uber.
Backed by Daimler and
BMW, the firm – formerly
known as Chauffeur-Privé – operates
across zones 1-5 in vehicles including
PHEVs and EVs and will offer ongoing low
pricing claimed to bring fares on average
20% cheaper than rivals.
Toyota invests in Faxi
Toyota Financial Services (TFS) has taken a
majority stake in London-based Faxi, to
capitalise on the firm’s ‘incentivised
carpooling’ to reduce single occupancy
vehicles, congestion and emissions.
The news follows the two companies'
work together since 2018 on the
development of a Toyota-branded
carpooling platform to offer such services
in Europe.
Visitors can now register for the firstever
Cenex-Connected Automated
Mobility event, which will spotlight
the latest mobility and connected/
autonomous vehicle (CAV)
developments when it takes place
on 4-5 September 2019.
Running alongside the Cenex-
LCV2019 low-carbon vehicle event
at Millbrook Proving Ground in
Bedfordshire, the Cenex-CAM event
– previously part of Cenex-LCV – will
have its own dedicated exhibition,
seminar hall and networking area in
line with a growing focus on CAVrelated
issues. Highlights include six
seminar sessions over the two days
in a 150+ seated seminar hall along
with test ride options.
By registering for Cenex-CAM,
visitors will also automatically be
registered for Cenex-LCV2019,
which includes a technology
exhibition, extensive seminar
programme and ride and drive
options for the latest R&D and
commercially available vehicles.
Robert Evans, CEO of Cenex, said:
“We are really pleased to open
visitor registration for the Cenex-
LCV and Cenex-Connected
Automated Mobility events. The
registration process includes the
opportunity for visitors to express
their areas of interest and this helps
us shape the balance of the
seminar content to best reflect our
visitors’ key areas of interest.”
New UK-wide ride-hailing app
A new app that enables
passengers to find
minicabs and taxicabs in
their area has launched
across the UK.
Operating across cities
and rural areas, the Xooox (pronounced
‘zooks’) app shows passengers local ridehailing
solutions based on a broad range
of criteria, including the cost of the fare,
type of cab, its emissions, ETA, boot
space, number of seats and whether the
vehicle is wheelchair accessible.
10,000
Number of reservations received
for Volkswagen's new ID.3 fully
electric hatchback less than 24
hours after pre-ordering opened.
Source: SMMT
Source: Volkswagen
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