Cofely – zero emission shared company cars
Objective
- Offer a zero-emission solution to 50 technicians with high requirements for vehicle range, use and reliability.
Approach
- Identified best opportunity for success
- 50 vehicle fleet
- Regular fueling at depot (2-3 times a week)
- Local fueling options also available
- Chose a high-range vehicle
- Renault Kangoo ZE hydrogen – battery electric equipped with hydrogen fuel cell range extender
- Developed a green hydrogen refueling solution
- Station capacity started at 20 kg/day, expanded to 80kg/day within one year
Challenges
- Driver (technician) familiarity
- Speedy resolution of the first technical problems
- Refuel station availability
Key lessons and tips
- Drivers quickly understood the deployment as a concrete action for the company’s energy transition
- New vehicle drive ease and comfort
- Reducing response time of technical problems is key
- More refuelling infrastructure needed to scale hydrogen mobility
Outcomes
- Drivers were proud to participate in the project and first technical problems did not affect morale
- Drivers became ambassadors of zero-emission mobility to customers
- Reduced carbon dioxide emissions, positively impacting the carbon footprint of the company
