How your business can benefit with electric vehicle charging stations

While electric vehicles (EVs) are still a small portion of the overall car market, this is changing. In New Zealand, the use of EVs is constantly on the rise. An increasing number of businesses are installing charging stations for their employees’ EVs, and also for business fleet vehicles. If you’re considering installing an electric vehicle charging station, but you’re not sure of the benefits, this article should help you out.

What is an electric vehicle charging station for businesses?

An electric vehicle charging station is a device that you can install at your business to provide electricity to vehicles. They’re usually installed in parking lots or garages and are used for fleet vehicles or even your employee’s personal cars. In some cases, businesses also choose to make electric vehicle charging stations available to customers as an added incentive.

Benefits of electric vehicle charging stations for your business

Electric vehicle charging stations are a great way to reduce your carbon footprint, save energy and fuel costs, position your business as a sustainable enterprise and boost employee satisfaction. Let’s take a more detailed look at how these stations can help your business.

Energy and fuel savings
The amount of money you can save by installing an electric vehicle charging station is dependent on how much use you get from it. To get maximum value, you would ideally have electric business vehicles that can charge during the day while you’re at work.

Of course, there is a cost for the electricity you use, but it absolutely pales in comparison to the cost of filling up a car with petrol. With that being said, if you have also installed solar panels at your business, there is potential for your electric vehicle charging station to be run completely on solar. This in effect makes it free to charge electric vehicles during the day.

Position yourself as a sustainable business
The benefits of electric vehicle charging stations are numerous, but one is that they can help you position your business as sustainable. This is important because it will help attract new customers who want to do business with companies that align with their values and beliefs. In addition to attracting new customers, this will also make it easier for existing customers to come back to your location again and again.

However, it’s not all about positive, sustainable branding. You can even allow customers to charge their electric vehicles on your premises. So, while they’re inside shopping or conducting business with you, they can charge their car too. It’s a great incentive to keep people coming back.

Reduce your carbon footprint
Reducing your carbon footprint is not just good for the environment; it’s also good for your business.
By installing EV charging stations, you’ll be able to:

• Reduce your fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90%.
• Increase employee satisfaction with a greener workplace.
• Improve employee productivity by providing them with more opportunities to charge their EVs while they work (and by making it easier for them to commute).

We’re at a stage in history where environmental factors are a major concern. So, reducing your carbon footprint goes a long way to helping our planet.

Employee satisfaction
If your employees don’t have to worry about fuel costs and if they feel valued by their employer who has provided them with an electric vehicle charging station at work, they’ll be more loyal and want to work for your company for longer than if you’d just given them the standard parking spaces that everyone else gets.

Employee satisfaction is a huge factor in engagement and productivity. So, if your employees love the fact that they can charge their EV while at work, it’s just another way of improving employee engagement. But it’s not just about the staff you have. Attracting top talent to your business is difficult at the best of times. So, if the best people value your sustainability efforts, they’re more likely to want to work for you.

Looking for electric vehicle charging stations in New Zealand?

RCR is your leading provider of electric vehicle charging stations. We work with businesses and individuals to ensure your EV charging needs are met. So, whether you just want a simple EV charging station to handle your staff vehicles, or if you’d like to install multiple outlets to attract customers, we can help. There’s no job too big or too small, and we’ve got the experience to recommend the very best solutions for your particular needs. Contact us today to find out how we can help.