The Urban Fleet & Infrastructure Theatre helps operators decide how to keep urban fleets productive, reliable and safe while managing electrification and rising operating costs. Covering delivery, service and business-to-business fleets, it examines which routes and vehicles suit electrification, how to secure workable charging and how to assess total cost of ownership. Visitors can also learn how routing, telematics and maintenance decisions improve utilisation and uptime. These practical questions connect directly with vehicle, charging, energy and fleet technology providers across the exhibition, helping buyers evaluate investments against the demands of daily operations.

Urban Fleet & Infrastructure Theatre Agenda

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10:00
    • How payload, mileage, dwell time and dependable charging identify routes ready for electric vehicles
    • Where electric and existing vehicles need to work together while replacement cycles and infrastructure catch up
    • The operating evidence that supports the next stage of rollout, including driver preparation and service reliability
10:20
    • Compare buying and leasing using total cost of ownership (TCO), including charging, insurance, maintenance and downtime
    • Why utilisation, electricity prices, battery condition and residual values can change the preferred option
    • How funding and service agreements allocate risk between the fleet, financier and infrastructure provider
10:40
    • How payload, load volume, stop patterns and auxiliary equipment should shape the vehicle specification
    • What refrigeration, bodywork and handling equipment do to usable capacity and range on a real round
    • Build a vehicle trial around real payloads, auxiliary equipment, seasonal conditions and charging constraints before committing to a fleet order
11:00
    • What battery-health evidence, service history and remaining warranty reveal about a vehicle’s useful working life
    • How to test real-route range and charging compatibility before committing to a second-hand fleet
    • Where refurbishment, battery repair or replacement and resale assumptions change the full cost compared with a new vehicle
11:20
    • How an urban truck route changes when refrigeration, tail-lifts, payload and multi-drop unloading draw on the same working day
    • What depot power, dwell time and charging arrangements must deliver to protect the planned service
    • Which route trials and operating costs show whether a battery-electric truck can replace the existing vehicle on that duty
11:40
12:00
    • How vehicle schedules and departure priorities translate into the power a depot actually needs
    • What must happen between a connection request and a working site: permissions, design, installation and commissioning
    • When phased charging, load management or storage can support the fleet while additional capacity is delayed
12:20
    • How landlord and occupier can share the cost of connections, chargers and site works over the remaining lease
    • Who owns, maintains and can expand the infrastructure – and what happens when the occupier leaves
    • Where owned, financed or managed charging offers the best balance of cash flow, flexibility and control
12:50
    • What to do when vehicle delivery, power availability and the property timetable will not line up
    • How operators weigh a phased rollout, shared charging, depot changes and redesigned rounds against service commitments
    • The decisions, owners and contingency points that turn separate projects into a workable fleet transition
13:30
13:50
    • How to support take-home vans when drivers have different access to home charging – or no suitable space at all
    • What reimbursement, vehicle access, booking and payment arrangements make off-site charging practical
    • How detours, queues and charger availability affect the cost and reliability of the working day
14:10
    • How smart charging aligns route requirements, electricity tariffs and site power limits so vehicles are ready for departure
    • When solar, storage or managed charging improves the full operating cost rather than adding unnecessary complexity
    • The practical response when vehicles return late, demand changes or a charger fails before departure
14:40
    • How dynamic routing responds to traffic, time windows, kerb restrictions and changing payload while protecting electric range
    • Where charging and driver breaks belong in the plan when range and arrival times vary
    • What completed stops, on-time arrivals and dispatcher interventions reveal about the quality of the route