User data from the Enterprise Travel Direct (ETD) platform shows a major fall in business trips made with personal grey fleet vehicles, the company has said.
It has reported a 96% decrease in grey fleet trips for the 12 months to June 2022, compared with the pre-pandemic period.
In the same timeframe, Enterprise Car Club bookings via the mobility platform are said to have increased by 133%, with the overall number of business trip booked on the platform is up by 90%.
Enterprise said this shift demonstrated how technologies such as ETD could make a significant impact on grey fleet by guiding employees to local and lower-emission options, such as an on-street car club, when they were planning a business trip.
Enterprise said it was also seeing a surge in enquiries for grey fleet solutions and mobility expertise, including ETD, from companies wanting to reduce the risk and cost associated with grey fleet, ensure compliance and capture invaluable data on employee business travel habits.
Enterprise Mobility UK & Ireland director of business mobility Paul McCorkell said: “Business motoring is not just back, it’s increasing fast. Reducing grey fleet is now essential to reducing business cost and risk.
“One way businesses can reduce emissions is to re-think the employee business travel strategy.
“Fleet and travel managers are also telling us their employees would prefer not to use their own vehicles for work because of depreciation and increasing motoring and maintenance costs.”
McCorkell said that the ‘perfect storm’ of the rising cost of running a private car, together with businesses wanting to reduce their costs and carbon footprint, meant companies were looking for ways to provide staff with shared mobility options.
He said: “Employees are concerned that mileage rates no longer cover the cost of running their own car for work purposes as the price of fuel, parts and maintenance continue to rise. We believe encouraging them into non-grey fleet options is a win-win.”
