The proportion of EVs being added to fleets is increasing, data from software firm Epyx suggests.
The company said EVs formed a record proportion of fleet vehicles added to its 1link Service Network during August.
It said 35.29% of vehicles registered onto the platform during the month were electric, compared with 25.59% a year earlier.
The proportion of hybrids being registered had also increased, from 14.82% to 17.53%.
The proportion of petrol vehicles being added fell from 39.90% to 29.87%, and the proportion of diesels from 19.69% to 17.30%.
Epyx CCO Tim Meadows said: “Data covering fleet registrations is available from a variety of credible sources, notably the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, but our information shows something slightly different – the vehicles added by fleets to our platform, which is almost uniformly used by major leasing fleets to manage their SMR.
“What our figures show for August is that more EVs have been added to the platform as a proportion than in any month so far. It almost certainly means that more fleet end users who leased a new vehicle last month chose electric than ever before.
“From some of the coverage, you might think that electrification is failing and it would only be accurate to acknowledge that there are apparent issues around customer enthusiasm for both retail sales and electric vans. However, what we have been seeing over a long period of time on 1link Service Network is very rapid adoption for EVs as a general fleet category.”
