LANDSCAPING SERVICES
GROUND CONTROL’S
100 COMPANY CARS
TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Ground Control Ltd, one of the
UK’s largest and most successful
grounds maintenance, commercial
landscaping and external solutions
providers, has officially unveiled a
significant investment in a fleet of
32 Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles
(EVs), taking the total number of
Tesla EVs in the company’s fleet to
over 40.
The investment is part of its
company-wide environmental
strategy, and one that will
eventually see all of Ground
Control’s 100 company cars
transition to electric vehicles over
the next 12 months.
Says Simon Morrish, CEO, Ground
Control: “A strong commitment to
the environment, and playing our
part in protecting it, has always been
a core guiding principle at Ground
Control, so we are extremely pleased
to have achieved another milestone
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in this regard with our investment in
32 Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles.”
Morrish states the commercial
priorities for Ground Control when
it started to look at transitioning its
company vehicle fleet were:
1) it needed to ensure employees
were no worse off – either
financially or in terms of the quality
and performance of the vehicle
itself;
2) the business needed to be as close
to cost-neutral itself as a result of
the investment; and
3) there should be no loss of
productivity across the business.
“I’m very proud and pleased to say
that initial indications are we have
secured all three, which in my mind
makes this investment a major
commercial and environmental
success story for us.” “With the
launch of the Tesla Model 3,
the economic benefits are too
compelling to ignore,” he continues.
“The business is cost-neutral in
comparison to investing in a fleet of
diesel or petrol cars over the lifetime
of each vehicle, when the total cost
of ownership is measured against
that of a combustion engine car and
its fuel, servicing, road tax and so on.
And, importantly, the take home pay
of Ground Control employees using
the vehicles will rise in 2020 due to
the introduction of a ‘Zero benefit
in kind’ tax system, ensuring they
don’t ‘lose out’ financially from their
transiting to an EV.”
www.ground-control.co.uk
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