December 12, 2025
Sara Davies
Articles
Accelerated electrification and green initiatives
The shift toward electric vehicles (EVs) is rapidly accelerating due to stricter environmental regulations, government incentives, and a focus on sustainability. Fleets are increasingly adopting a hybrid approach, utilising a mix of vehicle types and power sources. By procuring electric vehicles where it makes economic sense, they’ve got one eye on the 2030 new petrol and diesel ban, and the other on cost saving strategies. We’re conducting whole life cost analysis to demonstrate to these clients the cost savings across the life of electric vehicles acquired via leasing, and many are now adopting a phased transition to electric.
Enhanced driver safety and wellbeing
There’s been a significant focus in 2025 on leveraging technology to improve driver safety and retention. This includes the widespread adoption of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), AI-enabled dashcams, and monitoring systems to detect fatigue and risky behaviours. Companies are investing in driver training programmes to tackle the findings and to enable their drivers to properly understand how to drive vehicles with advanced safety features.
Greater demand for flexibility in fleet procurement
Economic uncertainty and supply chain issues have led businesses to favour more flexible leasing and subscription models in certain scenarios. This has allowed fleets to adapt quickly to changing market conditions and technological advancements without being locked into depreciating assets or obsolete technology. We offer more favourable long-term rental prices for rentals that sit between the traditional leasing model and short term daily rentals to plug a sizeable gap in fleet procurement.
Managing regulatory and tax changes
Fleets have had to navigate several significant tax and regulatory changes introduced in the 2025 Budget, including the removal of VED (Vehicle Excise Duty) exemptions for EVs from April 2025 and a new pence-per-mile tax on EVs from 2028. By factoring these changes into whole life cost analysis, our clients are able to understand which changes will have the most significant impact on which types of journeys and usage over the course of a lease, before deciding to disregard vehicle types that could still save them money over the period of a lease term.
Increased operational costs and total cost of ownership (TCO)
Managing expenses has become of paramount concern for many fleets due to volatile fuel prices, high inflation in parts and labour, increased vehicle acquisition costs, and rising insurance premiums. Fleet managers dedicate significant time to scrutinising budgets and finding ways to contain seemingly relentless price hikes. Fleet management services are becoming an increasingly powerful tool in realising cost savings gained by procuring a fleet through a variety of different means and across a spread of funders and manufacturers. Wessex Fleet gets you the most competitive funding solutionsalongside the best value lease vehicles through cost effective tendering and can provide demonstrable cost savings.
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