Fleet management 

Electrification of the delivery fleet continues apace

Despite delivery bottlenecks, Post Company Cars managed to push ahead with electrifying its fleet and procure electric vehicles for delivery. With its “e-charging solution”, Swiss Post’s fleet management company also helps third parties to achieve sustainable mobility solutions.

In 2022, Post Company Cars procured 325 electric vehicles for the delivery of letters and parcels. “A challenge,” comments Managing Director Nigel Storny. “As a result of the impact of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, supply chains were repeatedly interrupted, and the car industry was forced to wait for chips, semiconductors and wiring harnesses. But thanks to years of trust-based cooperation with our supplier and early reservations, we received the vehicles we ordered.” These will save Swiss Post 850 tonnes of CO₂ per year.

For the full electrification of delivery in the greater Bern and Zurich areas, Post Company Cars ordered 240 electric vehicles, which were delivered in the period between November 2022 and January 2023. This means that Swiss Post has again come closer to its ambitious goal of having a carbon-neutral delivery vehicle fleet by 2030.

E-charging solution: infrastructure and fleet check for third parties

As Switzerland’s largest manufacturer-independent full-service fleet manager, Post Company Cars also offers services to third-party customers. With its “e-charging solution”, for example, Post Company Cars supports its customers in their switch to e-mobility: on behalf of Post Company Cars, BKW installs the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles on company premises and at the homes of employees. Post Company Cars operates the charging stations and ensures that all charging usage is correctly billed.

Through its e-mobility fleet check, Post Company Cars looks into which electric vehicles can be considered for the existing fleet and the need for charging infrastructure. In 2022, Post Company Cars also carried out the e-mobility fleet check for Swiss Post’s employee and management vehicles.

Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

Repairing rather than replacing

Claims management is part of the full service offered by Post Company Cars. And in dealing with damage to vehicles, sustainability is again a consideration, which is why the fleet manager has arranged a collaboration with Repanet Suisse, the bodywork industry network. Bodywork shops that are part of the network are trained to repair damage from accidents in the most environmentally-friendly and energy-saving way possible. To avoid waste, damaged parts of the body are patched up whenever possible rather than being replaced. Repanet Suisse brings together more than 200 workshops in all parts of the country.