evway :Overhauling Electric Vehicular Fleets and Travel

Sustainability is the future. And, when fleets of electric vehicles are concerned, companies all over the globe have begun implementing various eco-friendly measures to help curb the carbon footprint they leave behind for a cleaner, safer environment. Particularly, organisations and citizens in European countries have been scoring impressionably well in their sustainable development goals (SDG). However, saving the environment proves difficult for many industries, especially the automotive realm. The innovation of electric vehicles (EV) thus showed much promise in mitigating various environmental challenges in many cases but, unfortunately, the trend of utilizing this new mode of transport also faced a few critical problems that depopularised it. The limited range of mobility, long charging times, and lack of adequate charging facilities created several inconveniences in the busy schedules of working individuals. In order to overcome these hurdles and promote the adoption of EVs, Milan-based evway is driving all efforts towards revolutionising the concept with its cutting-edge e-mobility services to improve a driver’s traveling experiences.

Founded in 2014, evway is dedicated to enhancing the EV travel experience. It also strives to popularise the concept of EV fleets for various corporate use cases through a very unique fleet management solution that shows much promise in enforcing an eco-friendly attitude in working and daily commuting individuals. “We believe that we have to bring back the driving experience to the people in an electric car,” expresses Franco Barbieri, president of evway. With his 15-year long experience in the automotive industry, Barbieri envisions a future where nothing falls short for an enjoyable trip in an EV. Consequently, the company designed and developed an intuitive smartphone application of the same name to help support drivers in all matters concerning EVs.

Through the evway app, users are empowered with access to navigation, route planning, and most importantly, a well-defined network of charging stations to ensure zero inconveniences.

The app has a unique feature where it can direct drivers towards charging stations situated in places bustling with activity. “If someone is travelling from New York to Philadelphia our app will get display plenty of stations along the way. It also understands their preferences in food and pass-times to plan routes to stations that have access to recreational areas,” states Babieri. Alongside the details like prices and schedules of over 190,000 charging stations, evway’s app is built to be the most reliable app for electric drivers as it is heavily data-driven. “Our digital platform allows users to find recharging points in cities as well as on motorways at any time,” Andrea Pizza, fleet responsible and strategy developer.

evway’s dedication towards promoting EV driving overarches the app’s functionalities as well, catering to the needs of entire business operations with its electric-vehicle fleets services and a proprietary management platform. This solution, built with a custom dashboard, constantly updates itself on reloads and statistics, generates personalised reports, and is capable of multi-company management. This offering by evway caters to the growing demand for EVs by many organizations in the country—especially startups. “We took the fleet service idea and shaped it into a new tool specifically for the user of the fleet,” mentions Pizza. The company offers its clients convenient options like monthly billing cycles for charging fares to help boost the adoption of an EV ecosystem.

To further elaborate on the company’s capabilities, Babieri shares the story of how his team identified the effects of tourism on increasing EV adoption. “Many Nordic people generally travel to the South for vacation and they were also among the early adopters of EVs,” he says. evway began establishing charging stations along the usual travel routes and in various restops and hotels to attract more foot traffic for local enterprises. “These are not only charging stations in the middle of a parking lot but also active locations close to malls, spas, or even cinemas,” humours Pizza.

With such robust features in its app and resourceful emobility services, evway is successfully creating a large network of significantly improved customer experiences. Moving forward, the company intends to capitalise on the slowly increasing tourism activities within the country. A new branch is also expected to launch with new card payment solutions, and partnerships within the US markets within the year further strengthens evway in transforming EV driving experiences internationally.