Electrifying a delivery fleet doesn't start with buying electric vans, it starts with understanding the real usage pattern: how many kilometers each vehicle covers per day, how many hours it sits idle, and which time window allows charging without disrupting operations.
The second step is sizing the charging infrastructure based on that data, not the other way around. A fleet that rotates vehicles every few hours needs high-power DC fast charging; a fleet that parks overnight can cover most of its charging needs with AC and reserve DC charging for operational peaks or long routes.
The third step, often overlooked, is the contracted electrical capacity at the depot or warehouse. Installing several high-power DC chargers without first checking the power available at the supply point is the most expensive and most common mistake in these projects.
Finally, managing access and consumption by vehicle or by driver makes it possible to audit real energy use and spot operational inefficiencies, something that was much harder to measure precisely in combustion fleets.
A project like this is typically planned in phases: a pilot with a handful of vehicles, real measurement of consumption and charging times, and a scaled rollout to the rest of the fleet once the numbers have been validated.