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Making your fleet more sustainable and electric

From ambition to a feasible, affordable multi-year plan

Making your fleet more sustainable means switching step by step to more efficient and emission-free vehicles, without losing sight of cost or usability. Molthoff Fleetmanagement independently calculates which route (electrifying, downsizing or a different fuel mix) is the wisest for your fleet, and translates that into a concrete multi-year plan.

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Key takeaways

  • Sustainability is broader than electrification: downsizing, contract durations, mileages and the fuel mix also determine your CO2 and your costs.
  • Zero-emission zones apply between 2025 and 2030 in around 28 cities and at Schiphol. For vans there is a transition scheme: Euro 5 until 1-1-2027, Euro 6 until 1-1-2028.
  • Electric cars keep a reduced taxable benefit of 18% over the first € 30,000 in 2026. From 2028 a flat 22% applies to all cars, so base your choice on TCO, not on the tax benefit alone.
  • Molthoff is independent and has no leasing interest. The advice follows your cost and usability, not the showroom.

What does making your fleet more sustainable mean?

Making a fleet more sustainable is more than swapping diesels for electric cars. It is the whole set of choices that bring down the emissions and the cost of your vehicles while your work simply continues. Every choice affects both CO2 and euros, and the two do not always move together.

The levers you can pull

  • Electrify: fully electric cars wherever usage and charging allow.
  • Downsize: a more efficient or smaller segment where it fits the use.
  • Durations and mileages: the right contract length and annual mileage per role.
  • Fuel mix: hybrid or renewable fuel where electric is not yet feasible.
  • Charging infrastructure and policy: at home, at the office and on the road, with clear agreements.
  • Driving behaviour and shared mobility: driving less and smarter cuts emissions and cost directly.

We weigh these levers against each other independently. Not from a brand or a leasing company, but from your fleet, your usage and your budget.

Electrifying: when is it the right route?

For passenger cars with predictable mileage and a charging option at home or at work, electric is often the lowest total cost of ownership. For vans and specialist vehicles it is more nuanced: range, payload, charging time and the availability of a suitable model determine whether it already pays off.

What determines whether electric pays off now

  • Charging at home, at the location or in a depot.
  • Daily distances and how they spread across the year.
  • Residual value and its expected development per model.
  • Availability of a suitable model and the delivery time.
  • The investment in charging infrastructure and the charging policy.

Zero-emission zones: what changes for your vans?

Between 2025 and 2030, around 28 cities and Schiphol introduce a zero-emission zone for urban logistics. If your vans enter the city, this affects your procurement planning directly. The moment you order a combustion van now determines how long it will keep access.

With this calendar overview you align the purchase and contract length of each van with the zones it has to enter. That prevents ending up with a vehicle that can no longer reach its working area in two years.

How we tackle it together

Sustainability works best as a plan, not as separate purchases. We build it up step by step, always substantiated in euros and CO2.

  • Baseline with the QuickScan: current cost and emissions clearly mapped.
  • Calculate scenarios on TCO, usability and zero-emission zones.
  • Translate into a car scheme, lease budgets and a charging policy.
  • Support the purchase and batch orders of the new vehicles.
  • Safeguard through monitoring, so the plan is achieved in practice too.

Common mistakes when going greener

Electrifying is not a goal in itself. The goal is a fleet that stays clean, affordable and usable.

  • Steering on the tax benefit alone, while that advantage is phasing out.
  • Underestimating the investment in charging infrastructure.
  • Switching too fast where it does not pay off yet, or too late where it already does.
  • Staying with a single supplier, without price pressure from the market.
  • Forgetting the vans and the zero-emission zones in the planning.
How Molthoff helps

The services that fit this

Batch order support

Bundle vehicle orders for maximum volume advantage and better lease and service terms.

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Mobility Scan

Data-driven insight into the travel patterns of all your employees, with scenario simulations for costs and CO₂.

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QuickScan

Fast, integral fleet analysis with savings expressed in euros, backed by a savings guarantee.

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Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions about Fleet sustainability

Not automatically. For passenger cars with predictable mileage and a charging option, electric is often the lowest TCO. For vans and intensive use it depends on range, charging time, residual value and charging infrastructure. We calculate it per vehicle category, so the choice rests on figures.

Between 2025 and 2030, around 28 cities and Schiphol introduce a zero-emission zone. Vans with Euro 5 keep access until 1-1-2027 and Euro 6 until 1-1-2028, provided the date of first registration is before 1-1-2025. New combustion vans from after 1-1-2025 may not enter the zones. We align your procurement and durations accordingly.

In 2026, fully electric cars carry 18% taxable benefit over the first € 30,000 and 22% above that. For a new lease car that rate is fixed for 60 months. From 2028 the discount ends and 22% applies to all cars. The tax benefit is a declining advantage, so we steer on the full TCO.

That depends on your current contracts, your usage and the zones your vehicles enter. A phased multi-year plan is often wiser than one large switch at once: you replace vehicles at a natural moment and keep usability and cost under control.

Yes. After the plan we support the purchase and the batch orders, so you procure sharply and agree the right terms. That way the sustainability plan actually lands in your fleet.

Fully. Molthoff has no financial ties to leasing companies, brands or other suppliers and offers no operational fleet management itself. Only your interest weighs in the advice.

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