When considering the future of mobility solutions, electric vehicles will have a significant role. As an industry leader, Enterprise is taking a thoughtful approach, working with industry partners and stakeholders to drive the long-term viability of EVs.
“Our clients look to us for direction and for advice, not only about how to manage transportation for their day-to-day business, but also about what’s coming next,” says Mary Mahoney, vice president of the Global Replacement and Leisure Division at Enterprise Holdings, Inc. “We’re having discussions today about electrification of fleets and autonomous technology. Our customers depend on our automotive experience to help them understand how these things will impact their business.”
An environmentally progressive state, California is looking to aggressively shift its fleet to electric vehicles, and Enterprise is working in lockstep with the state to help meet this challenge. Enterprise has a deep, long-standing relationship with California as the only contract provider for the state’s rental car services — encompassing cities, counties, public school systems and local jurisdictions — thanks to the size and breadth of Enterprise’s vehicle inventory.
“In California, we have purchased a lot of EVs to help the governor’s office reach its goals of electrification,” says Lisa Holmes, Enterprise’s account manager for the state of California. “Currently, we’re working on a pilot program with the state of California in three markets where they’ve expressed the need.”
Enterprise’s ability to support businesses through customer service, custom solutions and creative problem-solving is highly valued by its customers.
Take Groundworks®, for example. The residential foundation and water management solutions company has grown by leaps and bounds since its inception in 2016 and is poised to continue the upward trajectory. The company grew from 170 box trucks and sales vehicles to 1,700 in the first five years. Transportation solutions are “100% essential” to the company’s success, says Matt Malone, founder and CEO.
“We’re growing so quickly as a business,” Malone says. “We wanted a partner that can keep up and keep us fully functional.” Groundworks vehicles throughout the company’s 17 nationwide locations cover several million miles each year.
“We can’t operate without a rolling fleet,” Malone adds. “We exist to serve consumers in their homes — nothing in our business gets done without that consumer interaction — and the way we get there is by leveraging the fleet that we have with Enterprise. Without that fleet, and without our rolling stock of trucks, there really is no business.”
Enterprise manages Groundworks’ fleet and much of the logistics that go with it: maintenance records, federal transportation regulations, vehicle recalls, fuel program and data analytics. “We telegraph our acquisition and procurement needs for the next couple of quarters so they can get ahead of it,” Malone says.
“We depend on Enterprise,” he says, “and we view them as a true business partner.”
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