October 2025

As a fleet manager, which are your technicians’ least favourite times? The January days when the workshop simply never warms up? Or the August days when it never cools down? Neither are pleasant to work in. But the temperature is affecting far more than your team. Both hot and cold temperatures impact a 12-volt battery’s

You pull a van into the workshop, and the battery reads flat. It hasn’t moved for months, and nobody has started it in weeks. You have two options. The first is to buy a new battery, swap it out and get the vehicle back on the road. The second option is to try and reactivate

With smartphones and laptops, everyone’s always telling us, “Don’t overcharge them”. But is it the same for an EV? What about all those people who claim that overcharging an EV is impossible? It’s a confusing time to be an EV owner, so as a workshop specialising in EVs, you’ll want to know exactly what to

It’s one thing to have a fleet vehicle that doesn’t start on a cold morning. That knocks things back a bit in your workflow, but it’s manageable. The real issue arises when a car, van or lorry fails to start mid-route. Especially if it’s all alone, parked on a pavement somewhere in the countryside. Then,