At a Glance
In 2024, An Post’s entire fleet:
• Travelled almost 10 million kilometres
• Used less litres of fuel. 1,043,780 litres of fuel saved in 2024
• Increased alternate fuel usage to 39.8%
• Saved 7.3 million kWh of energy
Our Fleet
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Our fleet
We can make a significant environmental impact by decarbonising our fleet. We currently have 1,445 electric vehicles (EVs), 157 e-trikes and three 7.5 tonne electric trucks in our fleet.
Light commercial vehicles
In 2024, we continued to expand our EV fleet. We remain committed to replacing diesel vans with EVs, and with over 1,500 chargers installed to date, we have the largest private electric vehicle charging network in Ireland. We continue to review the introduction of new DC fast chargers to enhance the utilisation of our EVs. In doing so we reduce charging time, resulting in greater flexibility in turning EVs around for evening collections and deliveries.
Heavy goods vehicles (HGVs)
Our memberships of EV100, the Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe (ALICE), and the Freight Transport Association of Ireland (FTAI) ensure we are at the forefront of the developing technology of clean energy generation for HGVs and support the development of our strategies for the decarbonisation of our HGV fleet.
Fleet efficiency
While electrification of our fleet is critical to our decarbonisation strategy, our drivers also have a key role to play in accelerating our progress. In 2024 we continued with our successful eco-driver training programme to improve fleet efficiency and limit fuel consumption in our diesel vehicles. 4,000 of our drivers have now completed eco-driver training, and we have begun to roll out e-van familiarization training in its place. In 2024 we increased the size of our EV fleet by 31.5%, to a total of 1,445 vehicles. These vehicles covered almost 10 million kilometres, saved 1,043,780 litres of diesel, saved 7.3 million kWh of energy, and reduced emissions by 1,657 tonnes.
Alternatively Fuelled Vehicles
39.8% of our fleet currently runs on alternative fuel sources to diesel. This includes our EVs and our HGVs that run on HVO fuel. We are on track to meet our target of 50% of the fleet to run on alternative fuel sources by 2025.
Home Garaging
In 2022 we investigated EV home garaging by running a pilot to install monitored EV charging points at employees’ homes. While the trial was successful and it was possible to identify accurately the power supplied by the employees’ home supply for the charging of their EVs, it did not resolve the key issue of employees having to pay for the charging and being out of pocket for periods of time before reimbursement.
