Case Studies EV Fleet Charging Solutions for OfficeMax
By providing reliable, hassle-free charging solutions, JET Charge helps OfficeMax efficiently manage their electric vehicle fleet, ensuring seamless and sustainable operations. Discover how JET Charge+ allows employees to charge their corporate cars overnight and enables the company to easily manage reimbursement and carbon abatement data for their electric vehicle fleet.
Beginning as a stationery company in 1872, OfficeMax is one of New Zealand’s leading office solution organisations, supplying everything from technology and furniture to commercial PPE, packaging and cleaning products.
In line with their overarching 2025 Sustainability Strategy, the company wanted to gradually phase out its fleet of 105 petrol- and diesel-powered vehicles, replacing them with a mix of low-emission EVs and hybrid models.
JET Charge has provided an innovative charging solution for their electric-powered vehicle fleet. JET Charge+, allowing employees to charge their corporate cars overnight, and the company to easily manage reimbursement and GHG emissions abatement data.
KEY CHALLENGES:
Charging at employees’ homes
The biggest challenge facing OfficeMax was managing charging infrastructure at employees’ homes overnight.
A solution as simple as a fuel card
The company needed a simple solution, similar to traditional fuel card systems, that would allow for easy reimbursement, ensure asset visibility at employees’ homes, and maintain operational chargers.
Emissions reporting for sustainability targets
OfficeMax also needed easy access to GHG emissions abatement reporting to meet their sustainability targets.
An industry-first charging subscription service, JET Charge+.
Home charging that scales with the fleet: This solution would give OfficeMax state-of-the-art charging capabilities within employees’ homes, as well as the flexibility to scale operations as more EVs came online.
A tailored subscription bundle: Having installed over 10,000 residential chargers since 2013, JET Charge was able to develop a tailored subscription bundle that addressed the cost and complexity of OfficeMax’s charging infrastructure.
First units live in May 2023: In May 2023, our team installed the first five JET Charge+ units. RFID technology within the charging units allowed for the tracking of individual power consumption, with a monthly usage report automatically sent back to OfficeMax.
Scales with the fleet at no cost: JET Charge+ scales easily with fleet growth and workforce changes, redeploying chargers at no cost.
Supporting the Sustainability Strategy: It supports OfficeMax’s Sustainability Strategy, aiming for 50% fleet emission reduction by 2025, providing EV viability and affordability in commercial fleets.
As OfficeMax scales up their EV fleet over the next few years, JET Charge is standing by to install, monitor and maintain the necessary charging infrastructure to keep the wheels turning.
“We’ve learnt a lot over the last year and I couldn’t be more pleased with how our transition has gone, I’m confident that in three years’ time we’ll rollout a majority EV fleet. Thanks in part to JET Charge and FleetPartners’ expertise, our people are happy with our momentum in addressing the challenges that our climate is facing and are looking to what’s next.”
Ben Norrie OfficeMax New Zealand Chief Financial Officer
