Price differences between electric and internal combustion engine (ICE) company car tyres are persisting, our new data shows. In September 2023 – the average price of an ICE tyre was £168 while an electric equivalent was 32% more at £222. By August this year, the ICE tyre had risen to £187 while the electric tyre…
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Our new project uses real world information to bring more certainty to expected lead times for fleets booking service, maintenance and repair (SMR). It examines historical data to ascertain the actual lead times achieved during the last 12 months by garages and other SMR suppliers through the 1link Service Network platform and applies these to…
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A map of the UK showing the percentage of SMR jobs completed for fleets by independent garages in each region The data, taken from 1link Service Network, covers the period between January 2024 and 9th March 2025. It shows 62% of service, maintenance and repair (SMR) jobs completed for fleets in the East of England…
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Our new data shows that London is the fastest region in the UK and the South West the slowest for fleet vehicle service, maintenance and repair (SMR) lead times. Data from our 1link Service Network platform, shows the shortest average time between when a company car or van booking was created to when the vehicle…
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Seven future areas where AI could boost fleet SMR We’re highlighting seven future areas where artificial intelligence (AI) could boost fleet service, maintenance and repair (SMR) performance, by examining how the technology could be applied to our 1link Service Network platform. Fabrizio Margaroli, Director of Data Science at our parent organisation, Corpay, said: “In 2025,…
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Electric vans are showing shorter servicing times compared to internal combustion engine (ICE) and hybrid models, according to findings from epyx. However, ICE and hybrid vans have better vehicle off-road (VOR) times, according to the new data, taken from our 1link Service Network service, maintenance and repair (SMR) platform. The information looks at performance across…
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Scotland has the longest average fleet vehicle off-road (VOR) times in the UK at 2.38 days, according to new figures released by epyx. Meanwhile, the shortest VOR wait is in the North East, with an average of 1.83 days between when a car or van enters a workshop and work is completed. The statistics –…
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Fleet benchmarking reports that use 29 million data points are now being made available as standard to all fleets who use our 1link Service Network platform to process service, maintenance and repair (SMR). The three Fleet Improvement Dashboards offer data gathered from over 15.5 million invoices, totalling a £3.9 billion spend over the last five…
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In total, 35.29% of vehicles registered onto the platform were electric, compared to 25.59% a year ago. An increase for hybrid registrations was also seen at 17.53% against 14.82% in August 2023. There were corresponding falls for internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles – with petrol representing just 29.87% of registrations in August against 39.90% a…
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We’ve launched a new report, that draws data from 1link Service Network, which enables garages to see for probably the first time how their service, maintenance and repair (SMR) performance compares to national and regional trends across a range of key metrics. The quarterly 1link Market Index Report includes information from both in and out…
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