Sortimo develops intelligent mobility solutions that help companies achieve their sustainability goals in a measurable way. Together with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, a vehicle equipment system has been developed that makes fleets more efficient and reduces their carbon footprint. The example of Vestas shows how well this works in practice: the global partner for sustainable energy solutions is continuing to electrify its onshore service fleet. Eleven Volkswagen e-Transporters, equipped with the new One Click System from Sortimo, have now been handed over to Vestas in Zusmarshausen. The complete solution from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Sortimo is ready for use straight from the factory, can be rolled out worldwide and shows how sustainable fleet concepts can be implemented today.
A lever for the sustainability strategy
Vestas is pursuing a scientifically based approach to decarbonising its own operations by 2030, deliberately avoiding compensation measures. Almost 80% of emissions from its own operations are generated in the service area. This high proportion shows where there is potential for savings and why Vestas is targeting this area. Already today, around 25% of Vestas' global service fleet consists of vehicles running on renewable fuels, including electric and biofuel vehicles.
With the eleven new e-transporters, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles' second fully electric model alongside the ID. Buzz Cargo, the proportion of electric vehicles within the Vestas fleet continues to rise. The joint solution from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Sortimo combines locally emission-free drive technology with flexible and reusable vehicle equipment. The One Click System makes it possible to adapt the vehicles to new requirements in no time at all and keep them in service for many years. Thanks to the standardised basic rack, users can quickly and easily add or convert their equipment individually without additional workshop appointments. In this way, Sortimo supports companies such as Vestas in achieving their sustainability goals in a more economical and resource-efficient manner.
Vehicle equipment that changes everyday working life
The One Click System allows individual shelf elements to be quickly replaced without having to replace the basic shelf. Large fleets such as Vestas' benefit from reduced material requirements, less downtime and durable equipment that lasts for several vehicle life cycles. The lower weight reduces energy consumption and increases the range of the e-transporters. At the same time, service teams are provided with a working environment that can be flexibly adapted to new tasks at any time – without having to visit the workshop.
Three partners. One direction.
‘With the One Click System, we offer Vestas a solution that is not only economically viable, but also environmentally sustainable,’ explains Reinhold Braun, Managing Director of Sortimo International GmbH. ‘Less weight, less effort, more impact. On the road and in the everyday lives of service technicians.’
Lars Krause, Member of the Board of Management for Sales, Marketing and Aftersales at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, emphasises: "With the new Volkswagen e-Transporter, we are expanding the basis for an emission-free service fleet. In combination with Sortimo's One Click System, the result is a commercial vehicle that is ready for immediate use and tailored precisely to the customer's requirements. With this offering, we are continuing the Transporter's 75-year success story and actively driving forward the electrification of our product range."
For Kim Stenberg, Head of Vestas Group Fleet Management, this joint venture represents another important step towards decarbonising the Vestas service fleet: "Our goal is clear: we want to show that sustainability can be achieved in all areas of our operations, including our service activities. Together with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Sortimo, we have developed the best possible solution to achieve this goal. In targeted lean workshops, we jointly designed the interior of the e-Transporter to meet Vestas' specific service requirements. This collaboration brings us a significant step closer to the sustainable decarbonisation of our fleet."
First handover with an eye to the future
The vehicles were handed over jointly to representatives of Vestas. This marks the transition from a joint project to reality. For Vestas' service teams, the use of the new commercial vehicles will mean more space, better organisation and simpler processes in future.
The handover represents more than just the successful completion of an order. It shows that three companies with different strengths can achieve a common goal: a service fleet that consumes less, performs better and is more climate-friendly on the road.
A visible sign of the energy transition in the vehicle fleet and an impetus for the entire industry.
The images are available at this link:
Image 1: Handover of the eleven e-transporters at the Zusmarshausen Innovation Park From left to right: Maik Patzwald, Key Account Manager Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Kim Stenberg, Head of Vestas Group Fleet Management, Georg Meesmann, Head of Key Account Management & Fleet Solutions Sortimo
Image 2: Systematic sustainability: Vestas receives first e-transporters from Volkswagen with Sortimo's One Click System
Image 3: Three partners, one goal: Sortimo, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Vestas are working together to drive forward the decarbonisation of service fleets. From left to right: Kim Stenberg, Head of Vestas Group Fleet Management, Georg Meesmann, Head of Key Account Management & Fleet Solutions Sortimo, Maik Patzwald, Key Account Manager Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Image 4: Reinhold Braun, CEO Sortimo International GmbH
Image 5: Lars Krause, Member of the Board of Management for Sales, Marketing and Aftersales at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Image 6: Kim Stenberg, Head of Vestas Group Fleet Management
About Sortimo International GmbH
Sortimo International GmbH is the world's leading manufacturer of vehicle equipment and offers mobility solutions that create a highly efficient and professional mobile working environment with its products, digital services and strategic consulting. Sortimo pursues a resource-saving corporate policy in all areas in order to fulfil its responsibility towards customers, society and the environment. The company has its headquarters and sole production site in Zusmarshausen, Bavaria, and employs around 1,300 people worldwide. With ten branches and 23 Sortimo stations in Germany and a presence in over 35 countries, Sortimo has an international focus.
About the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand
Space for endless possibilities: Looking to the future since 1950.
For over 75 years, the Bulli has stood for reliability and versatility – first and foremost in commercial use and now also in everyday family life and camping. Now in its seventh generation, the concept is still as impressive as ever: as a reliable Transporter, flexible Multivan, adventurous California or fully electric ID. Buzz. Whether as a mobile workshop, tried-and-tested emergency vehicle or useful everyday hero – Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles offer space for endless possibilities and are used all over the world wherever people have plans.
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The iconic VW Bus from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has been transporting people and goods worldwide since 1950. More than 12.5 million vehicles in seven generations have been built to date, most of them at the brand's main plant in Hanover. The success of the VW Bulli is unique in automotive history: it was both a symbol of the economic miracle and the hippie movement, and to this day stands for reliability, freedom and adventure. Whether fully electric as the ID. Buzz, versatile as the Multivan, ready for adventure as the California or as a reliable transporter – the current models continue to set standards in technology and functionality – and carry on the Bulli's design tradition. The ID. Buzz AD already drives autonomously today and will mark the next milestone in Bulli history: with sustainable mobility and transport solutions for people and goods worldwide.
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