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• The alliance between both entities has led to the commercialization of nearly 180,000 vehicles in Spain over 15 years and represents one of the most significant leasing fleets in the Spanish market, with more than 70,000 vehicles.

• The main goal of the new agreement for the 2025–2030 period is to innovate in financial products and develop new solutions that promote citizens’ access to sustainable mobility.

• CaixaBank and Arval aim to support the transformation of mobility in Spain and the renewal of the vehicle fleet with safer and more sustainable vehicles that help reduce CO₂ emissions and contribute to improve air quality in cities.

Arval, a leading long-term vehicle leasing and specialist of mobility solutions company, is committed to helping customers decarbonize their fleets by introducing new services that simplify public charging for electric vehicles, addressing a key barrier to EV adoption.

“Our global alliance uniquely offers our fleet and mobility customers the expertise and relationship management needed to deploy strategies across 55 different countries, ensuring solutions meet local needs and maintain very high quality standards,” says Bart Beckers, Chief Commercial Officer of Arval. “The Element-Arval Global Alliance purpose is to support and assist our international clients to successfully build and run their global fleet strategy.“

SOLID RESULTS: STRONG INCREASE IN THE FINANCIAL MARGIN AND THE SERVICE MARGIN BUT GRADUAL NORMALISATION OF USED VEHICLE PRICES AFTER TWO EXCEPTIONAL YEARS

Arval had increased its fleet of leased vehicles by 5.6% compared to 2023, with 1,796,396 vehicles.

A major player in long-term leasing and a specialist in mobility solutions, Arval unveils the results of its analysis on the health status of its electric vehicle batteries.

Arval Consulting is proud to introduce Arval STAR, our new advisory framework designed to address today’s complexities and guide organizations through their needs to adapt, thrive, and lead in this changing environment.

• Actionable strategies to reduce fleet carbon emissions include reducing idling, optimizing vehicle and fleet sizes, and deploying low- and zero-emission vehicles.
• A robust change management plan can significantly contribute to decarbonization efforts, ensuring stakeholder engagement, policy updates, and effective transition roadmaps.
• Light-duty EVs now offer comparable performance and economic advantages compared to traditional ICE vehicles.

Launched in 2021 under the leadership of the EDF Group, the EVVE (Environmental Valorization of Virtual Energy storage) project aims to deploy 800 vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging stations in Europe. The aim is to demonstrate that by storing low-carbon electricity, electric vehicles can help to reduce CO2 emissions. The project will pave the way for the arrival on the market of new V2G functionalities based on the "Combo CCS " European charging standard.