Our Story
We are the original electric vehicle leasing specialists - we've been helping the UK go electric since 2008!
DriveElectric: electric vehicle specialists since 2008
We’ve been helping the UK switch to electric vehicles since 2008. Today, we combine specialist EV expertise with the scale, funding and fleet capabilities to help individuals and businesses make the transition to electric.
DriveElectric is a UK electric vehicle leasing and fleet specialist. From electric car and van leasing to salary sacrifice, fleet electrification, charging, maintenance and fleet management, we help make the transition to electric simple, practical and commercially viable.
Electric vehicles aren’t a recent addition to what we do. We’ve specialised in EVs since 2008, helping put thousands of battery electric cars and vans on UK roads.
Our experience goes far beyond supplying vehicles. We’ve worked with businesses, drivers, manufacturers, energy networks and technology providers to understand how electric vehicles work in the real world and how they can be successfully introduced at scale.
Today, as part of Jurni, we combine that specialist EV knowledge with broader UK fleet and leasing capabilities, giving our customers access to greater scale, infrastructure and support.
EV expertise built through experience
We’ve lived and breathed electric vehicles since long before they became mainstream.
Our team has owned, driven, leased and managed electric vehicles since 2008. That first-hand experience gives us a practical understanding of the opportunities and challenges involved in moving from petrol and diesel to electric.
For businesses, that means looking beyond the vehicle itself.
We help organisations consider vehicle suitability, real-world range, whole-life costs, funding, charging infrastructure, driver requirements, fleet policy and ongoing vehicle management.
Whether you’re introducing your first EV or developing a larger fleet transition strategy, our focus is on turning electrification plans into practical delivery.
More than electric vehicle leasing
DriveElectric supports individuals, employees, businesses and fleet operators throughout the electric vehicle journey.
Our services include:
- Electric car leasing – access to electric cars from leading vehicle manufacturers, supported by specialist EV knowledge.
- Electric van leasing – helping businesses identify and fund electric LCVs that meet their operational requirements.
- EV salary sacrifice – helping employers introduce and manage electric car salary sacrifice schemes for eligible employees.
- Fleet electrification – supporting organisations with the strategy and practical implementation required to transition company car and commercial vehicle fleets.
- Fleet management – providing greater oversight of vehicles, drivers, costs, maintenance, compliance and fleet performance.
- Vehicle maintenance – helping businesses manage servicing, repairs and vehicle uptime through our Upkeep fleet maintenance capabilities.
- EV charging – helping businesses and drivers understand and implement appropriate home, workplace and fleet charging solutions.
- Driver support – supporting drivers from onboarding through to the everyday operation of their electric vehicle.
It’s a joined-up approach designed to reduce complexity, cost, risk and operational friction.
Proven expertise. Greater scale.
DriveElectric combines specialist electric vehicle experience built since 2008 with the wider capabilities of Jurni.
Together, DriveElectric and Jurni support a fleet of more than 30,000 vehicles, including more than 7,000 light commercial vehicles and 3,000 minibuses, with operations supported by seven UK offices.
Our broader fleet capabilities include more than 4,500 vehicles maintained through Upkeep, giving organisations access to specialist support throughout the vehicle lifecycle.
We also work with a broad panel of leading vehicle funders and major manufacturers, helping us develop vehicle funding and fleet strategies around individual customer requirements.
For businesses, that means combining specialist electric vehicle knowledge with the infrastructure and capabilities needed to implement and manage change at scale.
Our electric journey
1994
Where our story began
Our story started in 1994 with the establishment of Fleetdrive.
Built around customer service, the business grew as a vehicle leasing broker through repeat business and referrals, creating the foundations for what would eventually become DriveElectric.
2008
Our electric journey begins
2008 was a defining year.
We funded the first Tesla Roadster in the UK and saw first-hand the potential of electric vehicles to transform motoring, reduce running costs and lower transport emissions.
It marked the beginning of our specialism in electric vehicles and our growing focus on accelerating the transition to zero-emission transport.
2011
Fleetdrive Electric launches
As the first generation of mass-market electric cars arrived in Britain, we established Fleetdrive Electric.
The Nissan LEAF became one of the first electric cars on our fleet, helping us develop practical experience of living with, operating and leasing electric vehicles.
2013
My Electric Avenue
In 2013, we delivered customer engagement for My Electric Avenue, a pioneering research project exploring how clusters of electric vehicles could affect Britain's electricity networks.
The project saw us engage with more than 6,000 people and put 230 Nissan LEAF electric cars on the road.
It was an important step in developing our understanding of the relationship between electric vehicles, charging behaviour and the electricity grid.
2016
Electric Nation
In 2016, we began customer recruitment with our project partners for Electric Nation, a pioneering smart charging project involving 700 electric vehicle users.
The project explored how smart charging technology could help manage electricity demand as EV adoption increased.
2017
DriveElectric launches
In 2017, we brought our growing electric vehicle expertise together under the DriveElectric brand.
The launch marked our evolution into a business focused on electric mobility, combining specialist EV leasing knowledge with practical experience of vehicles, charging and the wider transition to electric.
DriveElectric was created with a clear purpose: to make switching to electric easier for drivers and businesses.
2025
DriveElectric joins Jurni
In October 2025, DriveElectric became part of Jurni, bringing together two businesses with complementary expertise across vehicle leasing, fleet management and electric mobility.
For DriveElectric customers, this combines our long-established EV expertise with Jurni's wider funding, fleet management, maintenance and operational capabilities.
It gives us the scale to support increasingly complex fleet requirements while retaining the specialist electric vehicle knowledge at the heart of DriveElectric.
Pioneering electric vehicle and charging projects
Projects including My Electric Avenue and Electric Nation helped develop understanding of EV charging behaviour, electricity demand and smart charging at a time when mass electric vehicle adoption was still in its infancy.
That experience continues to influence how we approach fleet electrification today, considering the vehicle, charging infrastructure, energy requirements, drivers and operational needs together rather than in isolation.
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Helping businesses electrify their fleets
Moving to an electric fleet isn’t simply a case of replacing petrol or diesel vehicles with electric alternatives.
The right transition strategy needs to consider how vehicles are actually used.
DriveElectric works with organisations to develop and implement structured fleet transition strategies covering areas including:
- vehicle and operational suitability
- funding strategy and cost optimisation
- company car and fleet policy
- salary sacrifice scheme implementation
- charging strategy and infrastructure
- driver engagement and onboarding
- maintenance and vehicle uptime
- ongoing fleet management
- regulatory and operational compliance
Our approach is designed to help organisations move from EV strategy to practical implementation, while balancing commercial, operational and sustainability objectives.
Trusted electric vehicle expertise
Our experience has been recognised across the automotive, fleet and energy sectors.
Customer service that goes the distance
Technology, funding and vehicles are important, but successful fleet management ultimately depends on service.
We provide dedicated account management and ongoing operational support, helping customers and drivers from onboarding through to everyday vehicle operation.
Our approach is built around making electric vehicles and fleet management easier to understand and easier to manage, whether we’re supporting an individual driver, an employee salary sacrifice scheme or a business-critical fleet.
That commitment to service is reflected in our customer feedback, with DriveElectric achieving an Exceptional rating on Feefo, based on independently verified customer reviews.
DriveElectric today
DriveElectric is a UK electric vehicle leasing and fleet specialist with dedicated EV experience stretching back to 2008.
As part of Jurni, our capabilities now extend across the wider vehicle lifecycle, from funding and vehicle procurement to salary sacrifice, charging, fleet management, maintenance and driver support.
We combine the specialist knowledge developed through thousands of electric vehicles and pioneering EV projects with the scale and infrastructure required to support modern UK fleets.
Our objective remains the same as it was when we started our electric journey in 2008: to make the transition to electric easier.
Ready to make the switch?
Whether you’re looking for your next electric car, introducing an EV salary sacrifice scheme or planning the transition of an entire fleet, our specialists can help.