2025 Year in Review: How Data Is Powering a Smarter Fleet Electrification Strategy
As fleet electrification continues to scale across North America, 2025 reinforced a critical reality: successful electrification is not driven by assumptions—it’s built on data. At Sawatch Labs, this year demonstrated how a well-defined fleet electrification strategy, grounded in real-world operational insights, helps fleets reduce risk, control costs, and move forward with confidence. The team members took some time to share highlights from some of their favorite engagements with fleets over this past year.
Electrification at Statewide Scale
One of the most impactful milestones of the year was the completion of an 18-month strategic electrification analysis for a major state fleet. The engagement evaluated more than 5,000 unique vehicles and 219 existing charging sites, resulting in a fully customized six-year fleet electrification strategy.
Rather than treating vehicles and infrastructure as separate decisions, the roadmap aligned charging deployment directly with vehicle replacement schedules and EV acquisition recommendations—ensuring scalability without overbuilding or underutilization.
“The level of engagement and collaboration from all stakeholders throughout this process made this project incredibly impactful and successful,” said Jared Walker, Client Analyst.
Customer Validation That Matters
Beyond project scale, customer feedback provided some of the strongest validation of Sawatch Labs’ approach. In 2025, analytics customers gave Sawatch a +67 Net Promoter Score, reflecting deep trust in data-driven electrification planning.
“I firmly believe the Sawatch Solution is the best way to collect and understand the opportunities for a holistic EV deployment,” shared one customer—feedback that stood out as particularly meaningful to the team.
As Andrew Cook, Customer Success, noted, “That kind of trust, driven by the data we provide, is the most powerful measure of success.”
Proving EV Readiness for High-Mileage Fleets
A persistent concern for many organizations is whether EVs can support demanding duty cycles. This year, Sawatch Labs analyzed over 500,000 miles of driving data across 15 states for a national beverage company.
The results showed that 75% of the fleet could transition to battery-electric vehicles today, with overnight charging meeting most daily route needs. Even for high-mileage operations, the shift to BEVs closely mirrored existing refueling workflows.
According to Martín Bonzi, Client Analytics, the findings “demonstrated that the operational transition to BEVs would be comparable to the beverage company’s current operations and require only minimal midday charging,” exceeding the client’s expectations as they had expected that EV range would be a limiting factor.
From Strategy to Real-World Results
Data-driven planning translated directly into deployment success. One long-standing client rolled out their first electric Class 8 truck based on Sawatch ezEV recommendations.
“In the last six months, drivers have consistently reported that the truck’s performance exceeded our projections,” said Sarah Booth, Director of Strategic Business Operations at Sawatch Labs, adding that the positive experience is already driving plans to replace another diesel unit.
In another engagement, Sawatch helped a newly appointed fleet manager navigate a complex, multi-vendor environment. As Brandon Haddon explained, “We worked together to map out exactly where his active versus unused inventory was located, which allowed us to perform a rightsizing analysis and build a realistic, phased plan for his remaining telematics installations. It turned a chaotic transition into a structured roadmap.”
Looking Ahead
As fleets plan for 2026 and beyond, one takeaway from 2025 is clear: a successful fleet electrification strategy depends on aligning vehicles, infrastructure, and operations through data. With the right insights, electrification becomes not just achievable—but scalable and sustainable.
