GEV Technologies – Powering efficiency for business & convenience for drivers

John Shiel, CEO GEV Technologies.

Wicklow-based company, GEV Technologies are the specialists in EV charging, providing services covering everything from design, operation, maintenance, support and payment for fleets, businesses and large properties.

As industry award winners, picking up an EV Industry Award for the Best Billing & Payment System for Fleets in 2024, CEO, John Shiel and his team are keen to highlight what they call ‘The GEV Advantage’ which encompasses what makes the company stand out from their competitors in this growing market.

GEV Technologies offers a full circle solution, providing a one stop shop to solving issues relating to electric fleet charging by setting up a convenient and capable charging infrastructure that can grow with their clients as they grow and expand.

The GEV Advantage includes the following service features for companies:

  • EV Suitability Selection
  • Home, office & depot charging
  • The GEV charge & fuel card
  • Grid Boosting & local management
  • 24 / 7 support & breakdown cover
  • Carbon & usage reporting

A major element of The GEV Advantage is the ability for GEV Technologies to manage home charging for client employees so that their vehicle charging electricity bill is calculated and paid directly by GEV Technologies who then in turn invoice the employer, allowing for better and more efficient control of charging costs.

With a strong portfolio of clients already on board including Vhi, Kingspan, Pinergy and Gas Networks Ireland, to name but a few, the company is going from strength to strength. John is driven by a passion for innovation and aims to position GEV Technologies as a leading provider of smart EV charging solutions to help businesses and drivers transition to a sustainable electric future.

John Shiel, CEO, GEV Technologies, said: “Electric mobility is no longer the future—it’s the present. Proactive businesses and property owners are looking to reduce costs and their carbon footprint. To unlock the benefits of EV’s, our clients can see the benefit of partnering with us to introduce and operate innovative, scalable EV charging, payment and energy management technologies that bring real operational savings to their organisation. At GEV, we’re dedicated and excited by helping clients seamlessly make that transition, ensuring their charging systems are reliable, future-proofed and aligned with their long-term growth. Together, we can turn the shift to electrification into a strategic advantage.”

Speaking about their experience with GEV Technologies, Rob Murray, Head of Services, Vhi, said: “Vhi recently changed its commercial Sales fleet from Fossil fuel vehicles to electric vehicles and as part of this process we had to find a service provider to both install suitable EV charging stations/points within colleagues homes and also provide a service of collating data and administering the payment of business travel and a way to differentiate between personal charging and business charging.  

“GEV Technologies provided all of these solutions and where extremely professional from the commencement of the works where they provided an excellent relationship manager who oversaw the tricky installation of EV charging points in colleagues personal domestic homes they carried out this work to the time frame of our colleagues and the quality construction and safety carried out during the installation process.”

For more information log onto www.gev.ie