{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Stephen Clegg | Topspeed","description":"Stephen Clegg founded Topspeed Couriers in 1985 and has spent the last four years (and roughly £4.2 million) ripping diesel out of a logistics business that moves dangerous goods, radioactive material, and time-critical government samples around the UK. He sits down with Paul and John — joined briefly by Webfleet's Richard Parker before technology has other ideas — to talk about what actually happens when you stop talking about sustainability and start spending money on it.\n\nThe conversation gets into the specifics most operators avoid: why carbon emissions go up before they come down, why a Carbon Reduction Plan is essentially accountancy with different units, and why the much-repeated line \"you'll save money by going green\" is closer to \"we're going to the moon in ten years\" than a business case.\n\nAlso covered:\n\nWinning a King's Award for Sustainability — and the team back at base who actually did the work\nWhy maintenance costs dropped to roughly a quarter once the diesel vans left the workshop\nThe shift to overnight, event-critical work and what that does to fleet utilisation\nDriving 15mph slower, the bonus scheme that makes it stick, and a 75% reduction in claims after rolling out AI-based driver and forward-facing cameras\nPublic charging discounts that kick in when you're plugging in three or four times a day\nThe smash advert theory of refined fuels (you'll need to hear it)\nOne missing Volvo EX90, one nine-year-old Land Rover Discovery pressed back into service, and a verdict on 15-year-old in-cab tech\n\nA useful listen for anyone running a van fleet who's been told the transition is too hard, too expensive, or too early — and for anyone who's been told it'll be easy.\n\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-clegg-b0179242/\nWebsite: https://www.topspeedcouriers.co.uk (https://www.topspeedcouriers.co.uk/)","author_name":"EV Café Takeaway","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5100620-ev-cafe-takeaway","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43689097/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}