Project Summary

Our goal is to determine the feasibility of building and launching an online tool that helps people and organisations measure their readiness for transitioning to electric vehicles through algorithmic data analysis on their actual usage and requirements.

Project Achievements

Miralis Data have used T-TRIG grant to extend existing algorithms and build a fully documented API that shows how ULEVs can be introduced into a fleet and the impact that this will have in terms of cost and emissions. This API is ready to be integrated with existing platforms or to be developed into its own standalone system.

We have conducted research, both to determine the need and market for such a tool through focus groups, competitor analysis and persona development, and to realise what the product might look like by developing user stories. We have also explored a number of different commercialisation options and produced a business model canvas that captures some potential next steps.

Conclusions

While the project has faced major disruption through Covid-19, we have been able to prove the technical feasibility of what we set out to do, as well as identifying several potential routes to market and next steps. This includes organisations that we have made connections with through the project.

While migration to ULEV may not be the priority of organisations at the present moment, as we move past Covid-19, market forces and decisions may force businesses to start thinking about how they integrate ULEV in an affordable way. We will be well placed to assist and help contribute to a potential Green (post-Covid-19) Recovery.