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Hilti plans 130 Škoda Enyaq EVs for its Australian field fleet

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Rear three-quarter view of a grey Škoda Enyaq photographed in Esslingen, Germany.
A 2025 Škoda Enyaq photographed in Esslingen, Germany, on 16 March 2025. Archive model context only: this is not a Hilti fleet vehicle or a depiction of the ordered Sportline trim. Photo: Alexander Migl / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.Photo title: File:2025 Škoda Enyaq DSC 8030.jpgImage: Alexander Migl / Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)Resized for the web; original framing retained. The image retains the linked licence or editorial-use terms.

The Enyaq Sportline order is due to roll out across 2026–28. Hilti says the electric SUVs suit its field operations, but no annual delivery split or charging plan was reported.

A three-year fleet order

The Driven reports that Hilti Australia has agreed to add 130 fully electric Škoda Enyaq Sportline SUVs to its fleet. Deliveries are planned progressively through 2026, 2027 and 2028, rather than as a single handover.

Hilti says the agreement followed a global tender process. The report does not give a delivery allocation by year or state, or disclose the fleet contract value. The 130 vehicles are therefore an announced procurement plan, not a confirmed 2026 delivery total.

Selected for work across Australia

Hilti says its Australian team chose the fully electric Enyaq Sportline for its driving range, safety specifications and practicality for field-based work. The report quotes Australian general manager Samir Kohi linking fleet electrification to the company’s emissions-reduction objectives, which include a net-zero target for 2050.

The vehicles are due in a bespoke Corrida Red fleet colour. Hilti says the colour aligns with its global brand identity and removes the need for aftermarket wrapping. Škoda Australia’s brand director Lucie Kuhn welcomed the deal and cited the Enyaq’s practicality, technology and efficiency. These are the companies’ stated reasons; the article gives no measured running-cost, energy-use or emissions results from this order.

The operating plan still matters

The report does not specify where the vehicles will be based, how they will be charged, or how servicing and driver assignments will work across Hilti’s field operations. A large vehicle order alone does not show how a business will handle those day-to-day needs.

For another fleet considering a staged EV rollout, the useful questions are practical: how many cars arrive each year, where can drivers charge during work, and do route and duty-cycle data support the selected vehicle? Those answers matter alongside the vehicle choice when a procurement plan turns into a working fleet.

Sources: The Driven