Case study · Fleet branding

King's College London Electric Van Fleet: Non-PVC Full Wraps

Six brand-new electric Ford Transits, fully wrapped in a non-PVC 3M Envision system. Artwork adapted across two vehicle platforms, printed in-house and installed at P1 HQ in Bognor Regis.

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Client: King's College London
Fleet: 5 × electric Ford Transit Custom · 1 × electric Ford Transit
Services: Fleet branding · Printed full wraps
Material: 3M Envision LX480mC + 8548G (non-PVC)
Completed: June 2026, P1 HQ, Bognor Regis

The brief

An electric fleet deserved graphics built on the same thinking

King's College London was taking on six newly leased electric vans for its Estates & Facilities team, who look after the university's London campuses. The vans were supplied by Wessex Fleet, who brought the wrapping to us.

King's wanted the graphics to reflect the same sustainability thinking behind running an electric fleet in the first place. So the material mattered as much as the look.

Five brand-new electric Ford Transit Customs were delivered to our Bognor Regis workshop together, followed shortly after by a larger electric Ford Transit. All six left fully wrapped in the King's livery.

It was also our first project with Wessex Fleet.

Watch the reel

The finished fleet, from our YouTube Shorts.

How the job ran

From supplied artwork to six finished vans

Material choice, artwork adaptation, in-house printing and installation, all handled under one roof at P1 HQ.

Recommending a complete non-PVC wrap system

Most printed wraps are PVC-based. For an electric fleet with a clear environmental message on the side, that didn't sit right, so we recommended a system that is non-PVC from print film to overlaminate.

We paired 3M Envision Print Wrap Film LX480mC with 3M Envision Gloss Wrap Overlaminate 8548G. Angus has used 3M Envision on a number of projects over the years, so it was a system we were confident recommending and producing in-house.

Print film + overlaminate3M Envision LX480mC + Gloss Overlaminate 8548Ga complete non-PVC system

Side panel reading Driving new climate thinking at King's, in the gloss 3M Envision finish — The gloss Envision finish on the side panels.

One livery, adapted across two Ford platforms

The original livery was designed by Day 1 Communications, and King's College London supplied the artwork to us.

A design built for one van doesn't simply scale onto another. We adapted the supplied creative for production across the five Transit Customs, then translated the same visual identity onto the taller, longer body of the full-size electric Transit.

Park them side by side and they read as one fleet, which is the whole point of fleet branding.

The larger electric Ford Transit in the King's College London livery

Rear three-quarter of the larger Transit with the adapted King's artwork

Printed in-house on HP Latex at P1 HQ

We prepared the production files ourselves and printed every large-format panel in-house on our HP Latex equipment in Bognor Regis.

Keeping pre-press, print and installation in one building means colour stays consistent from van to van, and nothing waits on an outside print supplier. When six vehicles have to match, that control matters.

ProductionArtwork adaptation, pre-press and HP Latex printingall in-house at P1 HQ, Bognor Regis

Detail of the finished branding.

Complete full wraps, panel by panel

All six vehicles were fully wrapped, with large printed panels installed across the exterior bodywork. The vans arrived in their factory white and silver and left in the complete King's College London livery.

The full-size Transit is a much taller van, so it went up on staging to reach the roof line and keep the upper panels straight.

On a printed full wrap, the join lines and the way the pattern carries across doors, handles and body lines are what separate a good fleet from an average one. Each panel was aligned by hand to keep the artwork continuous around the van.

Watch the fit

The first of the six vans going on, start to finish.

Collected by Wessex Fleet, straight into service

Once finished, the vans were professionally collected by Wessex Fleet and transported individually to King's College London, ready to go to work for Estates & Facilities across the university's London campuses.

King's Estates & Facilities has publicly credited Wessex Fleet as vehicle supplier, Day 1 Communications as designers and P1 Wraps as the wrap company on the project.

Five wrapped Transit Customs lined up outside P1 Wraps before collection — Lined up at P1 HQ before collection.

A white Transit Custom part way through its wrap — Arrived white

The same model finished in the full King's College London livery — Delivered

“King's wanted the graphics to reflect the same environmental thinking behind running an electric fleet, so material choice was an important part of the project.”

Angus Waddell · Founder, P1 Wraps

Behind the scenes

The build

Six vans through the workshop in June 2026. Scroll for the in-progress shots.

White van to printed livery, one panel at a time

The big Transit on staging, sides half done

First Transit Custom finished in the bay

Side panels aligned across the sliding door

The finished fleet

Six electric vans, one clear identity

What went into it

Services used on this project

Commercial

Fleet Branding

Design & print

Printed Wraps

Vans & cars

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P1 Wraps handles commercial fleet branding from supplied artwork or a new design, with pre-press, HP Latex printing and installation all in-house at our Bognor Regis workshop. We work with operators, fleet suppliers and leasing companies across Sussex, Hampshire and beyond, including non-PVC wrap systems for fleets with environmental goals.

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