Four Scottish local authorities have turned to Nissan's LEAF, a 100 per cent electric vehicle, to reduce their carbon emissions and improve air quality.
Transport Scotland is helping NHS Tayside, Dundee City Council, Perth & Kinross Council and Dumfries & Galloway Council with the initial cost of the electric cars through a grant.
Each authority is adding between two and four vehicles to its fleet.
Dumfries & Galloway Council was the first in the UK to add a LEAF to its operation, and to meet the vehicle's needs it added two charging points on its properties, with plans to introduce a further four.
Another ten public charging points will be installed throughout its administrative region, including one Rapid Charger that can fill a Nissan LEAF to 80 per cent battery capacity in just 30 minutes.
"Last year NHS Tayside spent over half a million pounds on fuel for its fleet of vehicles and money we save on fuel will could go towards other healthcare priorities," said Sandy Watson, sustainability champion and chairman of NHS Tayside, which has got Nissan deals on two LEAFs.
"The timely delivery of these two new electric vehicles will help towards reducing NHS Tayside’s emissions as they create less pollution than petrol or diesel powered cars, and are an environmentally-friendly alternative."
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Posted by Emma Grange