Council purchases fleet of 15 electric vans and signs £9m deal to put 30 vehicle charging points in town centre car parks
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe first of a new fleet of 15 electric vans has arrived at Bury Council to help cut the borough’s carbon emissions. The new vehicles are part of a £10M plan to renew the local authorty’s fleet, bringing greener and more efficient vehicles to the council’s operational services department.
The council is also looking at a low carbon fuel source for its other vehicles. Bury Council has also appointed electric vehicle (EV) charging network Be.EV to install more than 30 new EV charging points across their land.
The new infrastructure will be part of the Be.EV public charging network, the largest across the North West. The council said most of the chargers will be rapid or ultra-rapid, which can charge a typical EV to 80 per cent in 20 minutes to an hour, compared to four to six hours on a 7kW fast charger.
The new points will be primarily in convenient destination areas such as town centre car parks. The new vans are estimated to cut 1,450kg of CO2 per vehicle per year or 21.75 tonnes per year once all the vehicles are in service.
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