Milton Keynes (GB) has just installed 25 charge points in the city centre, an action which is part of a national scheme called “Plugged in Places”. In addition, the municipality has provided its citizens with a map aimed at localizing these charge points.
The city goes further and offers both free parking and free electricity to drivers of “sustainable and environmentally friendly” electric vehicles, in exchange for becoming a member of the scheme and a fee of £50 – about €56. A great incentive for potential buyers to make up their mind!
Now, even a Police patrol drives an electric car. Indeed, the Thames Valley Police bought an electric vehicle which was partly funded by ‘Plugged in Places”.
In an interview with the BBC, Inspector Keith Lavery said : "Although we’ve only got one of these cars at the moment, obviously that’s a positive step forward in trying to achieve [our] goal." This car is indeed expected to cut the CO2 emissions of the Police patrol by 30% by 2015.
Milton Keynes shows a great will to cut CO2 emissions, although the government will scale down the Plugged-In-Places scheme, the City Council made the decision to continue to install electric vehicles charge points.
Milton Keynes has been a member of Energy Cities since 1996.
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© photo Milton Keynes Council
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