Social workers in the Scottish Borders will be given a pool of electric cars to use, after the local council approved a trial scheme of EVs.
According to the BBC, the pilot scheme has been made possible by a £105,000 low carbon vehicle grant from the Scottish government.
Three EV cars, costing more than £30,000 each, will join the social services fleet in the area while the remaining fund will pay for a small network of charging points to be set up. So far, no details have been released over what EVs will be used under the scheme but based on the price-tag presumably they will be Nissan Leaf cars, which cost £30,990 before a £5,000 Plug-in Car Grant is taken into account.
Council leader David Parker told the BBC, the project would allow the authority to assess how "efficient and practical" the vehicles could be.
Councillor Jim Fullarton, executive member for roads and infrastructure, added: "It’s a great trial for social work when it costs £3.36 to fill the tank of the car compared with the current fuel prices," he said.
