Electric Cars In Coventry

Coventry is going to be one of only six towns and cities to have funding to pioneer electric vehicles. The vehicles will have a range of 50 to 70 miles, with a top speed of 60 mph.

The Coventry Telegraph continues the story:

City council transport and supplies manager Dilip Chauhan: "We don't know the exact amount of funding yet but this year we've identified 12 vehicles we want to replace with electric models and we've identified another 40 vehicles for the year after."

The council hopes to use electric vans made by Coventry-based firm Modec for street cleaning, road maintenance, meals-on-wheels and grounds works in parks. It will source electric minibuses to take children to school, elderly people to care centres and disabled students to college.