Last week (Tuesday Sept 7), the City of Sydney announced that it is trialing a new electric car as a potential component of its council fleet. Whilst Council currently has 43 hybrids in its fleet of 150, this is the first fully electric car.
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore sees the car trial as ‘a critical part of our environmental strategy, reducing the environmental impact of our fleet, and reducing emissions’.
The vehicle, a Mitsubishi i-MiEV, is not expected to be available for public sale in Australia until next year, but it is being made available to a number of government departments, councils and private companies ahead of its release.