Great fanfare has welcomed the announcement of the New Nissan Leaf. An all electric car – Great for British jobs as the European version of the car is to be manufactured in Sunderland. Many other major manufacturers have announced electric cars in recent years e.g. Peugeot (rebadged Mitsubishi) GM Volt, Smart EV etc but the truth is they’ve all been held back awaiting government incentives which finally arrive in Jan 2011. A figure of ‘up to’ £5000 for purchasing a qualifying electric car has been proposed although full details of the scheme are yet to be published. So how else can the government encourage the take up of these emission free vehicles? A recent article posted on www.parkingnottingham.com suggests that parking incentives on urban centres would help create demand. The article discusses the idea that city councils could make available free parking and free charging points in their owned car parks for electric cars thereby helping to promote the idea of electric car ownership an creating a national city based charging ( power) infrastructure. Makes a lot of sense doesn’t it but council bosses are worried about falling revenues and so far have not taken up the idea outside of London. What fo you think. Have your say.
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