- Delivery of six new EV vans for council
- Vans replace five Berlingo vehicles
- Contributing towards reducing the council’s carbon footprint
Tamworth Borough Council are delighted to announce they now have delivery of six new electric vehicles to add to their Street Scene fleet of 26 vehicles.
The six Nissan Townstar vans, replace the five Berlingo vans on a four-year contract, demonstrating the council’s commitment to reducing the council’s carbon footprint.
The vans will use the secure charging points at the depot and will be used by the Street Scene and depot teams to inspect works on site meetings with contractors and call out works. They will carry smaller equipment, unlike the flatbed trucks used for more heavy-duty machinery.
The delivery of the new EV vans has been adopted as part of the Staffordshire County Council’s electric vehicle (EV) charging strategy, which will see an increase in more than three thousand charge points installed across Staffordshire over the next seven years.
Tamworth Borough Council recognises the need to decarbonise transport responsibly in collaboration with local communities, partners, and businesses. The council will be focusing on decreasing emissions produced by the council’s fleet, alongside promoting the use of low-emission vehicles and developing the infrastructure to support this.
Tamworth Borough Council’s Climate Emergency declaration recognises that urgent action is required to reduce carbon emissions resulting from the council’s activities, as rapidly as possible with the goal of becoming net zero by 2050, aspiring to do so by 2030.
Councillor Dave Foster, Deputy Leader for Tamworth Borough Council and Portfolio Holder for environmental sustainability, waste and recycling, said: “This is another step towards us reaching our net carbon zero pledge and reducing our carbon footprint in the borough.
“These vehicles will also help reduce fuel costs and will be fitted with telematics features, helping us work more efficiently and safely.”
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The Department for Transport has set a key date of 2030 to have 300,000 public charge points in the UK. As of October 2022, there were some three hundred public charge points in Staffordshire, and therefore the task is to grow this number by approximately three thousand charge points in Staffordshire over the next seven years.
In 2019, Tamworth Borough Council declared a ‘Climate Emergency’ which accepts that urgent action is required to reduce carbon emissions resulting from the Council’s activities. The declaration was based on the ‘Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C’, published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in October 2018. This identified the catastrophic consequences that a 2°C average rise in global temperatures would cause in comparison with a 1.5°C rise in temperature.