The Big Issue Group and Citroen have announced a three-year partnership which will see the company provide the magazine group with a fleet of electric light commercial vehicles. The Big Issue fleet currently covers 350,000 miles a year, transporting more than two million magazines to 3,300 vendors across the UK.
The first electric vans will be used in Bristol, Bath, Bournemouth, Norwich and Newcastle on August 15. The Big Issue said that with many cities now becoming Clean Air Zones and charging older vehicles for travelling in city centres to reduce pollution, the partnership has come at a vital time.
Laurentiu Lukacs, who sells the magazine in Bristol, said: "It's good that the company is starting to go greener for the planet. My customers like it when the magazine covers political issues - so, I think they will be happy that we are starting to use electric vehicles."
