Swansea Council chiefs have said they expect all of its vehicle fleet to be electric or ultra-low emission in eight years' time. It owns, leases, or hires nearly 1,000 cars, vans and lorries, with 60 of them fully electric.
The council has a commitment to be "net zero" by 2030, meaning it will slash carbon emissions it is responsible for and offset the remainder with measures such as solar farms and tree-planting. But its commitment to electric vehicles has been questioned by former councillor Ioan Richard following a Freedom of Information request he sent to the authority.
The council's response to Mr Richard said it owned 142 vehicles and leased or hired 838 more. Most were vans and light trucks. Fifty-five vans, two cars and one lorry were fully electric. Mr Richard was critical of the fully electric total as, in his view, the council "really hypes up electric vehicles and green policies".
