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Daily Record
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Norman Silvester

Police Scotland spends almost £20m on fleet of electric cars in bid to become 'greenest force' in Britain

Police Scotland has spent almost £20million on electric cars in a bid to make it the greenest force in Britain, the Sunday Mail can reveal.

In the last three years it has bought 599 specially adapted Hyundai Kona models at a cost of £15.2million, figures released last week show.

A further £3.1million has been spent on 130 charging points at 26 stations across the country, including Ayr, ­­Dumfries, Dunblane, Edinburgh, Glasgow, ­Hawick and Kilmarnock.

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