Electric vehicles delivers £660k savings

Welsh Government and local authorities achieve milestone: largest-ever collaborative procurement of electric vehicles delivers £660k savings

Welsh Government, working with Welsh local authorities, has successfully concluded the first ever collaborative procurement on this scale, for electric vehicles. The procurement covered 241 vehicles and will save the public purse over £660k.

Ambition to decarbonise the public sector is high in Wales, and although local authorities are keen to transition to cost effective Electric Vehicles (EVs), when acting individually their relatively small orders were often being ignored in the marketplace.

This first of a kind, collaborative procurement was won by the award winning Welsh company Fleet-EV and the initiative has provided certainty and cheaper costs. 

I am pleased to see local authorities leading the way on decarbonising their fleet whilst also driving down costs. It is essential we collaborate and use our existing funding and procurement levers in a more innovative and cooperative way to achieve net zero. This is a really good example of working together to achieve more

Rebecca Evans MS, Minister for Finance and local Government

Local Partnerships, in its role delivering the Welsh Government Energy Service, has been an important part of the process to drive ambition and momentum and achieve scale.

Jane Forshaw, Strategic Lead for the service said: “It is so rewarding to support the public sector in Wales and see the dial take a jump on this once in a lifetime transformation to save carbon and cost.”

Thirteen Vauxhall Corsa-e were delivered to Rhondda Cynon Taf to transport their enforcement officers.