Boris Johnson could introduce London electric car hire scheme

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Boris Johnson could introduce London electric car hire scheme | Politics | guardian.co.uk

Boris Johnson is considering the introduction of an electric car hire scheme in London as part of his attempts to make it the "electric capital of Europe".

The London mayor today told the London assembly that the working group he has set up to look at electric vehicles was considering the autolib scheme being planned for Paris for 2010.

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"We have been talking to manufacturers about the possibility about switching to, or indeed creating, electric vehicles in this city."

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Johnson said he wanted to see at least half the 8,000 vehicle fleet owned by the Greater London Authority replaced by electric vehicles as soon as possible.

"I want to see real progress towards us identifying London as the electric capital by June, but we have to be clear this is something we can't do without government assistance and we have to do it jointly with central government, " he said.

4000 would be a lot of electric cars. I wonder if Tesla can take advantage of this? We know he's a fan. Where is the Bluestar when you need it? :wink: It would be nice if they could get in on the action with the Smart-e, but the Tesla version is staying in North America, isn't it?

Let's also hope that this isn't greenwash. He can start by reversing some of the decisions such as dropping free parking for EVs and a recent slowdown in charging post deployment.