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Carmarthenshire County Council has today become the first local authority in Wales to unveil fully electric vehicles as part of its fleet. The vehicles, manufactured by Mitsubishi, will be used by council staff as part of its co-ordinated pool car system. They were unveiled in Carmarthen. Named i-MiEV, they boast zero running emissions, can be plugged in to any UK three-pin 13A socket, and cost just 96p for a full charge. They have a range of 90 miles and can be charged from flat to full in six hours, and to 80 per cent in just 30 minutes. They have come at no cost to the authority, as they were funded as part of a Welsh Assembly Sustainable Travel Centres grant. Carmarthen was one of only four areas in Wales to secure £500,000, which has paid for a series of improvements including walking, cycling and public transport infrastructure. Launching the cars, the council’s director of Technical Services, Richard Workman, said: “These cars are an example of what the future will look like – t...

Carmarthenshire County Council will be the first authority in Wales to unveil the inclusion of new electric cars into its vehicle fleet next week. The council will unveil its Carmarthenshire Electric Vehicles (CEV) in Carmarthen, on Thursday, March 31. They will be used by council staff as part of its co-ordinated pool car system. The fully electric vehicles are manufactured by Mitsubishi. Named i-MiEV, they boast zero running emissions, can be plugged in to any UK three-pin 13A socket, and cost just 96p for a full charge. They have a range of 90 miles and can be charged from flat to full in six hours, and to 80 per cent in just 30 minutes. Two cars were funded as part of a £500,000 sustainable transport improvement in Carmarthen, paid for by Welsh Assembly Sustainable Travel Centres funding. Carmarthen was one of only four areas in Wales to secure the funding, which has paid for a series of improvements including walking, cycling and public transport infrastructure. The council’s tran...