Electric Car Insider

GoinGreen - This car company is on target !

Isn't it a simple concept? Make electric cars look no different than gas powered cars and people will buy them. These guys are on to something. GoinGreen

Sold in the UK, GoinGreen cars are the UK's top selling electric vehicles. And there are many innovative incentives that have been put in place there to encourage the purchase and use of electric cars:

1. The G-Wiz can park for free on meters and pay and display bays in central London boroughs of Westminster and the City.
2. In addition, G-Wiz owners can apply for a year long pass for any one of the nineteen MasterPark car parks in Westminster for an annual fee of just £200, or £600 for all MasterParks. This represents a saving of at least 96% off the annual season ticket price.
   
3. In addition, G-Wiz owners can also park for free in any of the six municipal car parks in the Corporation of the City of London.

Want to see electric cars take off here in the US? Provide these kinds of incentives in large cities like New York or Los Angeles. Demand would rise and car makers would step up with great electric car products.

What if you owned a local courier service? Wouldn't you use an electric vehicle if you could save on parking and energy? What if there were free charging points in your city?

Here's the situation in London:

-There are 54 free charging points in MasterPark car parks in Westminster, plus free charging points in five of the six City car parks. On street charging points are being introduced on test by some London boroughs shortly.

Seems pretty simple, doesn't it? Make electric cars attractive looking, convenient to use and cheaper to use and people will flock to them.

posted by Rob and Liz @ 5:16 AM