Government has now added eight electric vehicles to its fleet.
On Sunday at Government Headquarters Bay Street, the Division of Energy and Telecommunications rolled out the Electric Vehicle Pilot which falls under the division’s Public Sector Smart Energy Programme.
This pilot however was made possible due to funding from the Inter-American Development Bank.
The objective is to promote low carbon transportation technologies within the public service. The eight vehicles are powered by solar photovoltaic systems and the fleet is made up of a combination of three electric cars and five vans.
The Ministries or Government units to benefit include, the Division of Energy and Telecommunications, Ministry of Housing and Lands, Transport and Works, Environment and Drainage, Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, the Office of the Attorney General (Financial Intelligence Unit), Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Barbados Defence Force. (TG)