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City plug for electric cars

EDINBURGH and Glasgow will get 375 plug-in charging points for electric cars as part of a "green revolution", UK Transport Secretary Philip Hammond was due to announce today.

By The Newsroom
Published 13th Dec 2010, 21:33 BST
Updated 14th Dec 2010, 10:03 BST

Scotland is one of five areas which has won cash for the project.

Motorists will also be able to get government grants of up to 5000 to buy the first of a new generation of electrical vehicles.

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The first three named electric cars eligible for the 25 per cent grants are the Mitsubishi iMiEV, the Mercedes-Benz smart fortwo ED and the Peugeot iON. Six other cars will also qualify as they become part of the scheme over the next few months.