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Co-wheels Car Club & Alternative Energy Cars Tony Archer Co-wheels Development Coordinator Aberdeen & Dundee. What is Co-wheels?. Social Enterprise 38+ locations in the UK and growing. On street car hire Go-Low model is our fleet management packaged as an alternative to Grey Fleet.
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Co-wheels Car Club& Alternative Energy Cars Tony ArcherCo-wheels Development CoordinatorAberdeen & Dundee
What is Co-wheels? • Social Enterprise • 38+ locations in the UK and growing. • On street car hire • Go-Low model is our fleet management packaged as an alternative to Grey Fleet.
Co-wheels use of Conventional cars • Most of our 200 plus strong fleet of cars comprises of either diesel or petrol cars. • Lowest emission class vehicles dominate our choice.
Co-wheels & EV’s • EV’s Limited by lack of charging infrastructure. • Leasing Costs • Mainly L.A. & NHS pool car use to date. • E-Bikes are available. • No Hybrids
Electric Vehicles • Plugged In Places • 2013 1st EV deployment in our Scottish Car Club fleet. • 3 Nissan Leafs & 1 Mitsubishi MiEV • EV problems
EV benefits • Ideal city use cars • Air quality benefits • Cheaper operational costs. • Quirky and offer marketing potential.
EV The Next Generation • Hydrogen Club Cars • 350 mile range. • Co-wheels -1st Car Club in the World to trial a Hydrogen Club car. • Aiming to introduce hydrogen club cars in 2015.
Hydrogen Roll Out • Manufacturers agreement 2015 • 1.5 m H-cars -2030 • U.K. 65 sites initially rising to 1150 in 2030. • Scotland's renewables capacity important.
Co-wheels Hydrogen Club Cars • In partnership with Aberdeen City Council. • Possible conversion of existing EV’s. • May access new vehicles.
Thank You Tony ArcherCo-wheels Development CoordinatorAberdeen & Dundee The Bridges Centre 2 Poynernook Road Aberdeen AB11 5RW Tel: 07788 319605 Email: tony@co-wheels.org.uk Website: www.co-wheels.org.uk www.Co-wheels.org.uk tony@Co-wheels.org.uk Tel: 07788319605