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Scotland plans to make all public sector vehicles "low carbon" by 2020

30 June 2009 • 1 min read

New consultation proposes that 95 per cent of new cars sold in Scotland after 2020 will be "low carbon"

Just days after passing arguably the world's most ambitious climate change bill, the Scottish government yesterday proposed new targets that could result in almost all new cars sold in the country after...

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