Scotland promises funding to charge up public sector electric car adoption

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Over £4m of new funding to support roll out of electric and hybrid fleets

The Scottish government has unveiled a £4.2m tranche of funding to encourage public bodies to replace conventionally powered cars with low carbon vehicles. The new funding builds on around £4.3m made...

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