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Forty electric cars are to be tested on the streets of Scotland's largest city as part of the world's biggest trial of environmentally-friendly vehicles. The specially-designed electric cars will be seen on the roads of Glasgow by the end of the year. Glasgow firm Allied Vehicles, leading the project, has already converted the Peugeot Expert Teepee into an electric car, and is now working to transform the Peugeot Partner saloon so that it can also run off a battery. Drivers will then be chosen by Glasgow City Council to test 40 of the electric cars for 12 months, so that data can then be analysed by Strathclyde University. It is hoped the trial, which is mirrored by similar electric-car schemes in eight other locations across the UK, will help pave the way for mass take up of environmentally-friendly vehicles in the future. The cars will be recharged from a home power supply, or 40 specially designed plug-in points to be installed across Glasgow. The Glasgow project has received a £1.8 million share of £25m government funding and Allied managing director Paul Nelson said the decision to award the Glasgow project funding would make the city "a leading player for the quest for green transport". Councillor Philip Braat, Glasgow City Council's deputy executive member for business and the economy, said he hoped the project would help make Glasgow "Scotland's greenest" city, and "one of the most sustainable cities in Europe".
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