UK universities leading way in electric vehicle rollout

According to research, UK universities have an above average percentage of electric vehicles on their fleets.

From all UK new vehicle registrations in 2013 only 0.11% composed of purely electric vehicles. However a Freedom of Information survey conducted by Intelligent Car Leasing, contacting 116 universities across the UK shows that 7.73% of university owned vehicles are purely electric powered.

Out of the 114 institutions which responded 58.77% owned at least one electric vehicle. Out of those who don’t currently own any electric vehicles many noted their plans to invest in such technology in the near future.

	University	Electric vehicles	Percentage of fleet
1	East Anglia, The University of	15	23%
2	Glasgow, The University of	15	13.39%
3	Manchester, The University of	13	13%
4	Coventry University	13	11.60%
5	Warwick, The University of	13	11.60%
6	Royal Holloway, University of London	12	33%
7	Brunel University	11	22%
8	Leicester, The University of	7	14%
9	Birmingham, The University of	7	12%
10	Cranfield University	7	11%

Pete McAllister, of Intelligent Car Leasing, added: "With a fast growing green energy sector in the UK electric vehicles are fast becoming an all-round low carbon driving option. It’s brilliant to see such a high adoption rate amongst the UK’s universities and hopefully this is a good indicator of the broader motoring picture in years to come.”