UK’s first all-electric car club launched in London

The UK’s first all-electric car club has been launched in East London.

E-Car Club has teamed up with the Poplar Housing and Regeneration Community Association to launch the scheme. Members will pay £5.50 an hour to drive Renault Zoe and Fluence cars, with a 100-mile journey within the range of a single charge. 

E-Car Club co-founder Christopher Morris said local authorities, colleges, residents’ groups, social landlords and business parks were the firm’s preferred partners. Schemes with neighbourhood initiative Low Carbon Oxford North, the University of Hertfordshire and the Maylands Business Park in North London are in the pipeline for launching in 2014.

The East London scheme launch follows pilots in Luton, led by the borough council for its own staff and residents or businesses near the town centre; and Milton Keynes, for employees of rail engineering group Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems. Both schemes remain operational. 

E-Car Club was founded in 2011 with financial support from the Technology Strategy Board and low-carbon technology investors Sustainable Venture Development Partners. 

Learn about the latest developments in car clubs at the  ‘Urban mobility& alternatives to car ownership’ conference at the KIA Oval, London on 13 November.