Roanoke officials are charged up about adding a dozen electric cars to the city’s municipal fleet, a move that the city says will reduce emissions and save money.
As the first phase of a pilot program, the city bought low-mileage used Nissan Leafs and made most of them part of a pool of vehicles that will be shared by city employees who in the past each had an assigned vehicle.
“It’s a different way to think about our vehicles and our fleet and how we use it and how we can manage it more efficiently,” said Nell Boyle, the city’s sustainability coordinator.
Most of the electric cars are assigned to the public works department, with one going to the Department of Social Services.
