Electric Vehicle drivers from across Europe made a pitstop to Forth Valley College’s Falkirk Campus on Sunday 31 October to recharge before starting the final leg of their journey to the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow.
As part of the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance (GEVA) event entitled ‘The Electric Road to COP26’ - representatives are calling for all sales of new cars and light duty vans to have a plug by 2030 and to be 100% zero emission by 2035 and are on a mission to support the call for world leaders to adopt a more rapid global move to EVs.
The EV drivers took advantage of FVC’s excellent electric charging points at the Falkirk Campus, which are open for the general public to recharge their cars.
The electric vehicle drivers are calling on world leaders to:
- Support the call for much faster transport decarbonisation globally
- Increase the public’s awareness of the benefits of EVs for the environment and health, reducing carbon emissions and helping to improve air quality.
- Promote the voice of EV driver associations globally working with GEVA
A total of 28 countries (from 44 EV drivers’ associations) - in Glasgow for COP26. The rally of electric vehicles has been organised by the Electric Vehicle Associations in England and Scotland, the Global Electric Vehicle Alliance, local EV Groups (NEXUS) and a number of UK business partners.
Representatives of these Electric Vehicle Drivers’ Associations participating in the ‘Electric Road to COP26’, started their journey in England by charging up with 100% renewable electricity before heading for the site where construction is currently starting of the Britishvolt EV battery gigafactory in Northumberland. Then they experience Scottish EV charging at Forth Valley College in Falkirk ending up in Glasgow itself at the £5 million Arnold Clark Innovation Centre.
The photo shows: Neil Swanson (left) director of the Electric vehicle Association in Scotland starting the final leg of the 'Electric Road to COP26' to Glasgow and the £5 million Arnold Clark Innovation Centre