What is an EV car club?
Electric car clubs have sprung up across the UK and provide socially inclusive, low emission mobility which helps to break dependency on private car ownership. The Derwent Valley Car Club has been running an EV car club for over 8 years for more information please go to
www.facebook.com/derwentvalleycarclubWhat are the benefits of an electric car club?
Cheap, accessible, low carbon transport available to everyone in a community.
Each car club vehicle could remove around 20 private vehicles from our roads and save members up to £3500 per annum.
Also provides access to usable transport in rural communities where other options may be limited.
Makes sure even the most vulnerable members of your community can benefit from low carbon transport.
New Government legislation will stop the sale of new diesel or petrol cars from 2030, encouraging consumers to adopt electric vehicles to lower carbon emissions and improve air quality. However, at the moment electric cars are expensive and not everyone can afford to own a car at all. The high capital cost of EV’s means that parts of society will be excluded.
Practical way to reduce carbon emissions:
Transport is one of the largest contributors to CO2 emissions in the UK. In 2019, domestic transport was responsible for emitting 27% of the UK’s total emissions. Of this, the majority (91%) came from road transport vehicles, 61% of which were cars and taxis.
Reduce congestion:
The electric car market is growing quickly, with 300,000 pure-electric cars on UK roads in August 2021. However, with population increases it is likely that car ownership will grow up to 50% over the next 30 years. Meaning that although emissions will reduce congestion and journey times will increase.
