THERE will be a display on electric cars in Church Stretton.

Stretton Climate Care are organising the display of Electric Cars on Saturday (September 12).

With support from Rybrook BMW Warwick, Inchape VW Shrewsbury, J T Hughes Telford, Chargemaster and Greenhous dealerships in Shrewsbury there will be a display of the latest E.V. and plug-in hybrid models from VW, BMW, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Tesla and Renault.

Local electric car owners are also offering a short ride for members of the public to experience this increasingly popular form of green transport.

The car park to the right of the Co-op, where the new charging post is situated, has been hired for the day so will be closed to the public with the exception of those wishing to charge their cars.

Stretton Climate Care believes that electric vehicles make an important contribution to reducing pollution.

“The running costs of an all-electric car are as little as £0.02 per mile compared to those of an internal combustion engine vehicle, produce no carbon or diesel particulate emissions when running on battery and if charged on green electricity use no carbon emissions when charging,” said Jon Cooke of Stretton Climate Care.

“Modern electric cars are exciting to drive, offer every comfort and have increasing battery range.”

“Within a few years’ time, it is estimated 10% of cars on the road will be electric – especially as the charging infrastructure improves.

“Most motorway services now have charging points and many local authorities are adding them to public car parks.

“Church Stretton already has a high electric car ownership and two charging facilities, one in Lion Meadow Car Park and the other at Burway Garage on the Mynd Trading Estate.

“We were also instrumental in the installation of free charging at Isla Bikes, Ludlow Food Centre.”

The display and exhibition will be held between 10am and 4pm.