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Highland Council says it has seen cost and emissions savings from the introduction of 35 Enterprise Car Club vehicles.
The council, which covers a region of Scotland that is roughly the size of Belgium, adopted the strategy after a review of its grey fleet costs.
After taking on 26 Enterprise vehicles, and fitting car club technology in nine of its own pool cars, it says it has seen average business road travel costs decrease by around a third, and a reduction of its carbon footprint by around 50 tonnes over six months.
The fleet, which includes four electric Nissan Leafs, is booked and accessed online or via a mobile app.
Councillor Allan Henderson, chair of the council's environment, development and infrastructure committee, said the council's service delivery used to be hugely reliant on grey fleet. Although this was convenient for employees, Hendesron said that meant the council had little or no control over which vehicles were used, and little knowledge about whether they were fit for purpose or correctly insured.
He said: "Introducing Enterprise Car Club has been a hugely popular innovation for our employees, and it has also enabled us to control costs and reduce our carbon footprint.
"Our staff can book and take the cars they need, either beforehand or on the day, and many no longer have to drive to work - so can walk, cycle or use public transport instead.
"It also means we now have control over all the previously unmanaged elements of business travel. We know employees are in safe, low-emission, well-maintained cars and can use the wealth of data provided by Enterprise to keep finding efficiencies and improving how, where and when our people drive for business."
Enterprise head of public sector Oz Choudhri said: "This is an excellent example of how switching from grey fleet into a car club delivers immediate results.
"Imagine if businesses up and down the country were saving the equivalent of almost seven tonnes of CO2 every month as a result of driving cleaner, more sustainable vehicles for business trips?
"The grey fleet is a significant issue for both public and private sector organisations from several perspectives: cost, duty of care, liability and sustainability.
"A dedicated car club addresses all of these issues and is an increasingly effective option for employee travel."
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