Gatwick supporting electric cars by Cheap Flights Booker UK

London Gatwick has launched a campaign to support the use of electric vehicles, with eight public charging points being introduced at the airport.

The facilities are located in the short-stay car parks in both the north and south terminals and will be available to use free of charge for the next 12 months.

Electric car owners can also park for free for up to four hours - enough time to charge their battery to more than half its full capacity.

To promote Gatwick"s support of these vehicles and its new partnership with Nissan, chief executive Stewart Wingate drove the manufacturer"s LEAF car through the check-in area in the north terminal.

This is the first time that a car has been allowed to drive inside an airport terminal building, thanks to the LEAF"s lack of gas emissions.

Mr Wingate said: "Opting to partner with Nissan LEAF to promote and support the use of electric vehicles was an obvious choice for us as the brand"s goals fit with our own values and aspirations at Gatwick.

"We are driving a programme to incentivise the use of cleaner vehicles across the airport community and have set ourselves an ambitious target to push our own use of low-emission vehicles to 20% by 2015."


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