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Green number plates to identify cleanest cars

Department for Transport/PA Wire

By Neil Lancefield, PA Transport Correspondent




The measure is part of the Government's £1.5 billion strategy to clean up road transport.


The city subsequently saw an increase in electric vehicle registrations.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: "The UK is in the driving seat of global efforts to tackle vehicle emissions and climate change and improve air quality, but we want to accelerate our progress.



The DfT hopes more people will consider buying cleaner cars when they see the plates.

Elisabeth Costa, senior director at the Behavioural Insights Team, which is part-owned by the Cabinet Office, employees and innovation charity Nesta, said: "The number of clean vehicles on our roads is increasing but we don't notice as it's difficult to tell clean vehicles apart from more polluting ones.



Potential plate designs include:

- A fully green number plate with black lettering

- The addition of a green flash on the plate

- The addition of a green dot or symbol


He said: "On the face of it, drivers we've questioned don't seem too impressed. Only a fifth think it's a good idea and the majority said the number plates wouldn't have the effect of making them any more likely to switch to an electric vehicle."





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