They will enable Enterprise Car Club to provide its biggest electric car club for a single council in the UK.

The council hopes the scheme will enable people to try out electric vehicles without needing to own one, saving users money and helping improve air quality across the city, where enforcement of a low emission zone will begin in June.

The chargers were funded by Transport Scotland and 20 have been installed so far, covering 40 bays, with the rest to be rolled out by the end of the year.

Transport and environment convener Scott Arthur said: ‘It’s great to see that we have extended the network of electric vehicle chargers across Edinburgh to include car club users in the city.

‘Residents now have access to this modernised, cleaner and even more environmentally friendly form of cost-effective electric mobility.’

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