Electric-vehicle hotspot Orkney to drag Scotland into the green industrial revolution? – Scotsman comment

Orkney has the highest rate of electric vehicle ownership in Scotland and the second-highest in the UK

Published 28th Jul 2023, 04:55 BST

In the transition to a net-zero economy, there will be leaders and there will be followers. Those who embrace electricity over fossil fuels sooner rather than later will find themselves at the forefront of the new industrial revolution.

Step forward Orkney, where islanders have the second-highest rate of electric vehicle ownership in the UK, at 16.2 EVs per 1,000 motorists (1.62 per cent), just behind Elmbridge in Surrey, with 16.9.