Boston - based company Zipcar is to undertake the biggest rollout of electric vehicles ( EVs ) in any UK city by a car - sharing firm , with the purchase of 300 Volkswagen e - Golfs in London . “This is an exciting step for Volkswagen. The EVs will start to appear during the summer , with the fleet expected to grow to 325 vehicles by the end of 2018 . Zipcar , which has over 200,000 members in the UK capital , said the e - Golfs would be available under its Flex service , allowing the vehicles to be picked up and dropped off anywhere in London .
Boston - based company Zipcar is to undertake the biggest rollout of electric vehicles ( EVs ) in any UK city by a car - sharing firm , with the purchase of 300 Volkswagen e - Golfs in London . The EVs will start to appear during the summer , with the fleet expected to grow to 325 vehicles by the end of 2018 . Zipcar , which has over 200,000 members in the UK capital , said the e - Golfs would be available under its Flex service , allowing the vehicles to be picked up and dropped off anywhere in London .