ANGLEC has unveiled three state-of-the-art electric powered cars.
The roll out on Friday afternoon, 24th February, is in keeping with its commitment to “serve you better”, and to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.
ANGLEC’s CEO, Mr. Sutcliffe Hodge, introduced the two Chevrolet Bolts and one Nissan Leaf to the press, with emphasis placed on ANGLEC’s determination to move away from fossil fuel operated vehicles, to more efficient environmentally friendly vehicles over the course of time.
Mr. Hodge said that due to the impacts that fossil fuels have made on the environment all around the world, there is the need to transition to cleaner sources of energy. He said: “Over the past few decades, there has been much research work done on how to transition fossil fuel-operated automobiles away from fossil fuel to the use of other energies such as hydrogen and electricity, in particular.”
“For ANGLEC, as the supplier of Anguilla’s electricity, it seems almost like a natural relationship,” he said, “whereby ANGLEC should lead the way with Anguilla’s transitioning away from the use of fossil fuel cars towards using electrical vehicles.”
“A couple weeks after taking up my appointment at ANGLEC,” he said, “we started having the conversation about using electrical vehicles, and we decided that it is something that we must do. Now today, we are unveiling three electrical vehicles which ANGLEC has purchased.”
“Starting today,” he continued, “ANGLEC will have branded electrical vehicles on the road which will represent a mobile billboard for us, saying ‘100% fuel-free’. With these cars, we would realise zero emissions and a significant reduction in running costs.”
ANGLEC’s Chief Operations Manager, Mr. Steve Hodge, commended the efforts of the CEO for ANGLEC’s acquiring of the three electrical vehicles.
“I must give kudos to Mr. Hodge as our CEO. Shortly after he joined ANGLEC, the idea of electric vehicles dominated one of the first conversations he had with me. He made sure he would accelerate our acquisition of electrical cars and begin to move away from fossil fuel powered vehicles”, Mr. Steve Hodge said.
“As the Electricity provider for Anguilla, we keep our eyes focused on how our use of electrical vehicles would benefit our customers. These vehicles will give us greater efficiency, helping us cut operating costs in the long run. And naturally, a more efficient ANGLEC ultimately benefits our customers”, he told the press.
The Chief Operations Manager noted that the introduction of the three electric vehicles must be considered as Phase 1 in what will be an ongoing process of significantly reducing ANGLEC’s reliance on fuel-powered vehicles.
He stated that as ANGLEC acquires more electric vehicles, the fossil fuel-operated vehicles will be sold.
The introduction of the electric cars takes ANGLEC’s fleet to thirty-three, including thirty gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles.
