Birmingham cleaning company goes electric

We Clean, whose clients include Brindleyplace, Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham Assay Office, MG Motors and Gateley Plc, has taken delivery of its first three British-built Nissan Leaf electric vehicles for use throughout Birmingham by its contract managers. 

The move to electric vehicles by We Clean, the £7m turnover company based in Rubery, is part of their commitment to reduce the company’s carbon footprint and environmental impact of its operations and vehicle fleet. This has already seen the introduction of an all-electric Nissan e-NV200 van at the world renowned MIRA Technology Park, where We Clean are the cleaning partner to HORIBA MIRA.

Birmingham is expected to introduce a clean air zone from January 2020 and the introduction of electric vehicles is part of the company’s internal Environmental Management System (EMS), We Clean GREEN, which is focussed on benefiting clients in the city and exceeding the requirements of the new standards for achieving cleaner air. 

We Clean director David Harker said: “This is the first significant step to achieving our commitment of improving the carbon footprint of our entire commercial fleet of some 20 plus vehicles. Our initial focus has been to concentrate on those vehicles serving Birmingham city centre, and its built-up areas. 

“It is forecast that the introduction of these three new all electric vehicles will reduce our carbon dioxide output by around 30 metric tonnes during their three years with us, with zero emissions at the tailpipe."