Cardiff Airport welcomes six new electric vehicles

Move follows up on its bid to continue to cut carbon emissions

Cardiff Airport’s journey to reduce CO2 emissions continues as six new electric powered vehicles are added to its operational fleet.

The Maxus T90EV’s are the first electric pick-up vehicles available in the UK.

They were delivered to the National airport for Wales ready for three to be used at Cardiff and the remaining at St Athan Aerodrome by the car parks, security, airfield operations and bird control teams.

The airport has reduced its carbon emissions by over 60% in the last four years, from 1,700 tonnes to under 600 tonnes of CO2 annually.

The aim is to reduce this by a further 50% over the next five years.

The regional airport servicing the capital and the surrounding area of South Wales has already reduced its CO2 emissions by being powered entirely by renewable and clean energy sources, replaced assets with more modern and more energy efficient technology and continuous descent operations for aircraft on approach, to promote noise abatement.

It has also worked on reducing plastic consumption with its partners, introduced a replacement programme for LED lighting and now focuses on recycling to ensure zero waste ends up in landfill.

Mark Bailey, director of environmental sustainability and planning of Cardiff Airport, said: “These new vehicles are an asset to our teams.

“Replacing the diesel fleet with electric is helping us improve air quality and cut our CO2 emissions.

“This builds on the fantastic work we’re doing as a business as we continue our journey to achieve carbon net zero.”