The Municipality of Ourém continues to promote the replacement of its municipal fleet with zero-emission vehicles, contributing to the improvement of environmental quality and the renewal of the national vehicle fleet. Following the recent delivery of a "small family car" segment vehicle, the municipality now has two more 100% electric utility vehicles available.
The new vehicles were acquired under an application to the Environmental Fund, which aims to stimulate the replacement of polluting fleets with zero-emission vehicles, promoting improved road safety and reducing the average age of national fleets. The maximum contribution from the Environmental Fund is €4000 per vehicle and requires the scrapping of a fossil fuel vehicle over 10 years old, in a process of updating the municipal fleet that helps reduce polluting gas emissions, for the benefit of everyone and the environment.
The decarbonization of mobility is one of the objectives of the Public Mobility Policy, therefore, the electrification of the vehicle fleet is another goal of the Municipality of Ourém, in parallel with encouraging the use of public transport by all citizens.
