Car club membership in Scotland up nearly 20% in last year
That’s the finding of research from not-for-profit environmental transport NGO Carplus in its annual survey.
The research found there are 8,566 car club members in Scotland, using 324 cars.
In general, Scottish car club members are early adopters, over 90% have smartphones and over 25% of them access transport apps on a daily basis. They are interested in driving electric vehicles.
Over 20% of the car club fleet in Scotland is electric, and the first hydrogen vehicles have been introduced to the fleet in Aberdeen.
On joining a car club, Scottish members reduce their annual mileage by an average of 967 miles.
In 2015 Scottish car club members drove over 8 million miles less after joining the car club – over 300 times round the world. Average annual mileage dropped by 967 miles per person.
Members also reduced their travel carbon footprint by 50%, and saved 2,895 tonnes of CO2 last year.
Natalie Middleton
Natalie has worked as a fleet journalist for over 20 years, previously as assistant editor on the former Company Car magazine before joining Fleet World in 2006. Prior to this, she worked on a range of B2B titles, including Insurance Age and Insurance Day.
