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27 November 2008

BORIS Johnson's plan to increase the number of electric cars in the city has been given a boost after leading industry figures and London's boroughs signed up to the scheme.

At the first meeting of the London Electric Vehicle Partnership, representatives of the motor and energy industries and the capital's boroughs agreed to the development of an action plan to greatly increase the use of electric vehicles in the capital. The Mayor said he wanted a far greater proportion of the city's vehicles to be powered by electricity and aimed to persuade London councils, car pools and private company fleets to swap over.

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