Meet Adam Amp, Dame Kelly Ohms, Dr WATTson and Buzz Lightgear - the new names for Ipswich Borough Council’s electric cars!
Names for the Council’s 18 electric cars were suggested by residents and have now been unveiled.
The full list of car names is as follows:
The 18 names were chosen by Cllr Phil Smart, Portfolio Holder for Environment & Climate Change, Cllr Lucy Trenchard, member of the Council’s Climate Change Working Group, and officers from the Council’s waste, transport and community teams out of more than 170 names suggested by the public following an appeal that kicked off on World EV Day.
Cllr Phil Smart, Ipswich Borough Council's Portfolio Holder for Environment & Climate Change, said: “This has all been inspired by campaigns from other councils across the country who named their gritters – our electric vehicles are part of our commitment to becoming carbon neutral by 2030 so we thought they deserved to be named too.
“We asked residents for suggestions and they didn’t disappoint – we’ve had a fantastic response and some really creative and funny names. I’m sure Dame Kelly Holmes will be honoured to know she’s now got an electric vehicle named after her!
“Thank you to everyone who got involved, we hope that once the vehicles are sporting their names people will spot them out and about and give our teams a smile and a wave.”
