Issue details

Cambridge City Council operates approximately 120 vehicles supporting a wide range of frontline services. A significant proportion of these vehicles are now beyond their anticipated replacement life, resulting in increasing maintenance costs, reliability concerns and growing operational risk.

The Council has reviewed its fleet replacement requirements, future operational needs, available vehicle technologies and decarbonisation opportunities. This review identified a phased replacement programme, adopting an electric vehicle first approach where operationally suitable and economically viable, as the most practical and cost-effective approach to modernising the fleet whilst supporting the Council's net zero ambitions.

This report sets out the proposed approach to future fleet replacement and decarbonisation and seeks approval for the adoption of an electric vehicle first replacement strategy together with the associated governance arrangements for future fleet investment decisions.