The Big Issue’s Top 100 Changemakers 2019: Finland

The Big Issue’s Top 100 Changemakers 2019: Finland

Electric cars in Lappeenranta

If you live in the city the you probably don’t need a car to get around, unless you have a penchant for sitting in traffic and racking up congestion charges. But then when you do need a car to make a slightly longer journey, you find yourself stuck. Not in Lappeenranta.

The south-east Finland city – 140 miles from capital Helsinki – has experimented with offering electric council fleet cars up for rent outside work hours.The Experimental Finland project – an initiative launched by the Finnish Prime Minister’s Office in response to the country’s perceived lack […]

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