MG And DriveElectric Offer Electric Cars To Combat COVID-19

The car maker and leasing company have teamed up to provide the vehicles.

Chinese-owned carmaker MG and electric vehicle leasing company DriveElectric have joined forces to provide Haringey Council with a batch of MG ZS electric SUVs. The news comes after MG offered NHS agencies up to 100 of the all-electric vehicles to help staff remain on the move during lockdown.

With London particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Haringey Council has attempted to increase support for the community by opening two major hubs at Alexandra Palace and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. These hubs will be used to assemble food packs for the most vulnerable local residents, while the vehicles supplied by MG and DriveElectric being used to get these essential supplies to where they are needed the most.

Already, the vehicles supplied by the two companies have delivered more than 700 food parcels to families in Haringey, supported by hundreds of local volunteers. Haringey residents in need of support can contact the council’s Connected Communities helpline on 020 8489 4431.

The decision to give Haringey Council the vehicles followed the pledge to supply another 100 vehicles to NHS organizations across the country. The first six cars were supplied by Chorley Group MG to the Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Trust last month.