THE family-owned firm of nurseries Notcutts, based at Woodbridge near Ipswich, has taken delivery of a further 15 utility vehicles from Ransomes Jacobsen.
The electric-powered vehicles, like their predecessors, will be used for towing trailers loaded with plants, shrubs and trees around the nursery grounds.
Notcutts took delivery of an initial batch of 15 electric vehicles last year to replace its ageing fleet of compact tractors and they proved so successful that the company ordered 15 more.
Paul Masters, production director at Notcutts, says: "The staff find them much quieter, easier to operate and they provide a more comfortable ride. Crucially, they also dovetail into our environmental policy ensuring that we proactively minimise our effect on the local environment through best practice, wherever possible.
"We routinely get seven to eight hours of productive work between recharging and have achieved over 10 hours during peak demand in late spring and early summer."
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