Tax and financial advisors Ernst & Young today officially launched their ‘electric car’ strategy. In the presence of Regional ministers Ingrid Lieten and Steve Stevaert, the firm unveiled two of the four models which will form the start point of this strategy. Speaking for E&Y, Jan de Luyck, Harry Everaerts and Ghislain Vanfraechem explained that within an innovative mobility future, electric cars are crucial. The objective is to move the mindset, so that a car changes from being a personal status indicator, to a personal and corporate indicator of a more sustainable status, they explained. By making this move now, there was also an opportunity for E&Y to expand from giving financial and fiscal advice, to giving social advice and showing the lead. The first cars will be used as pool cars, and then the objective is to introduce them onto the company’s standard car lists. In a third stage, ‘green’ charging of electric cars at employees’ homes is also envisaged as being a part of the green mobility initiative. The four vehicles entering the pool today are the Peugeot Ion, Nissan Leaf (photo) Toyota Auris and Renault Kangoo Z.E.