The UK will install recharging points across Glasgow and other cities to build a national network for plug-in vehicles in the country. The UK government is building an £11 million Joined-Cities plan that will build infrastructural support for hybrid cars in the country.

The recharging points are expected to be operational throughout Glasgow from 2011 onwards.

The scheme is aimed at boosting the acceptability of electric cars. According to Irfan Rabbani, executive member for sustainability and the environment, Glasgow is set to become a leader in driving environmental change through development of electric vehicles and the infrastructure to make the vehicles a viable option for city transport.

He added that the technologies the organisation hoped to introduce to the city and the new group that it seeks to break with its partners, a part of the Joined-Cities network are about creating a successful and sustainable future for Glasgow.

The Joined-Cities plan is being implemented by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) - a public private partnership that includes the UK government and energy firms, BP, Shell and Eon.

The plan will include nine cities and towns in the UK - Birmingham, Coventry, Glasgow, London, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Oxford, Newcastle and Sunderland, which will be the first to benefit.