An environmentally friendly and carbon-conscious classic car storage facility – believed to be the first of its type in the world – has opened in Kent. Racing Green Car Storage operates from a building that’s powered by solar energy and conserves rainwater.
Trees are planted through Net-Hero to offset the carbon footprint of each that’s car stored at the facility, with the precise contribution dependent on its annual use and a minimum amount set for vehicles that rarely move.
'We’ve set out to re-define collector car storage'
Motoring writer and site partner, James Mills, said: ‘We have a responsibility to the environment and wanted to create something designed for sustainability. We’ve set out to re-define collector car storage. As far as we as we know there’s no other carbon-balanced storage facility like this’.
Working with him on the new venture is ‘lifelong petrol-head’ Oliver Hagger, who added: ‘We feel that it’s the right thing to do. We started with a clean sheet and the idea is to give exceptional service and, as we head towards net zero, help safeguard the collector car hobby for decades and generations to come.’
Nick Larkin