A Spanish tourist destination plans new electric vehicles and chargers, echoing a wider shift across Europe to link visitor mobility with environmental goals.
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On 29th December 2025, the Junta de Gobierno del Ayuntamiento de Nerja published a contract notice for Supply of Electric Vehicles for Tourism, seeking various electric vehicles and chargers to support a sustainable mobility initiative focused on tourist spaces. The move underlines how local authorities are beginning to treat electric fleets as tools for managing, securing and upgrading visitor areas, rather than only as a transport offer for residents.
The Nerja notice is clear about its purpose, even if the technical detail is still limited. The City Council wants to acquire “various electric vehicles and chargers” to enhance the way it looks after its tourist spaces. The vehicles are to be used for:
This framing places tourism at the centre of the procurement. The vehicles are not described as general-purpose fleet replacements, but as equipment that will help look after and improve areas that attract visitors. By tying the acquisition to a “sustainable mobility initiative”, the council links day-to-day operational work in these spaces with wider environmental objectives.
Including chargers as part of the contract is notable. Rather than assuming that existing infrastructure will suffice, Nerja plans to secure dedicated charging capacity alongside the vehicles. That fits with a broader pattern in recent public tenders, where authorities couple electric fleets with new charging points tailored to local priorities, from tourist hotspots to public transport hubs.
The notice does not spell out the number or type of vehicles, nor the exact locations of the chargers. But its focus on maintenance, management and security suggests the fleet is expected to circulate through key tourist zones, underpinning how those spaces are run as much as how visitors move through them.
Nerja’s plan sits within a growing cluster of tourism-focused electric mobility projects across Spain. Since July 2025, several authorities have moved to align tourism strategy with low-emission transport and equipment.
In July 2025, the Junta de Gobierno de la Diputación Provincial de Segovia launched the Electric Vehicle and Bicycle Charging Points project for the Hoces de Segovia area. That contract aims to install charging infrastructure for both electric vehicles and bicycles to promote sustainable tourism, reduce emissions and “enhance the attractiveness of the destination”. Here, as in Nerja, the charging network is seen as integral to how visitors access and experience a protected landscape.
Also in July 2025, AYUNTAMIENTO DE CADAQUÉS issued a notice for Supply of Electric Minibuses, covering two electric urban minibuses and a charging point as part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan funded by Next Generation EU. The same month, Alcaldía del Ayuntamiento de Medina del Campo tendered an Electric Vehicle Supply for Tourism Plan, seeking an electric urban minibus and charging point to connect tourist resources and improve environmental quality in the town.
Later in September 2025, Alcaldia del Ayuntamiento de Ponferrada set out to buy an electric bus for its municipal transport service through the Electric Bus Supply for Ponferrada contract, framed as part of a tourism sustainability initiative funded by the European Union. And in September 2025, Pleno del Ayuntamiento de Agulo published Acquisition of Electric Vehicles specifically “for various operational uses related to the maintenance and enhancement of tourist spaces”, promoting sustainable mobility and energy efficiency – a brief that closely mirrors Nerja’s.
Across these cases, the emphasis varies: some focus on visitor-facing public transport, others on the operational backbone that keeps tourist areas functioning. Taken together, they suggest that electric buses, minibuses and service vehicles are becoming standard tools in tourism plans, backed in several instances by European Union and recovery-fund financing.
Behind the vehicles, charging infrastructure is emerging as a major line of investment, particularly in tourist areas. In December 2025, Diputació de Lledia advertised Electric Vehicle Charging Points Supply, covering 75 charging points to promote sustainable mobility in tourist areas under a Sustainable Tourism Plan funded by the European Union.
Digital elements are beginning to feature more strongly too. In October 2025, the Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Sierra de Cádiz focused on cleaning equipment with Electric Propulsion Street Sweepers, but linked them explicitly to “clean technologies and zero-emission vehicles” in tourist public spaces. Then, in October 2025, the Mancomunidad de Servicios del Valle del Nalón turned to bikes and micro-mobility with Smart Parking and Charging Points for electric bicycles and personal mobility vehicles, described as “intelligent” parking and charging systems under a Tourism Sustainability Plan.
The shift towards digital management is even clearer in A Coruña. On 31st December 2025, the Junta de Gobierno del Ayuntamiento de A Coruña set out an Electric Vehicle Fleet Renewal plan to rent 20 fully electric vehicles, pairing them with GPS devices and “intelligent” charging stations for the municipal mobility park.
By comparison, the Nerja contract currently focuses on acquiring vehicles and chargers without specifying smart parking, GPS or other digital tools. But viewed alongside these other projects, it forms part of a wider trajectory in which electric mobility, charging networks and digital management are being pulled together to support both tourism and everyday urban services.
While tourism is a clear driver in many of these tenders, electric fleets are also spreading into core municipal functions. This trend is visible both in Spain and in other European countries.
In August 2025, Alcaldía del Ayuntamiento de Algeciras sought an Electric Collection Vehicle Procurement for bio-waste management, funded by the European Union. In December 2025, the City Council of San Sebastián de La Gomera went further with Vehicle Acquisition for City Services, combining hybrid vehicles for the Local Police, electric vans for maintenance and specialist vehicles for wastewater sanitation.
Policing and general municipal fleets are also beginning to electrify. In January 2026, the Junta de Gobierno Local del Ayuntamiento de Palencia advertised Electric SUVs for Local Police, covering five fully electric SUVs via an operating lease, with maintenance and insurance bundled into the contract. Earlier, in December 2025, Gestión y Servicios de Paterna S.L.U. had tendered Vehicle Supply for Services via renting, including electric cars and vans for the company’s municipal services.
Beyond Spain, similar patterns are emerging. In August 2025, Oblastní charita Pardubice in the Czech Republic sought nine hybrid passenger vehicles through its Low-Emission Vehicle Acquisition for charitable services. In Romania, MUNICIPIUL CAMPULUNG plans to procure electric buses, minibuses and charging stations to boost the sustainability and efficiency of public transport in Campulung under a National Recovery and Resilience Plan, through its Electric Buses and Charging Stations Procurement. Municipalities such as Orasul Deta, Municipiul Timisoara and ORAS VOLUNTARI have likewise issued tenders for electric buses, minibuses and associated chargers, often linked to national or European recovery programmes.
Financing and delivery models vary. Some authorities, like Nerja, are looking to acquire vehicles outright. Others, including A Coruña, Palencia, Gestión y Servicios de Paterna S.L.U. and the Empresa de Servicios Municipales de Arganda, use renting or leasing arrangements, sometimes mixing electric and conventional vehicles in separate lots. Many of the tourism-related projects explicitly draw on European Union instruments such as Next Generation EU or National Recovery and Resilience Plans, highlighting how recovery funding is being channelled into local transport and tourism infrastructure.
The Nerja tender adds another piece to a rapidly evolving map of electric mobility projects that touch on tourism, public transport and core municipal services. Its focus on the maintenance, management, security and valuation of tourist spaces shows how destination management is starting to incorporate fleet and infrastructure choices, not just marketing or visitor information.
As the contract progresses from notice to award and implementation, observers will be watching how far the Nerja initiative connects with the kinds of charging networks, smart parking systems and digital fleet tools now appearing in other towns and regions. For now, it stands as a clear signal that electric vehicles and chargers are becoming standard components of how public authorities plan, service and protect the places visitors come to see.
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