After being shown Northpower's electric cars and charge-up station in Whangarei, Greens co-leader Russel Norman was to the point about whether the party would change its fleet to the planet-friendly mode.
"We don't have a fleet," he said.
However, Mr Norman did say the Crown fleet should be moved away from its high dependence on fossil fuels.
On Monday evening, senior Northpower staff gave Mr Norman and the Greens' Whangarei candidate, Paul Doherty, an all-you-can-absorb-right-now explanation of the company's early-stage promotion of Whangarei as the electric-car capital of New Zealand.
So far, Northpower has five vehicles and has imported others for private owners or organisations, such as the Northland Regional Council and Manaia Health.
The "fuel" cost of running an electric vehicle was the equivalent of paying 50c for a litre of petrol, Northpower chief executive Mark Gatland said.
Mr Norman was in town to meet Greens supporters and introduce Mr Doherty as the party's Whangarei candidate.
Mr Doherty, an engineer, bike-touring company director and deacon of St Stephen's Church in Onerahi, said he will campaign for the party vote.