Cornwall Council is confident its plans for a rural epicentre for electric car transport will get funding.
The council's original bid failed to get funding in the first round of the Government's plug-in car grant scheme.
However, Councillor Julian German said that government representatives had "expressed enthusiasm for supporting a project in a rural area like Cornwall".
He added that work had begun to ensure the council met the criteria and were successful in the next round of funds.
'Huge issue'
According to Stephen Cirell, director of the council's Green Cornwall programme, the government is "very excited" at the council's proposal to develop and promote electric transport, including a network of charging points and fleets of electric vehicles.
"The government recognises that transport is a huge issue in rural areas like Cornwall," he said.
"Staff and elected members drive millions of miles each year on council business and this project would see the council switching to using electric vehicles.
"If other public sector organisations such as the NHS and colleges then followed our example, together with the voluntary and private sectors, we could remove over half a million tonnes of Co2 each year."
The council also wants to create a solar energy park in the county to provide the energy to support the proposal.
