Hawke Electric Vehicles Launches Nationwide Buggy Hire Packages for Festivals, Racecourses and Film Productions
Hawke Electric Vehicles has launched nationwide event buggy hire packages for the 2026-27 season, covering festivals, racecourses, film and TV productions, county shows and private events, with delivery, collection and an online calculator that prices an event fleet in minutes.
LONDON, 27 July 2026 — Hawke Electric Vehicles, a UK supplier of electric golf buggies, people movers and utility vehicles, has launched a nationwide programme of short-term buggy hire packages for festivals, racecourses, film and TV productions and large public events, ahead of the busiest stretch of the UK events calendar.
Large event sites all share the same problem: moving artists, crews, officials, guests and equipment across hundreds of acres quickly, quietly and without putting a diesel vehicle in the middle of a crowd. Electric buggies have become the standard answer — and with many festivals and venues now carrying public sustainability commitments, a zero-exhaust electric fleet is increasingly written into the event plan rather than bolted on. Hawke's event buggy hire programme is built around the way events actually run: vehicles delivered ready to work, collected when the site closes, and scaled to the dates of the event rather than a long-term contract.
“An event site is a small town that exists for a weekend,” said Kieron Hawke, founder of Hawke Electric Vehicles. “The organiser's job is hard enough without worrying about how the headline act gets from the gate to the stage, or how a sound engineer moves a rig across a showground at seven in the morning. We deliver the fleet, it runs all weekend without noise or exhaust fumes in a crowd, and then we take it away again. That is the whole offer, and the simplicity is the point.”
The hire packages cover:
Passenger buggies and people movers for artists, VIPs, officials and guests, including wheelchair-accessible options
Utility vehicles with cargo beds for site crews, stewards, medics and equipment moves
Event branding, from discreet to full livery, so vehicles present as part of the event
Delivery, commissioning and collection arranged around the event schedule, anywhere in the UK
Part of the Hawke event hire fleet: passenger buggies, six-seater people movers and utility vehicles, prepared for delivery.
The workhorse of most event fleets is the six-seater people mover: room for an artist and their entourage, a steward team, or VIP guests and their hosts in a single quiet vehicle. It is the format organisers request more than any other, and the company's guide to the best six-seater golf buggies in the UK sets out why it has become the default choice for moving people across large sites.
Accessibility is part of the same conversation. Wheelchair-accessible buggies can be included in any event fleet, which means step-free transport between accessible parking, viewing platforms and the furthest gate stops being an afterthought on the site plan. For many organisers, that one vehicle does more for the visitor experience than anything else on the transport schedule.
The programme spans the full events calendar. Dedicated packages are available for festival buggy hire, for racecourse buggy hire on race days and behind the scenes year-round, and for film and TV productions, where quiet vehicles that can run on or near a live set are a practical requirement rather than a preference. The same fleet serves county shows, airshows, marathons, equestrian events, weddings, Christmas markets and university open days.
Some of those jobs are a single vehicle carrying a couple between a country-house ceremony and the marquee; others are a mixed fleet of passenger and utility vehicles running to a production schedule for a week. The structure is the same either way: vehicles arrive prepared and charged, there is a proper handover for the site team, and the fleet is sized to the job rather than sold as a one-size package. Power on site is rarely an obstacle — the fleet charges overnight from a standard supply, so vehicles are ready each morning without special infrastructure, and support is on hand throughout the hire if anything needs attention mid-event.
Electric utility vehicles handle site logistics — crew, kit and supplies — without noise or exhaust fumes near the public.
Organisers can price a fleet before speaking to anyone. The company's online event buggy hire calculator takes the event type, dates and expected numbers and returns an indicative fleet and cost in minutes, with a formal quotation to follow from the team.
To get an accurate price quickly, organisers should have five details ready:
The event dates, including any build and break days either side
A site plan, or even a rough map, showing the key routes vehicles will run
Expected passenger numbers, and the heaviest loads that need moving
Any accessibility requirements for guests, artists or staff
Whether vehicles should carry event branding, sponsor livery or stay unbranded
Part of the appeal is simply fit. A buggy goes where a van cannot: down a tented avenue, along a service track behind the stages, through a showground at walking pace — and it does it without engine noise, fumes or the turning circle of a road vehicle. A few site rules make any fleet run better, too: agree walking-pace limits wherever crowds are dense, make one person responsible for keys and overnight charging, and give every driver a couple of minutes on the vehicle before their first run. Electric buggies are simple to drive, but a proper handover beats guesswork, which is why one is included with every delivery.
“Event organisers plan months ahead, but transport is often the last line on the production schedule,” added Hawke. “The organisers who book their fleet early get the vehicles, the spec and the branding they actually want. The ones who call the week before get whatever is left — and that is true across the whole industry, not just of us. Our advice is simple: as soon as the site plan exists, price the fleet.”
Hire is available for a single day, a weekend or a full season, and sits alongside the company's golf buggy hire service for clubs, resorts, holiday parks and visitor attractions across the UK. The calendar does not stop in September, either: autumn racing fixtures, fireworks displays, Christmas markets and winter light trails keep event fleets working year-round, and hire terms flex to match — a vehicle for a weekend, a fleet for a season, or cover that returns when the site winds down.
About Hawke Electric Vehicles
Hawke Electric Vehicles supplies, hires and services electric golf buggies, people movers and utility vehicles for festivals, racecourses, film and TV productions, golf clubs, country estates, resorts, holiday parks and visitor attractions across the UK. The company advises on specification honestly, delivers and commissions vehicles nationwide, and backs its fleet with its own service support.