A set of electric cars will hit the road first in Coonamble under a regional trial to curb emissions in the bush.

The local council received two Kia EV5 SUVs on 18 June, which staff will drive for three weeks on Coonamble roads before the trial moves to the Walgett, Bourke then Cobar shires.

The Far North West Joint Organisation (FNWJO) is running the trial with $15,000 from the NSW government under an effort to help regional councils achieve net zero emissions.

"While the electric vehicles have been taken up in the city a little bit there, the technology hasn't really come this far and been tested," organisation chair and Cobar mayor Jarrod Marsden said.

"We're going to do this trial and see whether or not electric vehicles for councils would be a viable thing that would be worth doing."

The trials will put to test the manufacture's claim that the vehicles can travel up to 550 kilometres on a full charge.

Coonamble Shire Council Interim General Manager Phil Perram and Far North West Join Organisation Net Zero Manager Ellen O'Brien. IMAGE: Coonamble Shire Council

Council leaders said they hope the SUVs can also save on fuel and maintenance costs. 

Each council will have them for three weeks, leased from Origin 360 with money earmarked under the state government's Joint Organisations’ Net Zero Acceleration program.

"It's worth a try," Coonamble mayor Dan Keady said.

"The practicality of it I'm not so sure about, but we might be surprised.

"I mean practicality in terms of how convenient they are to charge, and the distance we get out of it, the time taken to recharge."

Coonamble shire counillors voted on 17 June to accept an offer to become an associate member of the FNWJO, which allows the council to take part in the organisation's projects.

The council is in the process of becoming a full member.

Joint Organisations (JO) are groupings of regional councils begun in 2018 to deliver on regional priorities.

There are currently 13 groupings in NSW.