Nottingham to host electric taxi charging trial

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Nottingham is hosting a trial in which electric taxis will be fitted with wireless charging hardware for taxi rank-based charging.

Transport secretary Grant Shapps today announced a £3.4m investment into the six-month trial that will see 10 Nissan and LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) electric taxis fitted with the charging technology. The project is a collaboration between organisations including Cenex, Sprint Power, Shell, Nottingham City Council, Parking Energy, Transport for London and Coventry University.

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Nottingham City Council will own the vehicles and provide them to drivers rent-free. If successful, this technology could also be rolled out more broadly for public use.

In a statement, councillor Sally Longford, deputy leader at Nottingham City Council said: “Nottingham is excited to host the trial of this new type of innovative charging technology, keeping us ahead of the pack, and helping to promote cleaner taxis in our city and potentially take us a further step forward towards our goal of being carbon neutral by 2028.”

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