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Welcome to your Plug in Newsletter, keeping you?regularly updated on electric and sustainable transport news taking place across Nottingham.
 An active, sustainable and multi-modal transport event is being hosted by Sustrans at Nottingham Rail station on 8 March 2pm - 6pm.
Sustrans works to create healthier places and happier people by active and green ways of travel. This event is perfect to learn about sustainable transport in Nottingham. Free travel advice will be given out to commuters and surrounding businesses as well as route planning and cycle support.
RideWise?s Dr Bike will be there, an onsite bike mechanic who will give free bike safety checks for all commuters travelling with their bicycles as well cycling gear giveaways.
Also attending are:
- Nottingham City Transport and Trent Barton
- East Midlands Railway
- Wego
- Wind-Link
- Transport Police
- NET Trams
For more information, keep an eye out on our social media channels.
Helping Hackney Taxi Drivers To Go Green
Reducing carbon emissions from transport is one of our key challenges to achieving a carbon neutral city by 2028, while cleaner air is also a top priority for the council.
As part of this we?ve done a lot of work to encourage hackney taxi drivers to go green and clean up their fleets.
It?s a big change, and that?s why we secured funding from DEFRA?s Clean Air Fund to make it a bit easier, with up to ?3,191 of financial support still available to each driver switching to an ultra low emission vehicle.
This includes contributions to vehicle licence fees and MOT over two years, insurance for the first year, meter installation and a new home charge point or preloaded charge card.
So far 34 drivers have made the switch after receiving our support, which is great news for them, and great for our environment, especially considering the challenges of the pandemic.
The funding has to be allocated by the end of March, so we?re writing to all hackney taxi drivers in the city to make sure they can take advantage.
We?re continuing to trial innovative new technology to make greener taxis better for both drivers and passengers, including the WiCET project. Working with a number of partners, we?re testing wireless charging pads that could be laid on taxi ranks, meaning drivers don?t have to plug in.
Find out more about the financial support for hackney drivers at www.transportnottingham.com/driving/electric-taxis/support-for-cab-drivers/
 These free courses are open to small businesses and the self-employed in England and consist of a two-hour training course delivered via Zoom, followed by the opportunity to test-drive several models of electric vans and cars.
The aim is to help drivers and decision makers improve their knowledge of EVs and to demonstrate the significant financial and operational benefits that these vehicles can bring. Each training course, delivered by Energy Saving Trust EV experts, is limited to 12-15 people so the courses are interactive, with delegates encouraged to ask questions and discuss the issues.
The courses cover:
- What is driving the global surge in EV sales?
- EV models currently available including their sizes, functionality and realistic driving ranges
- Recharging: How, where and what does it cost?
- EV purchase and running costs
- How to drive EVs efficiently to maximise range
Upcoming dates:
- Bath ? 7th March
- Bristol ? 8th March
- Oxford ? 14th March
- Leicester ? 15th March
- Wealdon ? 18th March
For more information or to reserve your free place, please email [email protected].
Don't forget to try Nottingham's Electric Van Experience. For more information on this, click here.
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