Nottingham City Council is leading a programme installing charge points across the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire (D2N2) region to encourage public sector bodies to use electric vehicles (EV).
The Department for Transport awarded the council a grant as part of the Future Transport Zones (FTZ) funding to develop and operate an EV charging network across the D2N2 region.
Local authorities and other public sector organisations can use this funding to have charge points installed on their premises.
At present there are 31 members in the network and 17 sites have had charge points installed.
Cllr Neghat Khan, Nottingham City Council Leader and Executive Member for Transport, said: ‘It’s great that we’re able to use funding from the Future Transport Zones programme to support this work, as well as trialling new technologies to future-proof our transport network.
‘Making charging more accessible is key to supporting people and organisations to make the switch to electric vehicles. This project will help local authorities and other public sector organisations lead by example and turn their own fleets green, helping improve air quality and reduce carbon emissions.’
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