This document discusses supporting businesses and the public sector in Nottingham City to understand, trial, and implement low-emission vehicle technology.
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The Workplace Travel Service and ULEV Experience has been a business and public sector support programme dedicated to helping Nottingham-based organisations to understand, trial and implement ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs), and has been supported by Nottingham City Council’s Go Ultra Low City funding.
This document summarises what the ULEV Experience programme has achieved, and the lessons learnt, with the aim of other cities around the UK being able to benefit from this knowledge and implement their own solutions to address air quality challenges.
Improving local air quality
The driving force behind this initiative was to improve local air quality within Nottingham through increasing the uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles. In combination with this business support programme, Nottingham City Council provided a grant pot of £600,000 to enable 60 businesses to access a grant of up to £25,000 for the installation of sustainable travel initiatives. Such initiatives could include:
- Electric vehicle charging points
- Car parking infrastructure
- Car club or car sharing initiatives
- Cycle infrastructure
The programme
The ULEV Experience programme ran from April 2018 to March 2020 and offered businesses and the public sector within Nottingham City access to fully funded:
- Fleet reviews, delivered by Cenex and the Energy Saving Trust, providing an independent assessment of the potential to integrate ultra-low emission cars and vans within a company fleet.
- ULEV loans, delivered by DriveElectric, with a range of different vehicle makes and models available for businesses to trial for up to one month.
- Business engagement and events, delivered by CleanTech Business and RideWise, enabling businesses to network with peers and gain additional understanding of ULEVs.
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