Connected Car
Nottingham City Council in the UK is piloting the nation’s first scheme to power an electric vehicle fleet with solar energy, which is gathered and stored in two giant roadside batteries. Made from recycled car batteries, they can store 1,200kWh of electricity – enough to power a television for almost a year. Much of the City Council’s fleet is based at the depot, and significant efforts have been made to decarbonise the fleet of bin lorries, sweepers, vans and more. Now over 50% of the council’s fleet is powered by electricity. Nottingham Electric Vehicle Services (NEVS) is also based at Eastcroft Depot which maintains the council’s own electric vehicle fleet as well as offering MOT and servicing to the growing number of EVs appearing on Nottingham’s roads.