The Department of Transport announced yesterday (Weds) that it is awarding Cambridge £426,000, to deliver new dedicated chargepoints for electric taxis in the city.
The £14 million provided by the Department of Transport to fund chargepoint projects for taxis is going to all 10 cities that bid for funding in its recent Taxi Infrastructure competition.
These are:
· Birmingham (£2.9 million)
· Coventry (£1.2 million)
· London (£5.2 million)
· Nottingham (£700,000)
· Dundee (£515,000)
· The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (£1.98 million)
· Oxford (£370,000)
· Cambridge (£426,000)
· Wolverhampton (£478,000)
· Slough (£157,000)
The government news statement is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/1000-jobs-created-at-new-300-million-factory-for-electric-taxis
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