Cabbies will be able to rent an electric taxi for up to a month ahead of the Clean Air Zone launching in November. Bristol City Council’s free electric vehicle (EV) hire scheme has been extended to include licenced Hackney Carriage drivers.
In March, the council launched a new scheme offering free trials of EVs to Bristol organisations to encourage them to switch to cleaner ways of travelling ahead of the zone launching. Businesses, charities, sole traders and other organisations have the chance to trial electric vans and cars for up to two months.
This comes after the council announced last week that temporary exemptions for CAZ have been extended to the end of March next year. The CAZ will be launching on November 28 - over a year late, with the scheme initially due to come into force in October 2021.
