Nottingham will be a key stage in the UK’s most prestigious electric vehicle (EV) rally next week.
The EV Rally 2023: Capital City Challenge will see over 50 EVs take on more than 1,200 miles with major checkpoints in London, Edinburgh, Belfast and Dublin.
Each participating team has to plot its own route to every checkpoint, while also planning in enough pit stops to keep their vehicle’s batteries charged.
In this way, the rally will be a major showcase of both the capabilities of EVs and charging infrastructure in the UK and Ireland.
Sponsored by Lex Autolease, the event aims to build on the success of last year’s GB EV Rally from John O’Groats to Land’s End, which also passed through the East Midlands. For the first time this year, the rally will include electric trucks along with cars and vans.
The EV Rally is organised by specialist media and events group GreenFleet, which has been helping the public and private sectors to adopt greener vehicles since 2000.
Nottingham chosen as key stage in major electric vehicle rally
Colin Boyton, events marketing manager at GreenFleet and founder of the rally, said: “We are delighted to include Nottingham as a major checkpoint after receiving such a warm welcome in the East Midlands for the GB EV Rally last year.
“Nottingham will be our stopping point after day one, for what we expect will be an extremely challenging yet rewarding five-day journey for all our participating teams.
“Thanks to Nottingham City Council as an Official Host Authority, we are able to put all 50 vehicles participating in the rally, on charge, overnight, at their innovative, class-leading depot. This will help the vehicles prepare for Day 2, the longest one of the event at 316 miles.”
“Including various vehicle classes will enable us to really showcase how they perform over longer distances and crucially how the charging infrastructure performs in terms of supporting them.”
The route
On Monday (3rd July) the Rally gets underway in Cardiff, calling at various checkpoints including Bristol, Heathrow, Wembley, Kettering, and Leicester, before day one ends in Nottingham. The five-day rally moves through England, Scotland and Northern Ireland before concluding in Dublin on Friday (7th July).
Find out more
The EV Rally 2023 social media pages will provide live updates on the rally, while further information on the route and participants can be found at https://ev-rally.co.uk/.
