the uk has pledged to ban the sale of fossil fuel cars in 2030. but it's lagging behind rivals in europe and asia in electric vehicle infrastructure and investment. theo leggett reports. a windswept building site in northumberland. in a few years this will be home to the u.k.'s first gigafactory. if all goes to plan, britishvolt�*s giant facility will be capable of making 300,000 batteries for electric vehicles every year. now the project has the government's seal of approval in the form of funding worth £100 million. that, in turn, has helped the project raise another £i.7 has helped the project raise another £1.7 billion from private investors.- private investors. the fantastic _ private investors. the fantastic thing - private investors. the fantastic thing today i private investors. the | fantastic thing today is private investors. tie: fantastic thing today is the announcement of government support for the project. from the atf the automotive transformation fun. and what that allows us to do, is access the funding to get the building built. britishvolt says that 3000 new