£20 million fund fuels search for electric vehicle innovations
Fund to help make innovation ideas towards zero-emission vehicles a reality announced.
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previous winners include pop-up EV chargers and hydrogen-fuelled ambulances
funding to help the UK transition towards all new cars and vans being zero emission by 2035, as the government builds back greener
Innovative ideas for zero-emission vehicles could benefit from a share of £20 million in funding announced today (10 March 2021).
EV battery recycling.
This investment will help ensure the UK remains a world leader in
EV design and manufacture, which could create around 6,000 skilled jobs over the next decade, helping us to build back greener.
Government hands funding boosts totaling £112m to EVs, batteries and floating wind
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SPONSORED: The future of electric car charging has arrived in Dundee by Courier Commercial
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It began as a “whacky idea” but now Dundee has become the first city in the world to have pop-up commercial electric vehicle chargers installed thanks to a ground-breaking project.
Buried less than a metre beneath the ground, the new pop-up chargers are not noticeable to the naked eye, as they sit flush with the pavement. However, once activated by the user via a smartphone app, the hi-tech charging point slowly emerges from the ground – complete with blue lights – and resembling something from a Star Trek episode!