Plans to install hundreds of thousands of additional charging points for electric vehicles are to be announced by the transport secretary.
Chris Grayling will unveil proposals aimed at making it easier to rechargeelectric vehicles than refuel those running on petrol or diesel, in an attempt to increase the take-up of ultra-low emission vehicles.
The initiatives in the government’s road to zero strategy include more money for charging infrastructure and the need to assess whether new homes and offices should be required to install charging points.
The strategy calls for new street lighting columns on UK roads with on-street parking to have charging points in appropriate locations.
The government is also expected to outline more details of its ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040.
Hybrids and electric vehicles made up 5.5% of the UK’s new car marketin the first six months of this year, compared with 4.2% during the same period in 2017.
Grayling will say: “The road to zero strategy, combined with the measures we’ve already introduced, will mean Britain now has one of the most comprehensive support packages for zero-emission vehicles in the world.
“We want the UK to become the best country in the world in which to develop and manufacture zero-emission vehicles.
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