Support for ULEV R&D and chargepoints in National Infrastructure Plan
Tue 02 December 2014
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The Government's £460 billion National Infrastructure Plan, announced today, includes the promise of £50m additional investment in ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEV) research and development and £15m for a national network of chargepoints. There are also further details of three funds totalling £85m to support ultra-low emission taxis, buses and cities.
The National Infrastructure Plan is underpinned by the infrastructure pipeline which, the Treasury says, is a forward-looking, bottom-up assessment of planned public and private infrastructure investment in the UK. The refreshed infrastructure pipeline sets out over £460 billion of planned public and private investment to the end of the decade and beyond across the key infrastructure sectors.
The Plan announces up to £50 million between 2017-18 and 2019-20, to support innovation in manufacturing of ULEVs in the UK, based on a government contribution of £25 million for which it will seek match-funding from industry.
The Roads Investment Strategy sets aside £15 million between 2015-16 and 2020-21 for a national network of chargepoints for ultra-low emission vehicles on the Strategic Road Network.
The Government is also announcing further detail of three funds totalling £85 million to support ultra-low emission taxis, buses and cities.
In addition, the Government will provide an additional £10 million between 2017-18 and 2019-20 to increase ultra-low emission vehicles in London, in support of the ambition to introduce an Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) by 2025.
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The government will also provide up to £4 million to extend the Clean Vehicle Technology Fund (CVTF) in 2014-15 which funds road vehicle modification by Local Authorities in order to reduce air pollution.
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