The £200m investment will aim to explore ways to cut pollution from HGVs
The government has announced a £200m investment that aims to get more electric and hydrogen lorries on British roads.
This announcement today will see funding split across four projects that aim to get 370 zero-emission HGVs up and running on the road. Gridserve, one of the largest electric car charging operators in the UK, is another to receive a cut of the funding and will set up its ‘Project Electric Freightway’ to demonstrate 140 electric DAF and Volvo HGVs, as well as installing a number of chargers.
Roads Minister Richard Holden said: “Freight and logistics are the beating heart of our economy and it is only right that we celebrate the sector so that it gets the recognition and support it deserves.
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