Transport Secretary announces boost for electric vehicles

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Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander outlines a £63 million plan to boost electric vehicle infrastructure across the UK, including pavement gullies for home charging and support for NHS and freight fleets. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00So we're investing £63 million in improving the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

00:06So we know that if people don't have a driveway, they're often thinking if I want to get an EV,

00:12how do I get the cable from my house into the car?

00:15So we're allocating £25 million to go to local councils so that they can support their residents

00:20with installing something called a pavement gully so that safely you can run the cable across the pavement.

00:28It's a little indentation in the pavement and it makes it safer then for you to charge your car

00:33and people to be able to continue to use the pavements.

00:36We're also investing £30 million in upgrading the charging infrastructure at depots

00:41so that freight and logistics firms can accelerate their transition to electric vehicles.

00:47And we're also putting charging infrastructure in NHS sites, in hospitals, ambulance depots

00:54so that we can electrify the NHS fleet as well.

00:59So it's benefiting consumers, drivers, the public sector and businesses.

01:04I am aware that alongside the availability of charge points,

01:08the other thing that people are often wary of when they're considering making this switch

01:12is the upfront cost of buying an EV.

01:16And so we're going to be saying more in the coming days

01:18about what we're going to do to make it cheaper for people to buy an EV.

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