£77m funding awarded for new zero-emission vehicle projects

Published on May 12, 2023

Seven projects across the country that will support more than 4,400 jobs over the next decade are to share £77m of joint government and industry funding to develop clean transport technologies. The schemes include work on battery-powered buses, a hydrogen-powered version of the Ford Transit van, and a project to develop a hydrogen fuel-cell range extender for specialist electric vehicles in...

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