Transport Minister: EVs can help solve air pollution

Madeleine Cuff
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Transport minister Andrew Jones highlights benefits electric vehicles could have for local air quality

Transport Minister Andrew Jones has called on manufacturers to do more to promote low emission vehicles as part of the solution to air pollution. Speaking at the Low Carbon Vehicle Conference yesterday,...

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