Nottingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes and London win £40m to rev up EV rollout

Madeleine Cuff
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Four cities will share the £40m grant to promote the take-up of EVs in urban hotspots

Four UK cities have each been awarded a share of £40m in funding today to promote the take-up of plug-in electric cars as part of a government scheme to cut air pollution in urban hotspots and slash carbon...

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