Roads: Air Pollution
(asked on 29th November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to support British (a) inventors and (b) manufacturers with tackling roadside air pollution generated by motor vehicles.
This question was answered on 7th December 2022
The Government aims to position the UK as the best place in the world to develop, manufacture and use zero exhaust emissions vehicles and ensure that the cleanest conventional vehicles are driven on our roads.
Innovation and a strong R&D ecosystem is key to this. Government is delivering:
- Innovate UK grants in emerging technologies which reduce non-exhaust emissions such as new tyre and brake designs.
- An investment of £1.5 billion through the Advanced Propulsion Centre and Faraday Battery Challenge to research, develop and commercialise low carbon and zero emission automotive technologies.
- The zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate, which will increase the UK’s supply of ZEVs, create thousands of new jobs and put our industry at the forefront of this global transition by encouraging new investments in infrastructure.