Transport Secretary, Mark Harper, has today announced that The Rapid Charging Fund will provide £70m to be spent on a trial programme which will boost the electrical capacity at 10 motorway service stations to allow the use of ultra-rapid electric vehicle changepoints.
Despite promising to reduce pollution, a central London masterplan has been met with opposition from air quality groups. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt attempts to navigate the confusion and asks if planning processes that fail to engage communities are valid in the climate age.