Electric cars are “fantastic” and will become a common sight on the roads, the Transport Secretary said, as he announced £37m of government funding to encourage take up of the technology.
Patrick McLoughlin said the money will be made available to install new “plug-in” chargers for electric vehicles in homes, streets and railway stations.
The minister predicted that customers would be increasingly attracted to the technology because charging a battery at home will be cheaper and less time consuming than buying fuel at a conventional filling station.
Confidence in electric cars will take time to build but the same was true of unleaded petrol, he said.
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