The UK government is to support the roll-out of fast-charging networks for electric vehicles, Business Secretary Greg Clark said Tuesday on BBC Radio 4’s Today Program. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now EV fast-charge strategy advances Automotive round-table led by PM May Industry details GBP500 million investments There is to be a competition for commercial partners to work with the government to provide fast-charging facilities on motorways up and down the country, backed by a GBP400 million ($523 million) investment fund to accelerate the process, Clark said. Clark was speaking ahead of a planned speech by UK Prime Minister Theresa May at a Zero Emission Vehicle Summit in Birmingham, detailing a GBP106 million package of projects developing battery, electric vehicle and refueling technology. May is to host an automotive roundtable with supply-chain companies from Germany, the US, Japan, China, Spain and […]