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<p>I talk regularly to Cabinet colleagues about a range of issues. In terms of improving
the range of electric vehicles, the Government has committed £274m from the Industrial
Strategy Challenge Fund to the Faraday Battery Challenge to advance battery technology.
This funding is supporting battery R&D from the Faraday Institution’s academic
research, through Innovate UK’s programme of collaborative applied R&D, to scale-up
in the cutting-edge UK Battery Industrialisation Centre. The aims of the Faraday Battery
Challenge include improving the energy density of batteries, improving our understanding
of temperature effects on range, and reducing battery costs which will make longer
range electric vehicles more affordable.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State is continuing
to discuss with Cabinet colleagues what support the government might provide to industry
to support the switch to zero emission vehicles.</p><p> </p>
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