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<p>Government and industry have supported the installation of over 28,000 publicly
available charging devices including more than 5,100 rapid devices – one of the largest
networks of rapids in Europe. The Government will provide over £1.3 billion over the
next four years to support the continued roll-out of chargepoints on motorways and
major A roads, in homes and businesses and on-street. Government’s forthcoming EV
Infrastructure Strategy will define our vision for the continued roll-out of a world-leading
charging infrastructure network across the UK. The strategy will be published soon.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK is well placed to lead on hydrogen powered transport,
and government is supporting the use of hydrogen cars, vans, buses and lorries through
our £23m Hydrogen for Transport programme. As of December 2021, there are fourteen
publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling stations across the UK providing hydrogen
for road vehicles, with just over 350 hydrogen vehicles operating on UK roads. Additional
refuelling infrastructure will be deployed as part of our plans to demonstrate at
scale hydrogen fuel cell trucks on UK roads.</p><p> </p><p>One of the benefits of
biofuels is that they can be deployed using existing infrastructure. The Department
has supported the supply of liquid biofuels at fuelling stations across the UK through
the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation which has been successful for 13 years in
promoting a market for biofuels. The recent introduction of E10 in September 2021
now means that up to 10% bioethanol is blended into petrol while diesel is also blended
with up to 7% biodiesel, a grade known as B7.</p><p> </p>
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