At the Spending Review 2015 the Chancellor announced funding of more than £600m to support the uptake and manufacturing of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) in the UK. Current initiatives drawing on this funding include:<\/p>
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Funding is also being deployed to support the research and development of innovative low emission vehicle technologies in the UK.<\/p>
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At the Autumn Statement 2016 the Chancellor announced new funding of £270m to support ultra low emission vehicles. This will provide £150m additional funding for clean buses and taxis, £80m additional funding for charging infrastructure, and £40m additional funding for the Plug-in Car Grant.<\/p>
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Further details of Government\u2019s continued support for the sector will be announced in due course.<\/p>
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In 2015 more ultra low emission vehicles were registered in the UK than in the previous four years combined. The total number of new registrations of ultra low emission vehicles in each year from 2010 to 2015 is published online, and shown in the following table.<\/p>
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New registrations of ultra low emission vehicles<\/strong>1<\/sup> in the UK<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Year of first registration<\/p><\/td> Number of registrations<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 20102<\/sup><\/p><\/td> 1,259<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011<\/p><\/td> 2,101<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/p><\/td> 3,346<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/p><\/td> 4,313<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014<\/p><\/td> 15,833<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/p><\/td> 29,972<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 1. 'Ultra low emission vehicles' here includes all vehicles with fully electric powertrains, and cars and vans with tail-pipe emissions below 75 g/km of CO2<\/sub> (which will overwhelmingly include plug-in hybrid vehicles).<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |