Bid for more car charging points

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Cities and businesses have been invited to bid for 30 million pounds to set up charging points for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

The funds will pay for charging points in streets, car parks and in commercial, retail and leisure facilities.

Under the initiative, titled Plugged-In Places, between three and six electric car cities and regions across Britain will be developed to act as trailblazers for electric car technology.

Experiences of these locations will help collect information useful for the future development of a national charging infrastructure.

Transport Secretary Lord Adonis, who invited the bids, said: "The UK can be a world leader in electric and low carbon cars which is why the Government has already committed around 400 million pounds of support to encourage development and uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles.

"Our aim is for electric and low carbon cars to be an everyday feature of life on the UK's roads in less than five years. There is still a lot of work to be done, however Plugged-In Places is one very significant step putting us firmly on the path to a low-carbon future."

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