{"id":2086555,"date":"2026-08-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2086555"},"modified":"2026-08-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:00:00","slug":"next-gen-electric-and-self-driving-cars-to-get-130m-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2086555","title":{"rendered":"‘Next-gen’ electric and self-driving cars to get \u00a3130m boost"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UK\u2019s car industry is being given a massive \u00a3130m boost\u2026 and no, it\u2019s not so it can temporarily repair that nasty pothole on your road. That\u2019d bankrupt the treasury. No, the money\u2019s for developing the electric<\/a> and self-driving cars that\u2019ll create more of them.<\/p>\n

As part of its \u2018Drive35\u2019 programme, the UK government will dish out \u00a365m worth of grants, matched by \u00a365m from the car industry, to accelerate the development of \u201ccutting edge new zero emission vehicle technologies\u201d, as well as supporting jobs up and down the supply chain, and cutting millions of tonnes of CO2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The idea is the government will invest in new tech \u2013 clean, zero-emission and hopefully world-class EV tech \u2013 that\u2019ll then help speed the take-up of said EVs, which in turn will help everyone connected to the electric car world much better off. And of course, the nation.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s been designed to support, say, scaling up battery manufacturing, making supply chains more resilient by keeping them here, and developing better sensor, brake-by-wire and AI tech that can then be deployed not just in cars, but buses, construction, airports and \u2013 oh, hang on \u2013 highways maintenance!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBritain invented the modern motor industry and we\u2019re determined to ensure the next generation of vehicles are designed and built here too,\u201d said industry minister Blair McDougall.<\/p>\n

Bentley, Nissan and electric motor-manufacturer YASA have been confirmed as receiving grants, but there are loads of other companies big and small that\u2019ll get money to develop tech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis investment is about far more than individual projects. It is about strengthening the UK\u2019s capability to design, develop and build the technologies that will define the vehicles of the future,\u201d said Advanced Propulsion Centre UK boss Ian Constance.<\/p>\n

Still on the fence about an electric car? Here’s a guide to one of the biggest things you’ll do with it: filling it with electricity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UK\u2019s car industry is being given a massive \u00a3130m boost\u2026 and no, it\u2019s not so it can temporarily repair that nasty pothole on your road. That\u2019d bankrupt the treasury. No, the money\u2019s for developing the electric and self-driving cars that\u2019ll create more of them. As part of its \u2018Drive35\u2019 programme, the UK government will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-2086555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2086555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2086555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2086555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2086555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}