UK government backs scheme for motorway cables to power lorries
by Jasper Jolly from Environment | The Guardian on (#5MMVP)
E-highway study given 2m to draw up plans for overhead electric cables on motorway near Scunthorpe
The government will fund the design of a scheme to install overhead electric cables to power electric lorries on a motorway near Scunthorpe, as part of a series of studies on how to decarbonise road freight.
The electric road system - or e-highway - study, backed with 2m of funding, will draw up plans to install overhead cables on a 20km (12.4 miles) stretch of the M180 near Scunthorpe, in Lincolnshire. If the designs are accepted and building work is funded the trucks could be on the road by 2024.
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