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Government promises £2bn active transport blitz, as fears grow over spike in post-lockdown pollution

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The wide-ranging package promised to introduce a £250m Emergency Active Travel Fun to support the development of pop-up bike lanes, wider pavements, and cycle and bus-only corridors. It also unveiled plans to fast track trials for e-scooters rental schemes, in a bid to make it easier for urban commuters to get to work.

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Retooling a shuttered factory to build electric trucks: Q&A with Lordstown Motors CEO Steve Burns

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Meanwhile, Workhorse continues building electric vans, and GM and LG Chem have announced plans to invest up to $2.3 GM has not invested any cash in Lordstown Motors—it just sold the new company its plant. Steve Burns: Automotive plants come up for sale very infrequently. There’s basically one trim package as well.

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'We want to make the bus cool': Inside Arrival, the $13bn British electric vehicle start-up

Business Green

Arrival is arguably the biggest success story in modern UK automotive industry. The upstart firm, which now boasts a workforce of more than 1,800 employees, has chalked up hundreds of millions of dollars of investment from the likes of auto manufacturers Hyundai and Kia, Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin, and investment giant BlackRock.

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'We want to make the bus cool': Inside Arrival, the $13bn British electric vehicle start-up

Business Green

Arrival is arguably the biggest success story in modern UK automotive industry. The upstart firm, which now boasts a workforce of more than 1,800 employees, has chalked up hundreds of millions of dollars of investment from the likes of auto manufacturers Hyundai and Kia, Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin, and investment giant BlackRock.