'Why did Chancellor Hammond make taxpayers fund electric car battery development?'

Instead of forcing taxpayers to fund EV battery tech, Mike Rutherford asks why the battery industry isn't paying for it itself 2017-03-19 17:00 As a former Transport Secretary, Philip Hammond knows all about drivers, the vehicles they use, highways they drive and frustrations they endure. What’s more, he’s more aware than most that we drivers cough up £165million a day in road-user taxation (vehicles, fuel, vehicle insurance, etc), tolls, duties, levies and other iffy charges.