§ Mr. Ripponasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what financial or other support his Department is giving to the development of the electric motor car.
§ Dr. GilbertThis Department is not giving direct financial support to the development of the electric car, but is supporting research on two relevant projects. One is a now almost complete feasibility study of a network of service stations for the rapid exchange of batteries, which is being conducted by the Electrical Research Association under DOE supervision. The other is a collaborative research project, in which DOE is participating, on the sodium sulphur battery, one possible application of which is to electric cars.