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<p style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-transform:none;font-weight:400;color:#101010;padding-bottom:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;padding-top:0px;padding-left:0px;margin:0px 0px 19px;orphans:2;widows:2;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:19px;padding-right:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-indent:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"> LONDON -- The UK government announced an extra 106 million pounds ($138 million) in funding to help boost the research and development of environmentally-friendly vehicles, batteries and low-carbon technology. </p> <p style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-transform:none;font-weight:400;color:#101010;padding-bottom:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;padding-top:0px;padding-left:0px;margin:0px 0px 19px;orphans:2;widows:2;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:19px;padding-right:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-indent:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"> Executives and politicians will gather in Birmingham on Tuesday for a zero-emission vehicle summit as the government hopes to make Britain a world-leading country in low-emissions technology. </p> <p style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-transform:none;font-weight:400;color:#101010;padding-bottom:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;padding-top:0px;padding-left:0px;margin:0px 0px 19px;orphans:2;widows:2;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:19px;padding-right:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-indent:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"> A series of investments totaling more than 500 million pounds are also being announced by a number of companies, including Aston Martin, which will create over 1,000 new jobs. </p> <p style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-transform:none;font-weight:400;color:#101010;padding-bottom:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;padding-top:0px;padding-left:0px;margin:0px 0px 19px;orphans:2;widows:2;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:19px;padding-right:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-indent:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"> "These measures will drive the design, use, uptake and infrastructure necessary for cleaner, greener vehicles and in doing so, it will help us drastically reduce a major contributor to our global warming emissions," Prime Minister Theresa May said in pre-released excerpts of comments she is set to make. </p> <p style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-transform:none;font-weight:400;color:#101010;padding-bottom:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;padding-top:0px;padding-left:0px;margin:0px 0px 19px;orphans:2;widows:2;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:19px;padding-right:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-indent:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"> May will also host a roundtable discussion at the conference with supply-chain companies from Germany, the United States, Japan, China, Spain and India to help boost demand as Britain tries to encourage inward investment as it leaves the European Union. </p> <div class="right" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-transform:none;font-weight:400;color:#101010;padding-bottom:0px;font-style:normal;text-align:left;padding-top:0px;padding-left:0px;margin:0px;orphans:2;widows:2;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:19px;padding-right:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-indent:0px;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"> <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#333366;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-left:0px;margin:0px;padding-right:0px;" href="http://oascentral.autonews.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/europe.autonews.com/ros/green_car/540198106/x60/default/empty.gif/4a4367557646755a79566f4141415251;zip=CN:712000?x" target="_top"><img style="border-top:0px;border-right:0px;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0px;text-align:left;padding-top:0px;padding-left:0px;margin:0px;border-left:0px;padding-right:0px;" border="0" alt="" src="http://cdn.oas-c18.adnxs.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/default/empty.gif" width="1" height="1" /></a> </div>