In the end, achieving change is all about money seasoned with political will. Look at the report published last month by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP), which reveals that bus and coach manufacturers have been leading green vehicle progress, while truck makers lag behind. Why? LowCVP points to the government's consistently applied carbon reduction policy, which, it concludes, helped to deliver growth, particularly in hybrids and especially among bus makers. Undeniably, political will set the framework, and buses are big and blatant targets. But it was the generosity of the Green Bus Fund (mitigating the significant up-front green vehicle price hike) that tipped operators and manufacturers over the edge and got this sector moving. With its close, all that is now coming to a juddering halt.
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