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£30M Fund for Low Carbon Buses in the UK; New GM-Allison Hybrid Buses in London

Green Car Congress

The UK Government is establishing a £30 million fund (US$49 million) to encourage the purchase of low carbon emission buses (LCEB). The maximum funding per bus will be the difference between the cost of the low carbon bus and the cost of its standard diesel equivalent. New hybrid buses in London. The Optare Tempo hybrid.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Buyerswill purchase the car – at about the same price as a conventional model –but lease the batteries from a third-party energy supplier for a monthly feeequivalent to the fuel costs for an economical petrol or diesel car. Their solution to the cost of thenew-generation batteries is to separate them from the car itself.