Logistics UK reacts as Scottish government launches £2m fund to decarbonise HGVs

The fund builds on the HGV Decarbonisation Pathway developed in 2024 and early mapping and analysis work which considered where charging infrastructure will be required to best support zero emission HGVs.  

Cabinet Secretary for Transport Fiona Hyslop said: “We’re taking the experience and approach developed for bus decarbonisation and applying it to the HGV sector. But we cannot decarbonise HGVs alone, so we’re working to attract further private investment and create the conditions which will best accelerate decarbonisation at pace and scale.”  

“There are a large amount of SME operators in our road freight sector in Scotland. As such, we have set aside one million pounds of this funding to specifically support smaller operators. No one and no sector should be left out of the opportunities created by the transition to a net zero transport system,” she adds. 

Logistics UK’s Head of Decarbonisation Lamech Solomon said: “Logistics UK welcomes the launch of Transport Scotland’s £2 million HGV Market Readiness Fund which our members believe will be a critical step towards the decarbonisation of Scotland’s HGV fleet.  

"Operators have been clear that the path to decarbonisation will be difficult and expensive. This fund, which will support early collaboration between operators, manufactures, financiers and infrastructure providers should help the sector to overcome the initial barriers to investment."