Fleet sector cuts average CO2 emissions by 12% in four years
Mon 14 January 2008
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According to a new report from the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA), the fleet sector is cutting average CO2 emissions faster than other sectors of the car market.
The figures released by the BVRLA, obtained from a survey of fleets carried out at the end of 2007, indicate that average fleet sector CO2 emissions per car have fallen from 171.8g/km in 2003 to 157.4g/km in 2007, a reduction of nearly 12% in just four years. This compares with a 2007 average new car CO2 figure for the whole car market of 164.9g/km. CO2 emissions for the whole market have fallen only 13.1% since 1997.
The fleet sector believes the fall to be a result of a combination of fleets leasing lower CO2 cars, insistence that drivers cover fewer annual business miles, CO2-based company car tax, the increasing cost of fuel and schemes such as the London congestion charge.
Should the reduction rate continue, by 2012 the average CO2 emissions for fleets would fall to 142g/km, although this remains short of the target of 130g/km average for all new cars targeted by the European Commission.
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