LowCVP announces updated version of Low Emission Van Guide to help operators save fuel, cut costs & reduce emissions
Fri 01 July 2016
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The LowCVP has updated its Low Emission Van Guide and associated web tool for operators interested in reducing running costs while also cutting their carbon emissions and impact on local air quality. The Guide is aimed at operators of small to medium sized fleets of commercial vehicles, covering vans up to 3.5t GVW (gross vehicle weight).
The van market is the fastest growing sector of UK road transport with vehicle numbers increasing at 3.5% per year and with more than 10% of the vehicles and 14% of the CO2 coming from this sector. The sector is almost entirely diesel-powered and almost 50% of the vehicles are owned by companies.
Earlier research carried out by the LowCVP identified that one of the barriers to advancing the take-up of low carbon vans by fleet operators was a lack of publicly available information regarding availability of different fuels and technology options for vans operating over different duty cycles, their operational capabilities, infrastructure requirements plus the environmental and financial benefits.
The Low Emission Van Guide and associated Cost and Carbon Calculator have been prepared for the LowCVP by Cenex.
The Guide:
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Sets out the business, environmental and operational case for using low emission vans
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Gives van operators the knowledge and resources required to assess which vans are right for them
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Provides case studies showing the total cost of ownership and cost savings achievable from different types of low emission fuels and technologies
The Guide shows that in one example, operators using battery electric vans could reduce the whole life costs of a vehicle operating in the London Congestion Charge zone by £18,340, or £5,215 outside London.
This Guide is intended to assist operators in choosing the most suitable low emission van technology or fuel for the type of work they need to do. The Guide covers a wide range of technologies including electric, plug-in hybrid, LPG, CNG, hydrogen and biodiesel.
The EU’s corporate fleet is responsible for about 45% of emissions from road transport, equivalent to 8% of total EU greenhouse gas emissions. (Van operators are an important section of the corporate fleet, with over 1.6 million vans and 2.5million cars registered to UK companies.)
After reading the LowCVP’s introductory LEV Guide, operators are encouraged to visit the Low Emission Van Information Hub ( www.lowcvp.org.uk/lev), created by the LowCVP. The site hosts a Van Cost & Carbon Calculator which allows users to enter their own data and compare different low emission fuels and technologies suitable for their fleet.
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