Year: 2001
Company car fleets: setting sail for a low cost and low carbon future
In an attempt to counter the fact that in 6,000 miles a conventional car produces roughly its own weight in carbon dioxide, a new climate-friendly company car tax regime based on carbon dioxide emissions is being introduced to the UK by the Inland Revenue on 6 April 2002. However, it appears that many small to medium-sized companies, in particular, are not planning to make any attempt at cutting emissions from their vehicle fleets, despite the plethora of alternative vehicles and fuels available to them (see related story). The question is, are fears of high costs, difficulties with refuelling, and poor performance well founded, or will firms be missing out on an important opportunity?
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