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Running green still an exception
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• Operators running 'green' fleets are the 'exception rather than the rule" according to Freight Transport 2002, a new report from Lex Transfleet.
Just 4% of transport managers in the 200-strong survey said they used gas vehicles, with poor refuelling options and lack of information cited as the main reasons. However, things are changing. Newcastle City Council recently got a 2349,000 grant from TransportAction PowerShift to green Its in-house fleet, and also won permission from the Energy Savings Trust for LPG conversions.
The Transport Engineering department's first step is converting 82 new Citroen Berlingo 600 LXi vans operating on a three-year 36,000-mile leasing deal.
Both Vauxhall and Daihatsu have launched new dual-fuel vehicles. Vauxhall is delivering the first of its dual-fuel Combo vans with 1.6-litre, eight-valve Euro-4-compfiant LPG/petrol engines. It costs £1,660 more than the petrol version and will qualify for a 60% grant from
TransportAction Powershift to cover the additional outlay for operators.
Daihatsu has introduced a Bi-Fuel Euro-3 LPG Net Microvan with a 64hp 1.3litre engine. It is available across the twowheel-drive Hijet range. The conversion costs EI:t00 before a 60% Powershift grant. II There are now 1,106 LPG refuelling sites in the UK—see www.est-powershift.org.uk.