Sunday, March 25, 2007
Disappointed Nash sees no help for green-minded
SAAB GB managing director, Jonathan Nash, says that Gordon Brown's changes to vehicle excise duty (VED) would give no encouragement to private buyers of a flex-fuel car.
"Vehicles that run on bioethanol E85 such as the Saab Bio Power range typically reduce CO2 emissions by 50-70 per cent. Unfortunately, Mr Brown's headline-grabbing increase in VED, which is designed to hit the most polluting cars on the road, won't help green-minded drivers to opt for a flex-fuel car," he said.
"I am deeply disappointed that vehicle excise duty (VED) rates take no account of the positive contribution that biofuels can make. That makes no sense if the chancellor's objective is to reduce CO2 from road transport," Nash pointed out.
DATED: 25.03.07
FEED: AW
"Vehicles that run on bioethanol E85 such as the Saab Bio Power range typically reduce CO2 emissions by 50-70 per cent. Unfortunately, Mr Brown's headline-grabbing increase in VED, which is designed to hit the most polluting cars on the road, won't help green-minded drivers to opt for a flex-fuel car," he said.
"I am deeply disappointed that vehicle excise duty (VED) rates take no account of the positive contribution that biofuels can make. That makes no sense if the chancellor's objective is to reduce CO2 from road transport," Nash pointed out.
DATED: 25.03.07
FEED: AW
