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ALD Automotive measures fleet emissions
9th May 2008
An analysis of vehicles added to ALD Automotive’s fleet of more than 47,000 vehicles since January 2003 indicates that company cars delivered that month averaged 166.87 g/km of CO2, but the average CO2 figure for company cars delivered in December 2007 had dropped to 153.83 g/km.
The average CO2 figure for all company cars delivered by ALD Automotive in 2003 was 166 g/km; in 2007 the average figure had dropped to 155.8 g/km; and by the end of the first quarter of 2008 the average CO2 figure for all company cars delivered had dropped still further to 155.6 g/km.
Over the same period company cars are also clocking up less mileage, according to the analysis, which shows that in January 2003 the average contracted annual mileage for a company car on the ALD Automotive fleet was 23,782, but by March this year that figure had reduced to 17,660 miles. In 2003 as a whole, company cars added to the ALD Automotive were contracted to clock up an average 22,475 miles, but in 2007 the average contract mileage was 17,918 - a reduction of 4,557 miles a year.
The data also reveals that emissions figures for new company cars being supplied to customers by ALD Automotive are significantly below those of the company car sector as whole and the private new car market.
Recently published figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders in its ‘New Car CO2 Report 2008: Driving Down Emissions’ show that the average CO2 figure for newly registered company cars in 2007 was 164.2 g/km, down from 166 g/km in 2006. Meanwhile, for new privately registered cars the 2007 average CO2 figure was 165.8 g/km, down from 168.7 g/km in 2006.
By the end of this year, ALD Automotive expects average figures for both emissions and mileage to have reduced from their 2007 levels as businesses and company car drivers respond to Budget 2008 fiscal measures and fuel prices being at record levels - currently 110.6p per litre for petrol and 120.9p per litre for diesel, according to AA data.
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