co2 emissions - Page 10

Emissions Analytics to deliver insight on proposals to lower motorway speed limits

Emissions Analytics has been analysing new car data to look at the impact of 20mph urban zones, and the proposed M1 speed limit restriction.

20 Feb

Fleet Evolution launch Electric Flex salary sacrifice

Fleet Evolution has launched a salary sacrifice package for employees choosing an electric car.

17 Feb

Carmakers team up with SMMT and Government to give plug-ins added impetus

More than £9 million of new cash has been allocated for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure as car manufacturers team up with the SMMT and the Government to give the market for plug-in vehicles renewed energy.

12 Feb

Douglas welcomes Audi’s low CO2 Ultra initiative

A new initiative from Audi, which is promising to cut fuel use and drive down emissions, delivering significant savings to fleets and company car drivers, has been welcomed by the manufacturer's UK head of fleet.

11 Feb

New eco-friendly cars now available to hire from Avis UK

Avis has announced that Peugeot’s latest eco-friendly cars are now available to hire across the UK – helping customers save money on fuel and reduce their carbon footprint in 2014.

11 Feb

New Audi A6 Ultra has company car appeal at 114g/km

A new range of Audi ‘Ultra' models will be spearheaded in the UK by the new A6 Ultra, which will offer emissions of 114g/km and a benefit-in-kind tax bracket of 17%.

6 Feb

Salary Sacrifice nearly halves carbon footprint

Fleet Evolution has announced figures which reveal how employees driving vehicles provided through a salary sacrifice scheme reduced their motoring carbon footprint by up to 42%.

4 Feb

New catalytic converter could cut fuel consumption and car manufacturing costs

A new catalytic converter that could cut fuel consumption and manufacturing costs has been designed by a scientist from Imperial College London.

29 Jan

Compromise deal on CO2 cap

The EU has agreed a new compromise on cars and CO2 regulation after German pressure forced European environment ministers to scrap an agreement to introduce a cap of 95g/km from 2020.

2 Dec

Germany forces revision of deal on CO2 emissions from cars

European environment ministers have acceded to German pressure to scrap an agreement to cap CO2 emissions from new cars at 95g/km from 2020.

28 Oct

Arval’s real-world data helps companies understand potential of ULEVs

Fleets are being given the opportunity to understand whether ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) could work for them through data gained from a series of real-world tests.

23 Oct

Government-backed advice initiative reaches halfway point for fleet sign-ups

A government-backed project, which is demonstrating how fleets of all sizes can cut fuel costs by up to 75%, has reached its halfway point.

22 Oct

Salary sacrifice schemes used to cut CO2

Employers are reducing two headline areas of corporate concern – CO2 reduction and occupational road risk management – by introducing car salary sacrifice schemes.

22 Oct

New research shows some public sector workers receive £5 per mile

The public sector is being urged to use car clubs to help cut grey fleet mileage and stop some employees being paid more than £5 per mile to drive their own car.

21 Oct

Car clubs cut costs and carbon

Organisations that introduce a pool car scheme or give employees access to a car club have found they can wipe out a large slice of grey fleet mileage.

21 Oct

Fleets warned not to hide CO2 by switching to grey

New rules that came into force last week will eventually require thousands of companies to highlight their greenhouse gas emissions in their annual reports, including those from vehicles they ‘own or control’.

9 Oct

Sustainable MotoExpo postponed

Sustainable MotoExpo due to take place on Saturday and Sunday, September 28 and 29, at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire, has been postponed and provisionally rescheduled to April 5and 6, 2014.

20 Sep

New Greenhouse Gas report to be added to Chevin’s FleetWave

A new report designed to help organisations fulfil forthcoming legal obligations to report greenhouse gas emissions from transport activity is to be added to Chevin’s FleetWave fleet management software.

19 Sep

Car companies struggling with CO2 targets

Only four carmakers are on track for getting their emissions below the EU’s general target of 95g/km of CO2 by 2020, research suggests.

17 Sep

Greenhouse gas reporting could provide fresh impetus for fleet CO2 cuts

New regulations that will require quoted companies to publish their greenhouse gas emissions could provide fresh impetus for fleet CO2 reductions, says GE Capital’s Fleet Services division.

10 Sep