The Department of Health statistics suggest that particulates are responsible for several thousand advanced deaths each year and many thousands of instances of illness and reduced activity. Road transport is the largest single source for particulates and LP Gas can reduce these emissions by 90% compared to diesel.
The other pollutant highlighted by the Governments NAQS report as causing significant problems and requiring further measures to meet the set targets is Oxides of Nitrogen. As shown above, substantial reductions in Oxides of Nitrogen emissions can be made by using LP Gas.
Noise is another pollution causing increasing concern as stated in the Government’s “New Deal for Transport” White Paper. LP Gas engines are 50% quieter than diesel engines and marginally quieter than petrol engines.
Although the UK has one of the highest concentrations of vehicles per mile of road in the world it is amongst the lowest in using LP gas-powered vehicles. Other countries have recognised its environmental advantages and encouraged its development with over 4 million vehicles now in operation worldwide. In the UK we currently have only around 100,000 vehicles running on LP Gas but with suitable fiscal incentives from the Government it is forecast that this number will increase substantially over the next few years.
In Japan which has specific congestion and pollution problems, virtually all the taxis run on LP Gas and the country has the highest usage of automotive LP Gas in the world. Italy has the highest number of vehicles running on the fuel with around 1,100,000 followed by Australia with 490,000, North America with 400,000 and the Netherlands with 360,000.
The World’s known reserves of gas are far greater than those of crude oil from which petrol is derived. LPG will therefore remain readily available well into the future.
Ashwoods have been the leading supplier of congestion charge exempt LPG commercial vehicles to London customers since 2005. More recently, due to the ever increasing price of oil, a large number of companies and individuals are shifting away from diesel towards LPG vans nation wide and the overall cost of motoring.
LPG is less than half the price of diesel and provides the customer with fuel cost savings of up to 40% (plus exemption from the London congestion charge, which can equate to over £2000 per year per vehicle). More and more fleets are turning to LPG to combat carbon emissions, spiralling fuel costs and the congestion charge.
Ashwoods can supply the complete LPG vehicle solution to your business. We have terms with all the major manufacturers including Ford, Renault, Citroen and Peugeot so can offer market leading discounts. Alternatively, we recognise that you may prefer to provide your own vehicles, in this case we can supply the LPG conversion before delivering the vehicle to you with the accompanying warranty and after sales service.
In the current environment, it is critical for any business to be able to operate a full range of low cost, low emission alternative vehicles.
Ashwoods are the only company capable of supplying a range of low carbon, low cost vehicles to suit all customer requirements. Individual solutions are outlined below and we are happy to arrange a meeting to demonstrate the vehicles and provide you with information.
Ashwoods is has the backing of the UK Government and has been selected as a supplier to the Department for Transports Low Carbon Van Procurement Programme.
Our core products include low emission vans, both LPG Vans and Hybrid. All our low emission, low Co2 technologies are accompanied by full warranties and ensure manufacturer warranties remain unaffected. Below is some additional information that might be of interest to your business.
