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End of July 2010 Philip Hammond was confirmed by the Minister of transport, that from January 2011 motorists receive carbon ultra low up to ?5, 000 for the purchase of a car. The initiative is open to fleet and private buyers. Now that this has been confirmed, how this influence could have your fleet management decisions and what kind of impact, if any, is it on commercial fleet insurance?
The Government have this announcement even before the conclusion of the expenditure review to support the early market for ultra low carbon cars. The costs for the polluting cars with the changes of the tax system road of Alistair Darling's budget get higher.
This is unique first year "showroom tax", which pay the buyers of high emissions cars having to up to ?950 in the first year, while those who nothing will pay a new car to buy, which is less than 130 g / km CO2 emissions could see.
The Department of transport to point out that your fleet make green does not necessarily mean that the class of the vehicle. In fact, it is a useful tool to the Act on CO2 website can you compare the different classes of vehicles, fuel and see how they fare on the tax band and the CO2 comparison.
Select the small family class, and select all fuels are the seat Leon, Ford focus, the new VW Golf and the Volvo C30 for example the top vehicles. Diesel is the fuel for all of these and there are no taxes on them in the first year pay. All these cars fall in 99 CO2 (g/km) category.
If it's a regular family car, the the size of some of your fleet cars then it the Volkswagen Passat sedan is 1.6 TDI 102PS BlueMotion which is diesel, is the best option with no tax on the first year, and it as 114 CO2 classified is (g/km). It is a useful search engine, which can be used for research when making plans.
The commercial fleet insurance review it while no direct can impact it indirect effects. In a time like this for fleet managers be forced in revaluation due to both the environmental and economic factors, should take into account the indirect effects.
A report by Professor Peter Cooke, which aimed at the future of the fleet States define a company car to earn to keep their had economically in the future as in the past. This brings us to the area of the choice of company cars; If you need really them and the question of reducing the overall size of the company fleets, as well as the class of vehicles is used.
When these decisions are made strategically, we should see significant reductions of the insurance premiums from the insurance point of view. Vehicles will be chosen with the environmental and economic considerations in mind that, while need a global evaluation, to on the entire company policy, includes the future economic benefits will be weighed against the costs made.
The Department of transport management logistics recommends revaluation and asks companies to consider the option of cargo by water unlike the road or rail move. It freight facilities are grants available to organizations make these changes. It is for van and truck driver Government funded training helps reduce van drivers fuel consumption by 16% and a reduction in the error of 56%.
Finally, tough decisions must be made to the current time change. However, when these decisions are also strategically mapped out companies can develop plans that benefit to get rid of the green initiatives, dead wood-art fleet use and economically benefit, where appropriate, with alternative transport. Commercial fleet insurance can by selecting the vehicles and drivers, as well as fleet needs are part of the company far stricter about what really be reduced.
Jackie writes for the blog of a UK commerical fleet insurance company, cover 4 fleet insurance. They offer low-cost and custom insurance fleet packages.
http://www.cover4fleetinsurance.co.UK/Commercial-Fleet-Insurance.html
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