From January 2000

Saving Money (fuel, and the environment)

As the debate rages over the relative merits of petrol and diesel cars and vans, companies are increasingly turning to a fuel far cheaper, and cleaner. The fuel? LPG, liquid petroleum gas, "Calor Gas" to you and me!

The savings can be considerable, preliminary studies with one Statius client who have 20 vans set the saving at £40,000 per year! As a "rule of thumb" the saving obtained is 33% of current fuel costs, a saving obtained with virtually no difference in speed, acceleration or payload performance. And these savings are set to escalate further as part of the government’s commitment to cleaner fuels; as the duty on traditional fuels will continue to rise, conversely, the duty on LPG was slashed in the last budget by 29% and is likely to fall further!

Finally, to make the conversion of vehicles even more attractive the government is offering grants of up to 75% on the cost of conversion.