Alternative
options that were considered as part of this scheme are detailed
below.
Alternative Option 1 – ULEV Scheme – Vehicles
under 75 g/km
Advice from the
Sustainability and Climate Change Service suggests that supporting
the purchase of ULEV to include hybrid vehicles may help to achieve
a reduction in specific vehicle emissions if this is replacing a
diesel vehicle or one with higher emissions. However, it could
increase the amount of carbon dioxide emissions and continues to
produce higher carbon emissions if the new vehicle is not a
replacement for an existing vehicle.
Alternative Option 2 - Green Scheme – Vehicles under
120 g/km
Manufacturers
are continually improving the efficiency of engines and reducing
CO2 emissions. There are several hundred vehicles that will fall
into this category offering a wide selection of vehicles. As a
result, employees who are considering a new vehicle purchase could
purchase a vehicle with lower emissions than their current vehicle.
Employees who have purchased a car more recently e.g. in the last 3 or 4 years, may already have a
vehicle with emissions lower than 120 g/km. Therefore, it is
possible that offering vehicles within this category may not result
in lower emissions. In any event, the scheme should exclude diesel
vehicles to support a reduction in carbon emissions.
Alternative Option 3 - Do
Nothing
The scheme will
support the Council’s clean air agenda and should result in a
positive impact resulting in a reduction in vehicle emissions in
Sheffield.
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