INFORM Transport
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Land Rover has confirmed that a production version of its LRX vehicle the company has ever produced. Phil Popham, managing
concept car will be built. The new car will debut next year and join director of Land Rover, said: “Feedback from our customer
the Range Rover line-up in 2011. research fully supports our belief that a production version of the
Designed and engineered at Land Rover’s Gaydon facility, the LRX Concept would further raise the desirability of our brand and
new Range Rover will be the smallest, lightest and most efficient absolutely meet their expectations.”
DATA POLICY
Green agenda a ‘waste of cash’
A right-leaning think-tank has Charge – as it was in keeping with
published a report arguing that the its advice that government should
billions of pounds spent on subsi- pursue a policy of charges for
dising the green agenda would be those who use particular facilities
Environmental car data from better spent on the UK’s basic or services, rather than blanket
WhatGreenCar shows that the infrastructure. taxes for all.
latest 2010 range of new cars Reform, a pro-market forces It did recommend, however,
available in the US are 6.6% think-tank, says that the UK’s that green tax schemes, such as the
greener than the 2009 range. infrastructure is ranked 34th in the Renewables Obligation
The ratings also demonstrate world, despite it being the sixth Certificates, should be phased out. The think-tank Reform argues that
the shift to green is gaining richest country in the world. As might be expected, the
money for green projects would be
pace. This year’s 6.6% reduction It argues that money spent on think-tank’s findings are not uni-
better spent on infrastructure
is more than three times last “white elephant projects without versally accepted. Adrian Wilkes,
year’s improvement of 2.1%. financial merit”, such as offshore chairman of the Environmental other kind of pollution, your
Comparing 2009 cars with wind farms and high-speed rail Industries Commission, said that market system is going to be
the latest 2010 line-up, ten vol- links, would be put to better use in the report’s authors were out on a fatally flawed.
ume manufacturers are now basic transport, utilities and com- limb and going against the consen- “The human race faces a huge
offering a new model range munications infrastructure. sus of a growing number of gov- challenge to solve the climate
above the average improve- In a report, Road to Recovery, ernments, not just Britain’s. change problem that’s going
ment of 6.6%: Chevrolet (20.3% the group calls for a greater use of Simply looking at the up-front to require trillions of dollars
improvement), GMC (15.3%), public-private partnerships for cost of green infrastructure rather of investment.”
Mercedes-Benz (13.6%), Lexus financing infrastructure projects, than long term savings was, he Reform is an independent chari-
(13.2%), Mercury (11.6%), Kia rather than meeting social goals or claimed, not seeing the whole pic- ty whose mission is to set out a
(11.0%), Ford (10.4%), Acura propping up industry. ture. “The problem is that we are better way to deliver public servic-
(8.0%), Volkswagen (8.0%), and Reform actually praised one dealing with a market failure es and economic prosperity.
Suzuki (7.7%). scheme with environmental bene- here,” he said. “If you don’t The report is available to down-
fits – the London Congestion factor in the cost of carbon or any load from
www.reform.co.uk
IN FACT 60% OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BELIEVE THE UK CAR SCRAPPAGE SCHEME IS NOT DOING ANYTHING POSITIVE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
10 November/December 2009 ❘ Sustainable Business
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