LPG outshines other motor fuels in European emissions study

A comprehensive new vehicle emissions study has demonstrated that Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) delivers significant all round environmental benefits and in terms of pollutants it is much cleaner and significantly outperforms petrol, diesel and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).

The research, testing more than 9,000 cars and vans, showed that LPG scored very highly across key criteria.

Of the seven vehicle brands available in the five fuels - petrol, diesel, LPG and CNG, CNG Mono - LPG ranks first in four of the brands, with CNG ranking first twice and diesel ranking first once, whilst petrol fails to rank first in any of the brands.

In response, the LPG industry is now calling on the UK Government do more to promote the fuel as a readily available alternative which is almost half the price at the pumps.

While Government has committed to keeping prices for all gaseous fuels substantially lower than petrol and diesel for the next decade, there is now even greater demand for driver incentives, as well as potential, subsidies for car manufacturers.

Last December, Chancellor George Osborne introduced a 10 year duty trajectory for gaseous road fuels, (CNG), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and LPG. However, whilst the duty differential for CNG and LNG was frozen, the Autumn Statement introduced a duty differential reduction of 1p each year to 2024 only for LPG. Read more here.