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Director Infrastructure HQ Land Forces, Brigadier Mark Armstrong (front left), and Rob Bryant, Toyota National Public Sector Manager (front right) [Picture: Stuart Bingham, Crown Copyright/MOD 2009] |
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Army takes delivery of 'green' cars; `: D- k0 w9 c4 K$ y& Y) ]/ N# `
: i/ r* @) P3 X% j8 XThe British Army has recently taken delivery of a fleet of 50 'green' cars as part of its ongoing mission to reduce emissions of gases known to damage the environment.The Army is working towards a government target to ensure all cars procured between 2007 and 2011 produce on average less than 130g per kilometre of CO2.* d" _# a# R0 [/ l+ [' C# M Z
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The latest addition to the fleet are 50 Toyota Prius cars, recently handed over to the Army at a dealership in Bolton. Switching automatically between petrol engine and electric motor depending on driving conditions, these cars produce 104g per kilometre of CO2.: G6 ?, s3 G; n/ o
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A deal brokered by the Ministry of Defence, through its leasing partners VT Group and Lex, sees the Toyota car replace 50 Vauxhall Vectras, whose CO2 credentials are 154g per kilometre.
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# p$ r( t, `7 J! KThe replacement deal comes at nil extra cost to the Army and is the Ministry of Defence's biggest commitment to date to the use of hybrid vehicles |
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