RE-ISSUE: QFLEET FAREWELLS LAST V8 PASSENGER VEHICLE
Published Thursday, 05 June, 2008 at 10:27 AM
Minister for Public Works, Housing and Information and Communication Technology
The Honourable Robert Schwarten
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Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten today farewelled QFleet’s last remaining eight cylinder passenger vehicle demonstrating, he said, the State Government’s commitment to having a greener, cleaner fleet.
Mr Schwarten said the move to banish the petrol-guzzling vehicles from the government vehicle fleet started in October 2005 when then-premier Peter Beattie introduced a range of new measures to reduce the cost of managing its motor vehicle fleet.
“At that time QFleet had around 218 eight cylinder passenger vehicles,” Mr Schwarten said.
"The Premier, Ministers and CEOs were moved into six-cylinder and smaller vehicles as the leases on their V8s expired.
“The last of those leases have now expired so it’s goodbye to V8s from the passenger vehicle fleet.”
Mr Schwarten said the government’s innovative and ambitious ClimateSmart 2050 policy for the government vehicle fleet had now shifted the primary focus for vehicle selection from the number of cylinders to the greenhouse emissions of the vehicle.
“QFleet will now apply the Commonwealth Government’s Green Vehicle Guide greenhouse ratings to compare the environmental performance of vehicles,” he said.
“The Greenhouse Rating system converts each carbon dioxide measurement into a simple rating, on a scale of one to ten. The higher the Greenhouse Rating, the lower the greenhouse emissions.
“To set an environmental standard for vehicle selection, a minimum Greenhouse Rating of 5.5 now applies for passenger vehicles offered by QFleet.”
Mr Schwarten said the overhaul of the Queensland Government vehicle fleet included increasing the number of diesel, hybrid, micro, light and small vehicles in the passenger fleet would being increased.
“Our goal is to cut emissions for the entire fleet of 14,000 vehicles cut by 15% in three years, growing to 25% in five years and 50% in ten years,” he said.
“Based on current annual carbon dioxide emissions for the QFleet fleet this would result in a reduction from 79,300 tonnes per annum to approximately 39,000 tonnes per annum.
“This is the equivalent of taking approximately 8,000 vehicles off the road.”
Media contact: Scott Chandler on (07) 3237 1832
Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten today farewelled QFleet’s last remaining eight cylinder passenger vehicle demonstrating, he said, the State Government’s commitment to having a greener, cleaner fleet.
Mr Schwarten said the move to banish the petrol-guzzling vehicles from the government vehicle fleet started in October 2005 when then-premier Peter Beattie introduced a range of new measures to reduce the cost of managing its motor vehicle fleet.
“At that time QFleet had around 218 eight cylinder passenger vehicles,” Mr Schwarten said.
"The Premier, Ministers and CEOs were moved into six-cylinder and smaller vehicles as the leases on their V8s expired.
“The last of those leases have now expired so it’s goodbye to V8s from the passenger vehicle fleet.”
Mr Schwarten said the government’s innovative and ambitious ClimateSmart 2050 policy for the government vehicle fleet had now shifted the primary focus for vehicle selection from the number of cylinders to the greenhouse emissions of the vehicle.
“QFleet will now apply the Commonwealth Government’s Green Vehicle Guide greenhouse ratings to compare the environmental performance of vehicles,” he said.
“The Greenhouse Rating system converts each carbon dioxide measurement into a simple rating, on a scale of one to ten. The higher the Greenhouse Rating, the lower the greenhouse emissions.
“To set an environmental standard for vehicle selection, a minimum Greenhouse Rating of 5.5 now applies for passenger vehicles offered by QFleet.”
Mr Schwarten said the overhaul of the Queensland Government vehicle fleet included increasing the number of diesel, hybrid, micro, light and small vehicles in the passenger fleet would being increased.
“Our goal is to cut emissions for the entire fleet of 14,000 vehicles cut by 15% in three years, growing to 25% in five years and 50% in ten years,” he said.
“Based on current annual carbon dioxide emissions for the QFleet fleet this would result in a reduction from 79,300 tonnes per annum to approximately 39,000 tonnes per annum.
“This is the equivalent of taking approximately 8,000 vehicles off the road.”
Media contact: Scott Chandler on (07) 3237 1832