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RPC may prompt switch to Euro-5
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The Chancellor has finally promised an incentive to adopt Euro-5 — but will this lead to cancelled Euro-4 orders? Andy Salter reports.
THE CHANCELLOR'S decision to offer a reduced pollution certificate (RPC) for Euro-5compliant trucks could lead to cancelled orders for Euro-4 vehicles, says the Road Haulage Association (RHA).
The RHA explains that while RPCs for Euro-5 trucks will be welcomed by many hauliers, it is regrettable that the implementation has been delayed for a year.
Operators that have already bought Euro-4 trucks will resent this incentive,the RHA warns:"We anticipate wholesale cancellations of trucks built to Euro-4 but not yet delivered to customers.
In last week'sBudget,Chancellor Gordon Brown extended the RPC scheme to Euro-5 trucks from October. The size of the incentive has yet to be revealed, although the SMMT expects it to be in the region of £500.
Mercedes and Daf have both called for a Euro-5 incentive and both companies expressed delight at the Chancellor's decision. Ian Jones, M-B UK's managing director for commercial vehicles, says: "I congratulate the government in realising the importance of R PCs for Euro-5. It's the best value-formoney decision they can make."
When it comes to operators switching their orders to Euro-5, Tony Pain, marketing director at Daf, says: "Our current lead times are such that for some orders we will be able to shift the specification to Euro-5. [But] once the vehicle has been built and delivered, it is very difficult to upgrade a Euro-4 vehicle to Euro-5."
MAN had lobbied against the introduction of a Euro-5 incentive, but UK sales and marketing director Dave Cussans is philosophical: "We're delighted government is at least thinking about the transport industry, although !think it could have made better use of taxpayers' money.
"I'm thinking, in particular,of the missed opportunity to incentivise the removal of old Euro-1 and perhaps Euro-2 vehicles from our roads it would have been a real bonus for the environment — and wouldn't have done the industry's public image any harm either."
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