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Oil Engines Halve the Fuel Bill

11th November 1955, Page 127
11th November 1955
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Page 127, 11th November 1955 — Oil Engines Halve the Fuel Bill
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FUEL cost when using oil-engined vehicles, as against those powered by petrol engines, can be halved. This fact is supported by figures compiled by Mr. H. L. Parish, chief instructor of the Perkins instruction school, from information supplied by a number of C-licence operators. Fifteen different vehicles were involved, as shown in the accompanying table, and the work was of the kind that does not call for high annual mileages as usually associated with oil-engine, operation. Even on mileages as low as 5,000 per annum the oil engine can be made economical.

Striking an average under the respective headings, the fuel consumption of the petrol-engined vehicles was at the rate of 10.026 m.p.g. and of the oil-engined vehicles 20.74 m.p.g. With fuel at 4s. per gal, the cost per mile for petrol was 4.787d. and for oil fuel, 2.314(1. The gross saving was 2.473d. per mile, or£10 6s. Id. per 1,000 miles.

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