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Statement on Porsche challenge to CO2
charge
A spokesperson for the Mayor of London said: "Porsche's threatened legal
action is a double attack on Londoners. First Porsche are trying to
deprive Londoners of their democratic right to decide in the Mayoral
election on 1 May whether they want gas guzzling and polluting cars to
drive in London when there is absolutely no need for them to do so.
Second they are trying to impose on all Londoners unnecessary levels of
pollution and greenhouse gases by a tiny minority. No one is allowed to
throw their rubbish in the street and Porsche should not be allowed to
impose gas guzzling polluting cars on Londoners who do not want them."
C-charge tax won’t reduce CO2
emissions
Today, following its launch of a judicial
challenge against Mayor Ken Livingstone’s emissions related congestion
charge, Porsche releases an examination of the expected CO2
savings. Using Transport for London’s own figures, the savings expected
in an entire year from the emissions charge will be equal to the
emissions from Heathrow between 4 minutes and at most 4 hours.
Commenting on the figures, Andy Goss,
Managing Director of Porsche Cars GB, said, “Under closer examination
these figures show the negligible environmental benefits of this tax.
The emissions saved are a fraction of the amount of the CO2
pumped out every day at Heathrow. Calling this tax an emissions charge
is a misnomer. Not only is this new charge an unfair tax on motorists
and families, it is a tax that will do nothing to reduce emissions or
congestion in London.”
The release of this examination comes
two days after Porsche
announced that it is seeking to make an application for judicial
review of the proposed extension in the congestion charge. |
