Commenting on the roll out of E10 petrol from September 2021,
Edmund King, AA president, said: “The AA supports the switch to
E10, a more sustainable and greener fuel that provides a stepping
stone to the phasing out fossil fuels in new cars from 2030
onwards.
“We are also satisfied that there is sufficient pump labelling to
guide drivers and support to help car owners whose vehicles are
not compatible with E10 to switch to the ‘protection’ grade
(super fuels) as a viable alternative.”
“However, a Government impact assessment highlights that
“Introducing E10 will add to fuel costs paid by motorists.
Moving from E5 to E10 is estimated to reduce pump price petrol
costs by 0.2 pence per litre. However, as the energy content of
the fuel will also decrease, motorists will have to buy more
litres of fuel. Overall fuel costs for petrol cars are therefore
estimated to increase by 1.6% as a result of moving from E5 to
E10.”
“That will rub many drivers the wrong way but the AA expects the
Chancellor, who will get more fuel duty from more fuel consumed,
will not have to increase fuel duty in the Budget next week.”
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NOTES TO EDITORS
* 76. Estimates for 2019 show that 96.6%12 of petrol cars in use
in the UK are E10 compatible. 3.4%,
around 700,000 cars, were classified incompatible, of which 25%
are pre-1985 cars.
77. Based on scrappage rates ascertained from the DVLA database,
by 2021 the number of
incompatible cars is expected to fall to around 600,000 of which
50% are pre-1985 cherished
vehicles. The total number of incompatible cars in the fleet
continues to decline in the future to
279,000 incompatible cars by 2030 of which over 80% are pre-1985
cars.
