Premier & Cabinet

Type:
Department of Premier and Cabinet Circular
Identifier:
C2003-32
Status:
Archived

C2003-32 Incorporation of Petrol/Electric Hybrid Motor Vehicles into the Government Fleet

Description

The purpose of this circular is to announce to all Chief Executives a new amendment to the Motor Vehicle Policy for NSW Government Agencies, issued in September 2002, which deals with the incorporation of petrol/electric hybrid motor vehicles into the Government fleet. The Government's Cleaner Vehicles Action Plan, which is part of the Motor Vehicle Policy, has as one of its key initiatives an improvement in the environmental performance of the NSW Government vehicle fleet.

Detailed Outline

The purpose of this circular is to announce to all Chief Executives a new amendment to the Motor Vehicle Policy for NSW Government Agencies, issued in September 2002, which deals with the incorporation of petrol/electric hybrid motor vehicles into the Government fleet. The Government's Cleaner Vehicles Action Plan, which is part of the Motor Vehicle Policy, has as one of its key initiatives an improvement in the environmental performance of the NSW Government vehicle fleet.

On 28 July 2002, the Premier announced that the NSW Government would be purchasing an additional 200 petrol/electric hybrid fuel vehicles for the Government Fleet during the 2002/03 financial year.

The purchase of petrol/electric hybrid vehicles has fallen well short of the Premier's target. Accordingly, in order to meet this objective, agencies will be required to incorporate a percentage of hybrid petrol/electric vehicles within their organisation, dependant on the composition of the current fleet.

The NSW Government contract for the Acquisition of Motor Vehicles offers a wide range of models of passenger, commercial and four-wheel-drive vehicles. The Department of Commerce manages this contract, on behalf of the State Contracts Control Board, and is responsible for providing ongoing contract management and oversight of the arrangement. The Toyota Prius is currently the only hybrid petrol/electric fuel vehicle available under the contract.

An amendment to Clause 8.3 of the Motor Vehicle Policy for NSW Government Agencies, which sets out the new requirements for purchasing hybrid petrol/electric fuel vehicles is as follows:


8. 3 The Government's Cleaner Vehicles Action Plan has as one of its key initiatives an improvement in the environmental performance of the NSW Government vehicle fleet. This requires agencies to develop fleet improvement plans demonstrating reductions in fuel use, greenhouse emissions and better average fuel consumption. <<insert>> Agencies are also required to incorporate into their fleet petrol/electric hybrid fuel technology vehicles (such as the Toyota Prius). Agency car fleets comprising 25 to 99 vehicles must contain at least one petrol/electric hybrid fuel technology vehicle. For agency car fleets comprising 100 or more vehicles one percent of the total must be petrol/electric hybrid fuel technology vehicles.

This new initiative is to be effective immediately.

C Gellatly
Director General

Overview

Compliance

Not Mandatory

AR Details

Date Issued
Aug 16, 2003
Review Date
Dec 31, 2014
Replaces
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