SE23470 - Car benefit from 2002/03 onwards: table summarising adjustments to appropriate percentage for different fuels
The ready reckoner at
SE23380 gives the appropriate percentage
for cars powered by petrol (
fuel type P).
This table brings together all adjustments to the appropriate
percentage which arise from the use of fuels other than petrol,
including those for diesel cars mentioned in the ready reckoner.
Fuller information is available at the page references
given.
| Type of fuel | Code | Page | Standard adjustment | Extra adjustment | Other points |
| Petrol | P | SE23360 | none | none | none |
| Diesel (not Euro IV) | D | SE23365 | supplement: 3% (see note 1) | none | none |
| Diesel (Euro IV) | L | SE23370 | cancel type D supplement, above | none | none |
| Electric only | E | SE23435 | reduction: 6% | none | none |
| Hybrid electric | H | SE23440 | reduction: 2% | see note 2 | none |
| Gas only | B | SE23455 | reduction: 1% | see note 2 | none |
| Bi-fuel with CO2 emissions figure for gas (see note 3) | B | SE23455 | reduction: 1% | see note 2 | use lowest CO2 figure |
| Bi-fuel conversion, or other bi-fuel not within type B | C | SE23465 | reduction: 1% | none | none |
Note 1: subject to the overall maximum appropriate
percentage of 35%
Note 2: additional 1% for every full 20g/km that
the car's CO2 emissions are below the lower threshold for the year
Note 3: Bi-fuel car meeting all the conditions at
SE23450
Supplements and reductions only apply to cars first
registered on or after 1 January 1998. They apply to all such cars,
whether or not they have an approved CO2 emissions figure, though
cars without such a figure cannot take advantage of the Extra
Adjustment column above.
