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In Germany, there
are tax reductions available for vehicles powered by natural gas (guaranteed
until 2020). Those reductions lead to significant savings concerning the
general running costs of the car. In addition, the Saxonian
Emission and Climate Protection Program foresees under
particular circumstances a financial aid covering 50 to 80 per cent of the
additional costs of the vehicle. Furthermore, clients of Leipzig
communal natural gas provider “Stadtwerke Leipzig”
receive 1000 EUR for the new registration of a LPG vehicle.
Leipzig today
has a network of three stations for natural gas and fourth one is foreseen. The
communal cleaning service maintains ten LPG garbage trucks (and 53 fuel-powered
ones). The Stadtwerke plan to start
operating 11 transport LPG vehicles in 2003. It is the policy of the
municipality to transform its own car fleet and that of direct service
enterprises of the city step-by-step into a fleet powered by natural gas. |