Statement on the validity of Porsche C02 charge survey
Published February 26th, 2008
A spokesperson for the Mayor of London said:
“Porsche’s flawed survey has no validity. The questions put to a small sample of Londoners failed even to mention that the £25 CO2 charge will only be paid by cars with the very highest carbon emissions, or that the cleanest vehicles will not have to pay any charge.
“The survey also did not even bother to mention that the purpose of the scheme is to tackle climate change.
“Participants in the survey were thus given totally misleading information about which vehicles would be affected and why a higher charge was being proposed.
“This survey, is part of a campaign by a blatantly vested interest, a luxury car manufacturer with high CO2 emitting cars.
“An Ipsos MORI attitudinal survey for TfL published in December, and based on a sample of 3,620 Londoners - seven times that in Porsche’s poll, with around half of those resident in the existing congestion charging zone, found:
· Two-thirds (66 per cent) of respondents were in favour of the proposal upon which Transport for London has consulted, with 38 per cent strongly supporting it. Only 21 per cent opposed the scheme.
· 63 per cent of respondents stated that the higher charge would act as an incentive to use a lower CO2 emitting car.”
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