Zero emissions and electric vehicles (FOI)

Request 

I see a Ministerial decision has been made for Zero emissions or electric cars.

Please provide a list of manufactures cars and trucks and buses that circulate on the Island's roads regarding emissions.

Please breakdown all zero and electric manufacturers. 

Response

The information requested is partially exempt under Article 23 (Accessible by other means) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011. 

The Government of Jersey have committed to publish vehicle registration details quarterly on www.opendata.gov.je. Information up to 30 September 2022 can be accessed using the following link: 

All Registered Vehicles to end of September 2022.csv (opendata.gov.je) 

Once downloaded, the whole spreadsheet can be filtered to allow the extraction of the specific information required e.g., per Co2 emissions, fuel type. 

It should be noted that Driver and Vehicle Standards (DVS) began recording vehicle emissions on the vehicle register from 2010, when provided by the customer, since this information is not readily available from all manufacturers. 

Therefore, this information is not held for all vehicles on the register and Article 10 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) 2011 has been applied. 

All vehicles recorded with the fuel type 'Electric' will have zero emissions even if this is not recorded on the register.  The relevant filters can be used to extract this information from the spreadsheet as explained above. 

Articles applied 

Article 10 - Obligation of scheduled public authority to confirm or deny holding Information 

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if –

(a) a person makes a request for information to a scheduled public authority; and

(b) the authority does not hold the information, it must inform the applicant accordingly. 

Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means 

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.