Everything’s gone green: British Motor Show pushes environmental envelope

Published: 26 May, 2022

Organisers of The British Motor Show 2022, taking place 18-21 August 2022 at Farnborough International have said that this year’s event will be the greenest of its type ever as a result of its new official fuels partnership with Coryton Advanced Fuels.

The event will also offset show visitors’ carbon output in partnership with ioffset, promote advanced fuels and electric cars to visitors, and show off electrified classics.

Coryton, a supplier of specialist and renewable fuels through its Sustain brand, will be supplying all of the petrol and diesel cars at the event, including those used for live test drives, with sustainable fuels to reduce carbon emissions. This will include the shuttle buses, cars used for live test drives, all vehicles in the live arena and those used by show organisers Automotion Events.

Coryton will also be the main sponsor of the show’s live test drives, ‘Test Drive Live powered by Coryton’.

Commenting on the partnership, The British Motor Show CEO Andy Entwistle said: “By using it in our own vehicles, we want to create a show with minimal carbon output and show that ICE powered cars can be environmentally friendly right now, especially for those who cherish their classic cars or cannot yet afford a new EV.”

Coryton CEO Andrew Willson added: “The British Motor Show is the perfect platform for this mission and visitors will be able to see in action how sustainable fuel can be an effective drop-in fuel for almost any vehicle. We’re delighted to be helping to make the event the greenest motor show ever.”

The British Motor Show advanced ticket prices are £18.50 each, or £37 for a family of four. Tickets are available at www.thebritishmotorshow.live

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