The European Commission has released a strategy to reduce the CO2 exhaust from heavy duty commercial vehicles (HDVs).
The EU strategy focuses on measurement and reporting mechanisms for HDV emissions, including a long-awaited computer simulation tool, VECTO, which is still in its pilot phase.
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The strategy is expected to lead to regulatory proposals next year requiring CO2 emissions from new HDVs to be reported and monitored.
The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) said the measures could improve information for people purchasing HDVs.
“Fuel efficiency is a top priority for the transport companies who buy and use trucks and buses, because fuel accounts for over one-third of their total operating costs,” said Erik Jonnaert, ACEA’s secretary general.
ACEA points out that European commercial vehicle manufacturers are world leaders in fuel efficiency, with fuel consumption down 60% since 1965, thanks to technologies like common rail injection, automated gearboxes, turbocharging and intercooling.
