2016 set to be the year of low carbon commercial vehicles as LowCVP kicks-off new initiatives at packed London workshop
Tue 01 December 2015
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The LowCVP, in collaboration with Transport for London, held a packed stakeholder workshop in London to progress the Partnership's commercial vehicle activity and to help coordinate the activities of a diverse range of organisations that are active in this space.
Around 65 people (the venue's capacity) attended the workshop which served as the launch of a new LowCVP Commercial Vehicle working group. The event was attended by representatives of all key stakeholders including DfT, OLEV, Innovate UK and the trade associations the Freight Transport Association (FTA), Road Haulage Association (RHA).
There were presentations from representatives of the Commitee on Climate Change, DfT, LowCVP, TfL, EcoStars, Green Freight Europe and the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS).
The group discussed the new CV accreditation scheme for after-market technologies, which is being managed by the LowCVP, and learned about the opportunities for operators and others to collaborate in a new, DfT-funded test programme to benchmark vehicles powered by natural gas/biomethane.
Delegates also learned about new initiatives from TfL focused on lowering emissions from commercial vehicles.
Transport for London and the LowCVP will be working together to consolidate the outputs from the workshop and define the next steps to creating a coherent CV consortium. Presentations will be sent to attendees at the workshop and will otherwise be available to LowCVP member organisations.
In earlier work the LowCVP has identified three main opportunities for cutting emissions from HGVs which pointed to the need for specific interventions: independent testing to validate the effectiveness of retrofit technology; conversion to the use of natural gas/biomethane; and supporting the uptake of hybrid and pure electric vehicles, particularly for use in urban environments.
Other collaborators in the LowCVP’s commercial vehicle initiatives include the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight and Green Freight Europe plus private companies including Millbrook, MIRA, Mercedes, Michelin, Stobart Group and TRL.
For more information, or to get involved, please contact the LowCVP Secretariat.
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