Manufacturers develop tool to help cut CO2 emissions in trucks and buses

Fri 24 September 2010 View all news

European commercial vehicle manufacturers are developing an evaluation tool to calculate real-life CO2 emissions from trucks and buses ahead of purchase.

The CO2 evaluation tool will help customers to choose the most fuel-efficient vehicle specification, involving issues such as engine-gearbox combination, aerodynamic features and tyre specification. It will also serve to provide an insight into the complexity and variety of road transport.

ACEA said that the initiative marks a step in realising the commercial vehicle industry’s ‘Vision 2020’, announced in Hanover in 2008, pledging to further reduce CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020.


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