Tool to reduce CO2 emissions

European commercial vehicle manufacturers are developing an evaluation tool to calculate real-life CO2 emissions from trucks and buses so that consumers can make informed decisions prior to purchasing a new vehicle.

An accurate CO2 calculator would assist customers in finding the most fuel efficient vehicle for their particular application.

This initiative is an important step in realising the commercial vehicle industry’s ‘Vision 2020’ which was announced at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover in 2008, pledging to further reduce CO2 emissions by 20 percent by 2020.

Chairman of the Commercial Vehicle Board of ACEA, and President and CEO of Volvo Group, Leif Johansson, commented, “Our industry fully supports the common objective to reduce CO2 emissions, and by sharing our expertise with the market as well as with policy makers, we will arrive at ambitious results.

“It is important that legislators support our efforts with a policy approach that matches the reality of commercial goods and passenger transport. Measures should, furthermore, be globally harmonised. Our industry operates globally, and climate change is also a global challenge.”