Information on the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of newly manufactured trucks will now be fully available to the public. This is a result of an EU regulation that came into force on January 1 of this year. Requires manufacturers to report exhaust emissions. The Vehicle Energy Consumption Calculation Tool (VECTO) has been developed for CO2 certification purposes for heavy vehicles. Although the collected database will only be available within one year, the new guidelines require producers to disclose the collected data to people interested in purchasing a particular car.
The EEA will publish a report on an annual basis. Perhaps what will be most important for carriers is the fact that when purchasing a vehicle from a dealer, the manufacturer will be obligated to provide a VECTO certificate for that specific vehicle – containing VECTO information that can be made available to the public. This will allow carriers to compare on a vehicle-by-vehicle basis, including between brands, which should lead to competition.
Information on vehicle performance in terms of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions will be available to the public free of charge in a database managed by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which acts on behalf of the European Union. The database will contain information on every vehicle manufactured in the past year. For example, data on trucks manufactured in 2019 will be available in the database that will be published next year. Thanks to this, the carrier will be able to compare the performance of specific models. This option will only be possible in 2020.
It should be noted that sensitive data, including vehicle identification numbers and trade names of spare parts manufacturers, will not be published in the database due to the protection of personal data and fair competition.
VECTO is a simulation tool that allows you to calculate and determine the fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and energy consumption of newly manufactured heavy vehicles before they are registered, sold or allowed for sale in the European Union. VECTO aims to make it possible to objectively compare truck performance and encourage EU models that use less fuel.
