By Alison Bell 15 February 2011
New short term and long term CO2 emissions targets for light commercial vehicles has been decided by the European Parliament today. The targets have been announced at a challenging 175g/km by 2017 and 147g/km by 2020 and have been set to continue the process of ongoing CO2 emission reductions made by vehicle manufacturers. Paul Everitt, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders chief executive said industry was pleased that the European Parliament had come to the decision. “The UK is well placed to capitalise on low carbon technologies and manufacturers now need government to demonstrate its support for sustained investment in skills, R&D and capital equipment,” he said. The LCV legislation mirrors the New Car CO2 Regulation with each manufacturer having its own overall European fleet average CO2 target. Each manufacturer’s target is based on the weight of each new LCV it registers in the EU in a given year. The details of the new plans are: • The initial target and phase-in will be from 2014 to 2017 and will be 175g/km CO2 (phased in with 70%, 75% and 80% of each manufacturers’ fleet complying in 2014-16 respectively and 100% from 2017 onwards). • The long-term target will be for 2020 and will be 147g/km, to be confirmed in a review in 2013. • Independent manufacturers registering fewer than 22,000 vehicles per year (in the EU) can apply to the commission for an individual target that is consistent with its economic and technological potential for CO2 reduction and the characteristics of the vehicles’ market segment. • Super credits: as an incentive for selling low carbon LCVs (<50g/km), manufacturers can count each qualifying LCV several times when calculating their fleet average CO>2. They can be counted 3.5 times in 2014 and 2015, then 2.5 (2016), 1.5 (2017) and 1.0 in 2018. There will be a cap on super credits at 25,000 vehicles per manufacturer over the super credits period to 2018. • Eco-innovations: certain innovative technologies deliver a real-world CO2 benefit, but this is not reflected in the CO2 result from the type approval test. Manufacturers can be granted a credit if they equip vehicles with innovative technologies. The credit will be based on independently verified data and depends on how many vehicles the technologies are applied to. The credit is limited to a maximum of 7g/km on average for each manufacturer’s fleet. • Multi-stage vehicles: manufacturers of incomplete vehicles will take responsibility for meeting the CO2 target for the base vehicle. The commission will make a proposal by the end of 2011.
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