1. Heavy-duty
vehicles
and their greenhouse
gas emissions
Heavy-duty
vehicles in Europe*
of which vehicles that comply
with the following standard
I II III IV V
1992 1998 2000 2005 2008
The standards In g/kWh
NOX CO HC PM
Oxides of Nitrogen Carbon monoxide Hydrocarbons Parculate Maer
0,13
* 30 out of 32 member states of the European
Environment Agency (the 27 EU countries
plus Norway, Switzerland and Turkey)
Source: European Environment Agency
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
Heavy-duty vehicles and
their greenhouse gas emissions
In millions of vehicles
per type
Long-haul
transport 2
Services
Medium-haul
transport
Local
transport
Local passenger
transport
Municipal
services
Medium- and
long-haul
passenger
transport
1,9
1,2
0,45
0,45
0,4
0,4
1,5
100
35
40
12
25
15
18
In millions of tonnes
of CO2 per type of vehicle
Heavy-duty vehicles
alone represent
6%
of global
CO2 emissions
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
1995 2005 2011
Pre-standard
vehicles
Euro…
7,8 million heavy-duty
vehicles in the EU
Generating 275
million tonnes of CO2
0
Euro
1 2
Euro
3
Euro
4
Euro
5
Euro
6
1,1
0,66
0,46
8
7
5
3,5
2
0,36
0,15 0,10 0,02
4,5
4
2,1
1,5
0,4
0,01
Source: Commission européenne, TIAX
(«European Union Greenhouse Gas Reduction
Potential for Heavy-Duty Vehicles», 2011)
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