HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES: SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS and NEW TECHNOLOGY “RASTU” Summary Report 2006–2008
PROJECT REPORT VTT-R-04084-09 2 JUNE 2009 HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES: SAFETY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND NEW TECHNOLOGY “RASTU” Summary report 2006–2008 Editors Matti Kytö, Kimmo Erkkilä and Nils-Olof Nylund Disclosure: Public Performing organisation and address Client VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and P.O. Box 1604 Innovation Tekes et al. FI-02044 VTT, Finland Responsible person Client's contact person Matti Kytö Martti Korkiakoski Document number of the project (VTT) Client's order or reference number 40521/05, Reg.no. 2699/31/05 Project name, short name and code Report number and number of Date Heavy-duty vehicles: Safety, environmental impactsVTT-R-04084-09pages 2 June 2009 and new technology, RASTU 114 pages + Appendix 1 p. 3155 Name of project report and authors Heavy-duty vehicles: Safety, environmental impacts and new technology, “RASTU”. Summary report. Edited by Matti Kytö, Kimmo Erkkilä and Nils-Olof Nylund Abstract Research on fuel savings for heavy-duty vehicles was carried out within the framework of the three-year (2006–2008) “RASTU” project. The research integrate also included tasks relating to emissions, IT applications and safety. Five research parties and nearly 20 sponsors took part in the project. During the research period, a total of approximately 140 heavy-duty vehicles were tested using a chassis dynamome- ter. An overall trend that emerged is a decline in the emissions and fuel consumption of new vehicles (Euro IV, V and EEV). However, there are significant differences between vehicle makes. Emissions of buses in particular vary a lot, and the emissions of only a few diesel vehicles correspond to the class in which the vehicle is certified.
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