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    • Potential CO2 reduction from optimal engine sizing for light commercial vehicles

    The average performance of light commercial vehicles has increased during the last decades. Due to this enhanced performance, the achieved levels of fuel consumption and CO2 emission reductions are smaller than the engine efficiency improvements realized in the same period. A possible way to realize this full potential is by modification of engine characteristics to historic power levels.

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    With modern engine technology, performance levels of the previous decade can be met with more compact engines. This can result in a CO2 emissions reduction of 6% to 16%, based on the type approval test cycle. Additionally, these vans with more compact and more efficient engines can have economically interesting consequences for both purchase and operation costs. Besides smaller and therefore cheaper produced engines, vans consume less fuel and may be eligible for tax reductions. Cumulatively, these measures can lower total cost of ownership by 1%-12 %.