Scania is a leader in fuel efficiency according to the European Union

European Commission data confirm that Scania is the best heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer in terms of reducing CO2 emissions.

Heavy goods vehicles and buses are responsible for around a quarter of CO2 emissions from road transport in the EU and around 6% of total CO2 emissions in the EU. Despite some improvement in fuel efficiency in recent years, these emissions continue to rise, mainly due to an increase in road freight transport intensity.

The first ever emission standards

In 2019, the EU adopted the first EU legislation on CO2 emission standards for heavy duty vehicles and set average emissions reduction targets for 2025 and 2030. Under the new rules, manufacturers must reduce CO2 emissions from new heavy duty vehicles by an average of 15 % from 2025 and 30% from 2030 compared to 2019 levels.

Recently, the European Commission published statistics on CO2 emissions from new heavy-duty vehicles for each manufacturer registered in the Union covering the period from July 2019 to June 2020. These values ​​form the basis for the limits in the CO2 legislation and will be the basis for the calculation of road tolls.

"Clear market leader"

According to the report, Scania is the best in class for energy efficiency and low CO2 emissions, with a score of 4.7% below the EU CO2 limit. Scania is the only heavy truck manufacturer clearly below the EU limit.

- The CO2 emissions data published by the EU shows that there is a clear market leader in terms of fuel consumption, Scania. These figures are based on component and vehicle tests and reflect Scania's long-term work in aerodynamics and driveline improvements. The advantage of EU published certified CO2 values ​​is that everyone has to try to calculate them in the same way - this is the fairest way available to compare emissions between manufacturers, says Henrik Wentzel, Senior Product Planning Advisor at Scania.

Andreas Follér, director of sustainability at Scania, says European Commission data also shows that Scania is on track to meet its science-based climate goal of reducing CO2 emissions from vehicles by 20% by 2025. compared to 2015 emissions

Scania is the only European heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer with an approved Science Based Target (SBT).

- Our ambition is to reduce the climate impact in the short and medium term for both SBT and EU legislation. The main difference is that EU CO2 legislation only covers tank-to-wheel emissions. Our SBTs are measured from tank to wheel (well-to-wheel). If we only look at tailpipe emissions, it does not matter if the vehicle is powered by 100% HVO or 100% diesel, biogas or natural gas. But for our science-based goal, for our customers and for the planet, it matters a lot, says Andreas Follér.