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Table 6 Fuel and CO2 savings of using HCVs in 2013–2017
From: Impacts of increasing maximum truck weight – case Finland
Fuel consumption (l/100 km) | |||||||
Part load | Forestry | Long-haul distribution | Tanker and bulk | Construction | |||
30.3 | 66.7 | 37.5 | 46.5 | 58.1 | |||
Vehicle kilometres saved (million km) | |||||||
Part load | Forestry | Long-haul distribution | Tanker and bulk | Construction | Total | Savings as % of total | |
2013 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 0,7% |
2014 | 0.1 | 15.8 | 9.5 | 2.4 | 6.3 | 34.0 | 1,9% |
2015 | 0.2 | 19.4 | 12.6 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 42.7 | 2,7% |
2016 | 0.5 | 30.2 | 18.8 | 5.2 | 8.8 | 63.5 | 3,4% |
2017 | 0.8 | 36.2 | 23.3 | 7.1 | 13.4 | 80.9 | 4,1% |
Total | 2.3 | 103.4 | 65.2 | 20.2 | 34.1 | 225.1 | 2,9% |
Fuel savings (million l) | |||||||
Part load | Forestry | Long-haul distribution | Tanker and bulk | Construction | Total | Savings as % of total | |
2013 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 0,8% |
2014 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 18.9 | 1,9% |
2015 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 4.7 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 23.2 | 2,3% |
2016 | 0.1 | 20.1 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 34.9 | 3,0% |
2017 | 0.2 | 24.1 | 8.8 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 44.3 | 3,6% |
Total | 0.7 | 68.9 | 24.5 | 9.4 | 19.8 | 123.3 | 2,6% |
CO2 reduction (kt) | |||||||
Part load | Forestry | Long-haul distribution | Tanker and bulk | Construction | Total | Savings as % of total | |
2013 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 5.5 | 0,8% |
2014 | 0.0 | 28.0 | 9.4 | 3.0 | 9.8 | 50.3 | 1,9% |
2015 | 0.1 | 34.4 | 12.6 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 61.7 | 2,3% |
2016 | 0.4 | 53.5 | 18.8 | 6.5 | 13.6 | 92.7 | 3,0% |
2017 | 0.6 | 64.2 | 23.3 | 8.8 | 20.8 | 117.7 | 3,6% |
Total | 1.8 | 183.3 | 65.1 | 24.9 | 52.8 | 327.9 | 2,6% |