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Politics Newsletter
IAA Special Issue – September 2012
1 – Climate 2 – Environment | Climate 3 – Climate | Climate 4 – Environment
Trucks and buses are the driving forces of the future
All over the world, policymakers are determining the
course for the sustainable mobility of tomorrow. The
right eye to combine the mobility needs of people and
industry with the ambitious climate targets worldwide is
in demand.
It’s their flexibility that makes trucks and buses so attractive
for haulers, loaders, and companies as well as for citizens, muni-
cipalities, and entire countries. Trucks are indispensable when it
comes to efficiently transporting goods from A to B, regardless
of how good or bad the roads are. Without buses, public trans-
portation would not be appealing: They bring people from A to
B reliably and inexpensively on a daily basis, no matter how long
the journey, while also being kind to the environment. Trucks and
buses enable industry and authorities to respond quickly to new
situations, such as a sudden demand for more goods or connec-
ting new residential areas to the public transportation network.
They’ve been around for over a century, during which time
they’ve become more and more efficient and cleaner and clea-
ner. Nowadays, the vehicles emit hardly any fine particles and
nitrogen oxide and manufacturers have cut fuel consumption
further and further — today a long-haul truck pulling 40 tons
consumes just under 30 liters of diesel over 100 kilometers
depending on the route and the way it’s driven.
The challenge for the future is still saving even more fuel
and reducing CO2 emissions further. This will only work if we
all pull together: manufacturers, makers of bodies and trailers,
and shippers as well as policymakers, lawmakers, and citizens
need to do more than just design an eco-friendly commercial
vehicle on the drawing board — they need to put it on the
road. MAN has the technology. We know what the commer-
cial vehicle of tomorrow that will allow industry and people to
advance looks like. Now it’s up to the political arena to pave
the way for the future.
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Contents
indicators. The MAN CR Report for 2011 was fully checked by a
firm of auditors for the first time, for example, which meant that it
fulfilled the Global Reporting Initiative’s A+ application level. Reac-
tions from the capital
market were positive:
oekom research, an
independent rating
agency for sustainable
investment strategies,
recommends MAN
as investment. To the
Sustainable Asset
Management Group
(SAM), MAN belongs
to the leading com-
panies with outstan-
ding achievements in
sustainability.
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When the clean commercial vehicles will roll on German
roads depends heavily on political measures. Transportation
companies will have to be able to compensate for the extra
development-related costs — a separate toll-charge rate for
Euro VI vehicles from the end of 2013 is the right political mes-
sage. In order to ensure that goods transportation remains affor-
dable in the long-term, policymakers need to task themselves
with making climate-friendly commercial vehicles possible.
Every new vehicle generation offers more eco-friendliness
and more safety than the last. However, MAN has not only set
itself the target of reducing CO2 emissions for its products,
its trucks and buses, but for production too: the Company’s
own greenhouse gas emissions are to be cut by 25 percent by
2020. The target is binding and part of the MAN Group’s Cli-
mate Strategy. “We can only meet our responsibility and seize
business opportunities at the same time if we have clear and
binding targets. After all, climate protection and cost effective-
ness belong together: efficient, low-emission production and
products minimize emissions and cut costs,” explains Dr. Georg
Pachta-Reyhofen, Chief Executive Officer of MAN SE.
MAN intends to achieve this target through comprehensive
energy management and the use of renewable energies. The
MAN Truck & Bus plant in Steyr already uses the waste heat
from engine test beds to heat production halls, for example.
In order to monitor and steer implementation of the Climate
Strategy, MAN regularly collects and reports key performance
MAN Climate Strategy sets 25 percent less CO2 as target
MAN will be presenting its new TG series with Euro VI engi-
nes at the IAA 2012 — making clean commercial vehicles
a reality. Political focus will now have to shift to fuel con-
sumption in order to equally cut CO2 emissions and costs
in road haulage.
The European Commission has been continuously redu-
cing the limits for diesel exhaust fumes since the introduction
of the first emission standard in 1992. Clean trucks will become
a reality on January 1, 2014, with Euro VI: commercial vehicle
manufacturers have reduced soot particles by 97 percent and
nitrogen oxide by 95 percent in 20 years. However, there is one
major disadvantage: the reduction in emissions has been at the
expense of fuel consumption and as a result CO2 emissions.
But MAN considers as low fuel consumption as possible a
top priority in order to be able to make goods and passenger
transportation climate-friendly, kind to the environment, and
cost-effective. Industry supports climate protection: in times
of rising diesel prices, fuel consumption is a key purchasing
argument for fleet operators since it accounts for more than
30 percent of total costs. The improved aerodynamics of the
new TG vehicles also play a key role in ensuring that no incre-
ased consumption arises with Euro VI.
Clean trucks now a reality — fewer CO2 emissions as next target
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As a global market leader for gas buses, MAN will be pre-
senting a new vehicle concept for quick and eco-friendly pas-
senger transportation in major cities at the IAA: the MAN Lion’s
City GL with gas
engine.
With its 18.75
meters and five
wide doors that
enable passen-
gers to board and
alight quickly, the
bus is designed
Getting through the city even faster on gas
Global potential for eco-friendly hybrid commercial vehicles
Hybrid drives have already cut the consumption of MAN
city buses by up to 30 percent. MAN will continue to back
vehicle types and areas of use in which the most CO2 can
be saved in future development.
Less CO2 is a target that MAN is pursuing worldwide.
That’s why the Company will be presenting an advanced hybrid
study of the VW Constellation for the South American market at
the IAA 2012: this means that its best-selling truck consumes
up to 15 percent less fuel and accordingly emits less CO2 by
using braking energy to drive it.
Hybrid commercial vehicles already save a considerable
amount of CO2 today. However, they have to be profitable
to be able to succeed on the market. Decreasing battery
costs, which the experts are predicting for the future, will
make hybrid trucks and buses more appealing to operators.
Access restrictions for downtowns, city toll systems, and
new – nightly – timeframes for delivery and communal services
may prove further reasons for purchasing low-emission and
particularly quiet vehicles.
MAN will also be presenting the hybrid Metropolis truck for
these uses at the IAA. It can carry out heavy transportation duties
fully-electrically and, for this reason, also quietly, meaning that it
could be used for refuse collection, for example. This enables
operators to render their supply and waste disposal services
during the morning or evening hours when there is less traffic.
for bus rapid transit (BRT) systems. After all, climate- and eco-
friendly local passenger transportation that is both efficient and
resource-conserving is one of the biggest challenges that cities
face worldwide — especially megacities with more than ten
million inhabitants. The BRT bus with gas engine reduces emis-
sions and fuel consumption in urban transportation even further.
If buses run on biogas, cities can offer their citizens CO2-neutral
bus transportation. The vehicles also cut running costs by up
to 30 percent.
More information on the bus to the future can be found in
the Group Magazine MAN Forum 02/2012 (printed edition can
be ordered at [email protected]) or as iPad app „MANforum“.
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MAN a pioneer of eco-friendly mobility in South America
Climate change is a global challenge that requires global
solutions. MAN Latin America’s innovative vehicle concepts
are helping to cut the CO2 emissions of the transportation
sector in South America while also reducing health-dama-
ging emissions.
Brazil’s transportation sector is growing and is one of the
drivers of economic development — as it is in other successful
countries. Trucks alone account for around 60 percent of goods
transportation capacity. MAN Latin America has been leading
the market in Brazil for over eight years and the VW Constella-
tion 24.280 ADVANTECH is the company’s best-selling truck.
The MAN Group company also exports its efficient vehicles to
other South American, African, and Asian countries. In 2012,
MAN Latin America presents its successful truck as an advan-
ced hybrid study that can save up to 15 percent CO2 by reco-
vering braking energy.
MAN Latin America has also managed to cut CO2 further
by using MAN D08 engines for the first time in its successful
vehicles. The engines meet P7, the Brazilian version of the EU
Euro V emission standard that has been in effect since the start
of this year. Compared with the EU, Brazil was more ambitious
in its reduction of emissions and skipped Euro IV. That’s why
Brazilian trucks and buses only emit 0.02 g particles/kWh and
their NOx emissions have fallen from 5 g to 2 g/kWh. MAN has
been able to achieve these values while reducing fuel con-
sumption at the same time by employing MAN PURE DIE-
SEL technology, which has been proving itself in Europe since
2008. Changes to the exterior of the VW Constellation and new
electronic components reduce fuel consumption even further.
However, MAN Latin America is not just concentrating
on making road haulage more efficient. The company is the
second-largest bus manufacturer in Brazil and equipped for
the challenges that the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016
Olympic Games will present for passenger transportation in
the country’s megacities: MAN will be showcasing its Volks-
bus with dual-fuel technology for the 2012 IAA. The vehicle
can be run 90 percent on compressed natural gas (CNG) or
biogas. The use of biogas cuts CO2 emissions even further
by an additional 20 percent and reduces fine particles by 80
percent. MAN developed the dual-fuel Volksbus under the Rio
Sustainable Transport Program.
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