Module 3 Buses

Module M3-B / M3

Title: Application of VECTO for official purposes (heavy buses)

Short description

This training session provides all the important contents for applying the VECTO tool for determining CO₂ emissions and fuel consumption of heavy buses in an official context.

Topics covered

• Powertrain architectures covered
  • Conventional vehicles
  • Hybrid electric vehicles
  • Pure electric vehicles
  • Fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles
• Recap important bus specific elements from Regulation (EU) 2017/2400, i.e. manufacturer definitions, multi-step process
• Set of input parameters
  • General principles
  • Chassis input parameters
  • Auxiliaries
  • xEV input parameters
• Specific input data for multi-stage bus builders
• Data collection principles across multiple bus manufacturers for a vehicle
• Input data to VECTO
• Data integrity and hashing
• Use of multistep-tool (Graphical User Interface)
  • Example 1: Completed after primary
  • Example 2: Interim
  • Example 3: Completed after interim
  • Example 4: Handling of an exempted vehicle
• Official result files (MRF and CIF)
• Official process in case of "malfunctions of the tool" (Notifications acc. Article 10(2))
• Automation via XML + command prompt
• Automation via XML + FVT API ("DEA")
• Q&A

Net duration of the training (approximate, without breaks)

7 hours

Recommended preparation or prior knowledge

Basic understanding of Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 in relation to heavy buses

Further notes

This workshop does not cover background information on XML schemas