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ANNEX III INPUT INFORMATION RELATING TO THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE

1.Introduction

This Annex describes the list of parameters to be provided by the vehicle manufacturer as input to the simulation tool. The applicable XML schema as well as example data are available at the dedicated electronic distribution platform.

2.Definitions

(1)

‘Parameter ID’: Unique identifier as used in ‘Vehicle Energy Consumption calculation Tool’ for a specific input parameter or set of input data

(2)

‘Type’: Data type of the parameter

string …

sequence of characters in ISO8859-1 encoding

token …

sequence of characters in ISO8859-1 encoding, no leading/trailing whitespace

date …

date and time in UTC time in the format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ with italic letters denoting fixed characters e.g. ‘2002-05-30T09:30:10Z

integer …

value with an integral data type, no leading zeros, e.g. ‘1800’

double, X …

fractional number with exactly X digits after the decimal sign (‘.’) and no leading zeros e.g. for ‘double, 2’: ‘2345.67’; for ‘double, 4’: ‘45.6780’

(3)

‘Unit’ … physical unit of the parameter

(4)

‘corrected actual mass of the vehicle’ shall mean the mass as specified under the ‘actual mass of the vehicle’ in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 1230/2012(1) with an exception for the tank(s) which shall be filled to at least 50 % of its or their capacity/ies, without superstructure and corrected by the additional weight of the non-installed standard equipment as specified in point 4.3 and the mass of a standard body, standard semi-trailer or standard trailer to simulate the complete vehicle or complete vehicle-(semi-)trailer combination.

All parts that are mounted on and above the main frame are regarded as superstructure parts if they are only installed for facilitating a superstructure, independent of the necessary parts for in running order conditions.

3.Set of input parameters

Table 1

Input parameters ‘Vehicle/General’

Parameter nameParameter IDTypeUnitDescription/Reference
ManufacturerP235token[-]
ManufacturerAddressP252token[-]
ModelP236token[-]
VINP238token[-]
DateP239dateTime[-]Date and time when the component-hash is created
LegislativeClassP251string[-]Allowed values: ‘N3’
VehicleCategoryP036string[-]Allowed values: ‘Rigid Truck’, ‘Tractor’
AxleConfigurationP037string[-]Allowed values: ‘4×2’, ‘6×2’, ‘6×4’, ‘8×4’
CurbMassChassisP038int[kg]
GrossVehicleMassP041int[kg]
IdlingSpeedP198int[1/min]
RetarderTypeP052string[-]Allowed values: ‘None’, ‘Losses included in Gearbox’, ‘Engine Retarder’, ‘Transmission Input Retarder’, ‘Transmission Output Retarder’
RetarderRatioP053double, 3[-]
AngledriveTypeP180string[-]Allowed values: ‘None’, ‘Losses included in Gearbox’, ‘Separate Angledrive’
PTOShaftsGearWheelsP247string[-]Allowed values: ‘none’, ‘only the drive shaft of the PTO’, ‘drive shaft and/or up to 2 gear wheels’, ‘drive shaft and/or more than 2 gear wheels’, ‘only one engaged gearwheel above oil level’
PTOOtherElementsP248string[-]Allowed values: ‘none’, ‘shift claw, synchronizer, sliding gearwheel’, ‘multi-disc clutch’, ‘multi-disc clutch, oil pump’
CertificationNumberEngineP261token[-]
CertificationNumberGearboxP262token[-]
CertificationNumberTorqueconverterP263token[-]
CertificationNumberAxlegearP264token[-]
CertificationNumberAngledriveP265token[-]
CertificationNumberRetarderP266token[-]
CertificationNumberTyreP267token[-]
CertificationNumberAirdragP268token[-]

Table 2

Input parameters ‘Vehicle/AxleConfiguration’ per wheel axle

Parameter nameParameter IDTypeUnitDescription/Reference
TwinTyresP045boolean[-]
AxleTypeP154string[-]Allowed values: ‘VehicleNonDriven’, ‘VehicleDriven’
SteeredP195boolean

Table 3

Input parameters ‘Vehicle/Auxiliaries’

Parameter nameParameter IDTypeUnitDescription/Reference
Fan/TechnologyP181string[-]Allowed values: ‘Crankshaft mounted - Electronically controlled visco clutch’, ‘Crankshaft mounted - Bimetallic controlled visco clutch’, ‘Crankshaft mounted - Discrete step clutch’, ‘Crankshaft mounted - On/off clutch’, ‘Belt driven or driven via transm. - Electronically controlled visco clutch’, ‘Belt driven or driven via transm. - Bimetallic controlled visco clutch’, ‘Belt driven or driven via transm. - Discrete step clutch’, ‘Belt driven or driven via transm. - On/off clutch’, ‘Hydraulic driven - Variable displacement pump’, ‘Hydraulic driven - Constant displacement pump’, ‘Electrically driven - Electronically controlled’
SteeringPump/TechnologyP182string[-]

Allowed values: ‘Fixed displacement’, ‘Fixed displacement with elec. control’, ‘Dual displacement’, ‘Variable displacement mech. controlled’, ‘Variable displacement elec. controlled’, ‘Electric’

Separate entry for each steered wheel axle required

ElectricSystem/TechnologyP183string[-]Allowed values: ‘Standard technology’, ‘Standard technology - LED headlights, all’
PneumaticSystem/TechnologyP184string[-]Allowed values: ‘Small’, ‘Small + ESS’, ‘Small + visco clutch’ , ‘Small + mech. clutch’, ‘Small + ESS + AMS’, ‘Small + visco clutch + AMS’, ‘Small + mech. clutch + AMS’, ‘Medium Supply 1-stage’, ‘Medium Supply 1-stage + ESS’, ‘Medium Supply 1-stage + visco clutch’ , ‘Medium Supply 1-stage + mech. clutch’, ‘Medium Supply 1-stage + ESS + AMS’, ‘Medium Supply 1-stage + visco clutch + AMS’, ‘Medium Supply 1-stage + mech. clutch + AMS’, ‘Medium Supply 2-stage’, ‘Medium Supply 2-stage + ESS’, ‘Medium Supply 2-stage + visco clutch’ , ‘Medium Supply 2-stage + mech. clutch’, ‘Medium Supply 2-stage + ESS + AMS’, ‘Medium Supply 2-stage + visco clutch + AMS’, ‘Medium Supply 2-stage + mech. clutch + AMS’, ‘Large Supply’, ‘Large Supply + ESS’, ‘Large Supply + visco clutch’ , ‘Large Supply + mech. clutch’, ‘Large Supply + ESS + AMS’, ‘Large Supply + visco clutch + AMS’, ‘Large Supply + mech. clutch + AMS’; ‘Vacuum pump’
HVAC/TechnologyP185string[-]Allowed values: ‘Default’

Table 4

Input parameters ‘Vehicle/EngineTorqueLimits’ per gear (optional)

Parameter nameParameter IDTypeUnitDescription/Reference
GearP196integer[-]only gear numbers need to be specified where vehicle related engine torque limits according to point 6 are applicable
MaxTorqueP197integer[Nm]

4.Vehicle mass

4.1The vehicle mass used as input for the simulation tool shall be the corrected actual mass of the vehicle.

This corrected actual mass shall be based on vehicles equipped in such a way that they are compliant to all regulatory acts of Annex IV and Annex XI to Directive 2007/46/EC applicable to the particular vehicle class.

4.2If not all the standard equipment is installed, the manufacturer shall add the weight of the following construction elements to the corrected actual mass of the vehicle:

(a)

Front under-run protection in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2)

(b)

Rear under-run protection in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(c)

Lateral protection in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council

(d)

Fifth wheel in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council

4.3The weight of the construction elements referred to in point 4.2 shall be the following:

5.Hydraulically and mechanically driven axles

In case of vehicles equipped with:

(a)

a hydraulically driven axles, the axle shall be treated as a non-drivable one and the manufacturer shall not take it into consideration for establishing an axle configuration of a vehicle;

(b)

a mechanically driven axles, the axle shall be treated as a drivable one and the manufacturer shall take it into consideration for establishing an axle configuration of a vehicle;

6.Gear dependent engine torque limits set by vehicle control

For the highest 50 % of the gears (e.g. for gears 7 to 12 of a 12 gear transmission) the vehicle manufacturer may declare a gear dependent maximum engine torque limit which is not higher than 95 % of the maximum engine torque.

7.Vehicle specific engine idling speed

7.1.The engine idling speed has to be declared in VECTO for each individual vehicle. This declared vehicle engine idling shall be equal or higher than specified in the engine input data approval.

(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 of 12 December 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to type-approval requirements for masses and dimensions of motor vehicles and their trailers and amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 353, 21.12.2012, p. 31).

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (OJ L 200 31.7.2009, p. 1)