NEW DELHI: From next April, all types of buses and trucks would have to comply with the fuel consumption standards and fuel consumption target, which will help buyers know about the fuel efficiency of such commercial vehicles. This will also pave the way for making the heavy duty trucks and buses less of fuel guzzlers.
The new norms, which have been proposed in a draft notification issued by the road transport ministry, will compel manufacturers and importers to make or bring fuel efficient vehicles in the Indian market. Trucks and buses account for at least 70% of diesel consumption in the country.
Currently, the fuel efficiency norms are applicable only to cars and other passenger vehicles that carry up to eight passengers besides the driver.
Sources said the ministry will host details of the fuel efficiency of heavy duty commercial vehicles manufactured by each company on its website annually for larger dissemination of the information. It hosts similar details every year for each car manufactured here.
