Freight Vehicles

●Gasoline-fueled or diesel-fueled freight vehicles with a gross weight of 3.5 tons or less, which are vehicles that have been type-designed according to Item 1, Article 75 of the Road Transport Vehicle Act (Act No. 185 in 1951) (type-designated vehicles). (Hereinafter they are referred to as “gasoline freight vehicles” or “diesel freight vehicles”.)

●Diesel-fueled freight vehicles with a gross weight exceeding 3.5 tons, which are type-designed vehicles or vehicles fitted with a device for preventing the emanation of carbon monoxide, etc. designated according to Item 1, Article 75-3 of the Road Transport Vehicle Act (vehicles designated to be fitted with a device for preventing the emanation of carbon monoxide, etc.)

Two-wheel vehicles (including motorcycles with sidecar) and full-track vehicles are excluded.

Energy consumption efficiency shall be a numeric value (fuel efficiency in km/L) as stipulated in the statute related to the calculation of the energy consumption efficiency of a vehicle (No. 3 statute of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Transport enacted in 1979).
It is noted that the following fuel efficiency values shall be used according to the type of vehicles.

[Freight vehicles]

●It shall be JC08 mode fuel efficiency values.

[Trucks, etc. and tractors]

●Categories and Target Standard Values (3)
It shall be heavy vehicle mode fuel efficiency values.

●Categories and Target Standard Values (4)
It shall be JH25 mode fuel efficiency values.

Target fiscal years and target standard values by vehicle type and fuel type are shown in the table below.

Vehicle type	Fuel type	Target fiscal year and target standard value
Freight vehicles (Vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 3.5 tons or less)	Gasoline (Gasoline freight vehicles)	FY2015 and each subsequent fiscal year (until FY2021). Target standard values shown in (1).
		FY2022 and each subsequent fiscal year. Target standard values shown in (2).
	Diesel oil (Diesel freight vehicles)	FY2015 and each subsequent fiscal year (until FY2021). Target standard values shown in (1).
		FY2022 and each subsequent fiscal year. Target standard values shown in (2).
Trucks, etc. (Vehicles with a gross vehicle weight over 3.5 tons, excluding tractors)	Diesel oil	FY2015 and each subsequent fiscal year (until FY2024). Target standard values shown in (3).
		FY2025 and each subsequent fiscal year. Target standard values shown in (4).
Tractors (Traction engines with a gross vehicle weight over 3.5 tons)	Diesel oil	FY2015 and each subsequent fiscal year (until FY2024). Target standard values shown in (3).
		FY2025 and each subsequent fiscal year. Target standard values shown in (4).

Remarks:

“Gross vehicle weight” refers to the gross vehicle weight stipulated in Item 3, Article 40 of the Road Transport Vehicle Act. The same applies hereinafter.

[Freight vehicles]

(1) Vehicles whose target fiscal year is FY2015 and each subsequent fiscal year (until FY2021)

●Gasoline freight vehicles

●Diesel freight vehicles

In the target fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, for each category, the weighted harmonic average value obtained by weighting energy consumption efficiency^*1 with shipment volume shall not be below the target standard value.

*1: JC08 mode fuel efficiency values. For those whose JC08 mode fuel efficiency values are not calculated, WLTC mode fuel efficiency values shall be used. In the case of diesel freight vehicles, except those falling into categories of “diesel oil” only in fuel type, it shall be further divided by 1.1.

*2: It is referred to as “Gasoline freight vehicle, etc. average fuel efficiency value”.

Category					[Target standard value] Standard energy consumption efficiency
Vehicle type	Fuel type	Vehicle structure	Transmission type	Vehicle weight
1. Mini vehicles specified in the enforcement regulations of the Road Trucking Vehicle Law Article 2 and used to transport cargo	Gasoline or diesel oil	Structure A	Manual	Less than 741 kg	23.2
				741 kg or more	20.3
			Other than manual	Less than 741 kg	20.9
				741 or more and less than 856 kg	19.6
				856 kg or more	18.9
		Structure B	Manual	Less than 741 kg	18.2
				741 or more and less than 856 kg	18.0
				856 or more and less than 971 kg	17.2
				971 kg or more	16.4
			Other than manual	Less than 741 kg	16.4
				741 or more and less than 856 kg	16.0
				856 or more and less than 971 kg	15.4
				971 kg or more	14.7
2. Standard vehicles and small vehicles (limited to those with a gross vehicle weight of 1.7 tons or less) stipulated under the enforcement regulations of the Road Trucking Vehicle Law, Article 2, and used to transport cargo	Gasoline or diesel oil	―	Manual	Less than 1,081 kg	18.5
				1,081 kg or more	17.1
			Other than manual	Less than 1,081 kg	17.4
				1,081or more and less than1,196 kg	15.8
				1,196 kg or more	14.7
3. Standard vehicles and small vehicles (limited to those with a gross vehicle weight over 1.7 tons and not over 3.5 tons) stipulated under the enforcement regulations of the Road Trucking Vehicle Law, Article 2, and used to transport cargo	Gasoline	Structure A	Manual		14.2
			Other than manual	Less than 1,311 kg	13.3
				1,311 kg or more	12.7
		Structure B1	Manual	Less than 1,311 kg	11.9
				1,311or more and less than1,421 kg	10.6
				1,421or more and less than1,531 kg	10.3
				1,531or more and less than1,651 kg	10.0
				1,651or more and less than 1,761 kg	9.8
				1,761 kg or more	9.7
			Other than manual	Less than 1,311 kg	10.9
				1,311or more and less than1,421 kg	9.8
				1,421or more and less than1,531 kg	9.6
				1,531or more and less than1,651 kg	9.4
				1,651or more and less than1,761 kg	9.1
				1,761or more and less than1,871 kg	8.8
				1,871 kg or more	8.5
		Structure B2	Manual	Less than 1,311 kg	11.2
				1,311or more and less than1,421 kg	10.2
				1,421or more and less than1,531 kg	9.9
				1,531or more and less than1,651 kg	9.7
				1,651or more and less than1,761 kg	9.3
				1,761 kg or more	8.9
			Other than manual	Less than 1,311 kg	10.5
				1,311or more and less than1,421 kg	9.7
				1,421or more and less than1,531 kg	8.9
				1,531or more and less than1,651 kg	8.6
				1,651 kg or more	7.9
	Diesel oil	Structure A or Structure B1	Manual	Less than 1,421 kg	14.5
				1,421or more and less than1,531 kg	14.1
				1,531or more and less than1,651 kg	13.8
				1,651or more and less than1,761 kg	13.6
				1,761or more and less than1,871 kg	13.3
				1,871or more and less than1,991 kg	12.8
				1,991or more and less than 2,101 kg	12.3
				2,101 kg or more	11.7
			Other than manual	Less than 1,421 kg	13.1
				1,421or more and less than1,531 kg	12.8
				1,531or more and less than1,651 kg	11.5
				1,651or more and less than1,761 kg	11.3
				1,761or more and less than1,871 kg	11.0
				1,871or more and less than1,991 kg	10.8
				1,991or more and less than2,101 kg	10.3
				2,101 kg or more	9.4
		Structure B2	Manual	Less than 1,421 kg	14.3
				1,421or more and less than1,531 kg	12.9
				1,531or more and less than1,651 kg	12.6
				1,651or more and less than1,761 kg	12.4
				1,761or more and less than1,871 kg	12.0
				1,871or more and less than1,991 kg	11.3
				1,991or more and less than2,101 kg	11.2
				2,101 kg or more	11.1
			Other than manual	Less than 1,421 kg	12.5
				1,421or more and less than1,531 kg	11.8
				1,531or more and less than1,651 kg	10.9
				1,651or more and less than1,761 kg	10.6
				1,761or more and less than1,871 kg	9.7
				1,871or more and less than1,991 kg	9.5
				1,991or more and less than2,101 kg	9.0
				2,101 kg or more	8.8

Remarks:

“Vehicle weight” refers to the weight of a vehicle when empty as stipulated in Item 6, Paragraph 1, Article 1 of the safety standards for road transport vehicles (No. 67 Ministerial ordinance of the Ministry of Transport in 1951). The same applies hereinafter. “Structure A” refers to a structure that fulfills all the following requirements. The same applies hereinafter. a. The value obtained by dividing the maximum loading capacity by the gross vehicle weight is 0.3 or less. b. Passenger riding equipment and freight loading equipment are installed in a same compartment, and the compartment and the outside of the vehicle body are partitioned by fixed roofs, window glasses, etc. c. Engines are installed in front of a driver’s seat. “Structure B” refers to any structure other than Structure A. The same applies hereinafter. “Structure B1” refers to a structure of Structure B that meets the following requirements. Passenger riding equipment and freight loading equipment are installed in the same vehicle compartment, and the vehicle compartment and the outside of the vehicle body are partitioned by fixed roofs, window glasses, etc. “Structure B2” refers to any structure of Structure B other than Structure B1. The same applies hereinafter.

[Judgment criteria exceptions]

In a case where a manufacturer or an importer of gasoline freight vehicles or diesel freight vehicles has an underachieving category, in which the gasoline freight vehicles, etc. average fuel efficiency value is below the standard energy consumption efficiency shown in the table above, if the underachieving amount of the underachieving category (the value obtained by multiplying the difference between the inverse of the gasoline freight vehicles, etc. average fuel efficiency value and the inverse of the standard energy consumption efficiency by the number of vehicles shipped in the category (and further multiplied by 1.1 for the categories of diesel oil only in fuel type)) can be offset by the overachieving amount (the total sum of the values obtained, for each of the categories in which the gasoline freight vehicles, etc. average fuel efficiency value is not below the standard energy consumption efficiency, by multiplying the difference between the inverse of the gasoline freight vehicles, etc. average fuel efficiency value and the inverse of the standard energy consumption efficiency by the number of vehicles shipped in the category (and further multiplied by 1.1 for the categories of diesel oil only in fuel type)), the underachieving category whose underachieving amount has been offset entirely may be regarded as a category in which the gasoline freight vehicles, etc. average fuel efficiency value is not below the standard energy consumption efficiency.

(2) Vehicles whose target fiscal year is FY2022 and each subsequent fiscal year

●Gasoline freight vehicles

●Diesel freight vehicles

In the target fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, the weighted harmonic average value^*4 obtained by weighting energy consumption efficiency^*3 with shipment volume shall not be below the target standard value which is a weighted harmonic average value^*5 obtained by weighting standard energy consumption efficiency with shipment volume.

*3: JC08 mode fuel efficiency values. For those whose JC08 mode fuel efficiency values are not calculated, WLTC mode fuel efficiency values shall be used. In the case of diesel freight vehicles, except those falling into the categories of “diesel oil” only in fuel type, it shall be further divided by 1.1.

*4: It is referred to as “corporate average fuel efficiency value”.

*5: It is referred to as “corporate standard energy consumption efficiency”.

Category				Standard energy consumption efficiency
Fuel type	Transmission type	Vehicle weight	Vehicle structure
Gasoline or diesel oil	―	Less than 741 kg	Structure A	28.1
		741 kg or more and less than 856 kg		25.0
		856 kg or more and less than 971 kg		22.7
		971 kg or more and less than 1,081 kg		20.8
		1,081 kg or more and less than 1,196 kg		18.5
		1,196 kg or more		16.9
Gasoline or diesel oil	Manual	Less than 741 kg	Structure B	21.0
		741 kg or more and less than 856 kg		20.4
		856 kg or more and less than 971 kg		19.9
		971 kg or more and less than 1,081 kg		19.4
		1,081 kg or more and less than 1,196 kg		16.7
		1,196 kg or more and less than 1,311 kg		15.1
		1,311 kg or more and less than 1,421 kg		13.9
		1,421 kg or more and less than 1,531 kg		12.9
		1,531 kg or more and less than 1,651 kg		12.1
Gasoline		1,651 kg or more and less than 1,761 kg		11.5
		1,761 kg or more		11.0
Gasoline or diesel oil	Other than manual	Less than 741 kg		20.4
		741 kg or more and less than 856 kg		19.8
		856 kg or more and less than 971 kg		19.2
		971 kg or more and less than 1,081 kg		18.7
		1,081 kg or more and less than 1,196 kg		16.3
		1,196 kg or more and less than 1,311 kg		14.7
		1,311 kg or more and less than 1,421 kg		13.5
		1,421 kg or more and less than 1,531 kg		12.5
		1,531 kg or more and less than 1,651 kg		11.7
Gasoline		1,651 kg or more and less than 1,761 kg		11.1
		1,761 kg or more and less than 1,871 kg		10.6
		1,871 kg or more		10.2
Diesel oil	Manual	1,651 kg or more and less than 1,761 kg		16.8
		1,761 kg or more and less than 1,871 kg		15.9
		1,871 kg or more and less than 1,991 kg		15.2
		1,991 kg or more		14.6
	Other than manual	1,651 kg or more and less than 1,761 kg		14.0
		1,761 kg or more and less than 1,871 kg		13.7
		1,871 kg or more and less than 1,991 kg		13.5
		1,991 kg or more and less than 2,101 kg		13.3
		2,101 kg or more		13.0

[Judgment criteria exceptions]

In a case where the corporate average fuel efficiency value of a manufacturer or an importer of gasoline freight vehicles or diesel freight vehicles is below the corporate standard energy consumption efficiency but is not below the value obtained by multiplying the corporate standard energy consumption efficiency by 0.9, if the weighted harmonic average value obtained by weighting, with the number of the vehicles shipped, energy consumption efficiency of gasoline freight vehicles and diesel freight vehicles and energy consumption efficiency, obtained from the conversion formulas below, of electric vehicles, etc. is not below the corporate standard energy consumption efficiency, it may be regarded as that the corporate average fuel efficiency value is not below the corporate standard energy consumption efficiency.

[Trucks, etc. and tractors]

(3) Vehicles whose target fiscal year is FY2015 and each subsequent fiscal year (until FY2024)

●Trucks, etc. ^*6

In the target fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, for each category, the weighted harmonic average value^*8 obtained by weighting energy consumption efficiency^*7 with shipment volume shall not be below the target standard value.

*6: It is referred to as “FY2015 trucks etc.” *7: Heavy vehicle mode fuel efficiency value. *8: It is referred to as “FY2015 trucks, etc. average fuel efficiency value”.

Category		[Target standard value] Standard energy consumption efficiency
1	Trucks with a gross vehicle weight over 3.5 tons and not more than 7.5 tons (limited to those with a maximum load capacity of 1.5 tons or less)	10.83
2	Trucks with a gross vehicle weight over 3.5 tons and not more than 7.5 tons (limited to those with a maximum load capacity over 1.5 tons and not more than 2 tons)	10.35
3	Trucks with a gross vehicle weight over 3.5 tons and not more than 7.5 tons (limited to those with a maximum load capacity over 2 tons and not more than 3 tons)	9.51
4	Trucks with a gross vehicle weight over 3.5 tons and not more than 7.5 tons (limited to those with a maximum load capacity over 3 tons)	8.12
5	Trucks with a gross vehicle weight over 7.5 tons and not more than 8 tons	7.24
6	Trucks with a gross vehicle weight over 8 tons and not more than 10 tons	6.52
7	Trucks with a gross vehicle weight over 10 tons and not more than 12 tons	6.00
8	Trucks with a gross vehicle weight over 12 tons and not more than 14 tons	5.69
9	Trucks with a gross vehicle weight over 14 tons and not more than 16 tons	4.97
10	Trucks with a gross vehicle weight over 16 tons and not more than 20 tons	4.15
11	Trucks with a gross vehicle weight over 20 tons	4.04

●Tractors^*9

In the target fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, for each category, the weighted harmonic average value^*11 obtained by weighting energy consumption efficiency^*10 with shipment volume shall not be below the target standard value.

*9: It is referred to as “FY2015 tractors” *10: Heavy vehicle mode fuel efficiency value. *11: It is referred to as “FY2015 tractors average fuel efficiency value”.

Category		[Target standard value] Standard energy consumption efficiency
1	Tractors with a gross vehicle weight of not more than 20 tons	3.09
2	Tractors with a gross vehicle weight over 20 tons	2.01

[Judgment criteria exceptions]

In a case where a manufacturer or an importer of FY2015 trucks etc. or FY2015 tractors has an underachieving category, in which the FY2015 trucks etc. average fuel efficiency value or FY2015 tractors average fuel efficiency value is below the standard energy consumption efficiency shown in the respective tables above, if the underachieving amount of the underachieving category (the value obtained by multiplying the difference between the inverse of the FY2015 trucks etc. average fuel efficiency value or FY2015 tractors average fuel efficiency value and the inverse of the standard energy consumption efficiency by the number of vehicles shipped in the category) can be offset by the overachieving amount (the value obtained by dividing, by 2, the total sum of the values obtained, for each of the categories in which the FY2015 trucks etc. average fuel efficiency value or FY2015 tractors average fuel efficiency value is not below the standard energy consumption efficiency, by multiplying the difference between the inverse of the FY2015 trucks etc. average fuel efficiency value or FY2015 tractors average fuel efficiency value and the inverse of the standard energy consumption efficiency by the number of vehicles shipped in the category), the underachieving category whose underachieving amount has been offset entirely may be regarded as a category in which the FY2015 trucks etc. average fuel efficiency value or FY2015 tractors average fuel efficiency value is not below the standard energy consumption efficiency.

(4) Vehicles whose target fiscal year is FY2025 and each subsequent fiscal year

●Trucks, etc.^*12

In the target fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, for each category, the weighted harmonic average value^*14 obtained by weighting energy consumption efficiency^*13with shipment volume shall not be below the target standard value.

*12: It is referred to as “FY2025 trucks, etc.” *13: JH25 mode fuel efficiency value. *14: It is referred to as “FY2025 trucks, etc. average fuel efficiency value”.

Category		[Target standard value] Standard energy consumption efficiency
1	Trucks, etc. with a gross vehicle weight of over 3.5 tons and 7.5 tons or less (limited to those with a maximum loading capacity of 1.5 tons or less)	13.45
2	Trucks, etc. with a gross vehicle weight of over 3.5 tons and 7.5 tons or less (limited to those with a maximum loading capacity of over 1.5 tons and 2 tons or less)	11.93
3	Trucks, etc. with a gross vehicle weight of over 3.5 tons and 7.5 tons or less (limited to those with a maximum loading capacity is over 2 tons and 3 tons or less)	10.59
4	Trucks, etc. with a gross vehicle weight of over 3.5 tons and 7.5 tons or less (limited to those with a maximum loading capacity is over 3 tons)	9.91
5	Trucks, etc. with a gross vehicle weight of over 7.5 tons and 8 tons or less	8.39
6	Trucks, etc. with a gross vehicle weight of over 8 tons and 10 tons or less	7.46
7	Trucks, etc. with a gross vehicle weight of over 10 tons and 12 tons or less	7.44
8	Trucks, etc. with a gross vehicle weight of over 12 tons and 14 tons or less	6.42
9	Trucks, etc. with a gross vehicle weight of over 14 tons and 16 tons or less	5.89
10	Trucks, etc. with a gross vehicle weight of over 16 tons and 20 tons or less	4.88
11	Trucks, etc. with a gross vehicle weight is over 20 tons	4.42

●Tractors^*15

In the target fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, for each category, the weighted harmonic average value^*17 obtained by weighting energy consumption efficiency^*16 with shipment volume shall not be below the target standard value.

*15: It is referred to as “FY2025 tractors.” *16: JH25 mode fuel efficiency value. *17: It is referred to as “FY2025 tractors average fuel efficiency value”.

Category		[Target standard value] Standard energy consumption efficiency
1	Tractors with a gross vehicle weight of 20 tons or less	3.11
2	Tractors with a gross vehicle weight of over 20 tons	2.32

[Judgment criteria exceptions]

In a case where a manufacturer or an importer of FY2025 trucks etc. or FY2025 tractors has an underachieving category, in which the FY2025 trucks etc. average fuel efficiency value or FY2025 tractors average fuel efficiency value is below the standard energy consumption efficiency shown in the respective tables above, if the underachieving amount of the underachieving category (the value obtained by multiplying the difference between the inverse of the FY2025 trucks etc. average fuel efficiency value or FY2025 tractors average fuel efficiency value and the inverse of the standard energy consumption efficiency by the number of vehicles shipped in the category) can be offset by the overachieving amount (the value obtained by dividing, by 2, the total sum of the values obtained, for each of the categories in which the FY2025 trucks etc. average fuel efficiency value or FY2025 tractors average fuel efficiency value is not below the standard energy consumption efficiency, by multiplying the difference between the inverse of the FY2025 trucks etc. average fuel efficiency value or FY2025 tractors average fuel efficiency value and the inverse of the standard energy consumption efficiency by the number of vehicles shipped in the category), the underachieving category whose underachieving amount has been offset entirely may be regarded as a category in which the FY2025 trucks etc. average fuel efficiency value or FY2025 tractors average fuel efficiency value is not below the standard energy consumption efficiency.

[Freight vehicles]

●FY2015 and each subsequent fiscal year (until FY2021)

●FY2022 and each subsequent fiscal year

[Trucks, etc. and tractors]

●FY2015 and each subsequent fiscal year (until FY2024)

●FY2025 and each subsequent fiscal year

●For gasoline freight vehicles and diesel freight vehicles whose target fiscal year was FY2015, energy consumption efficiency was improved by about 15.6% compared with the FY2004 level in the target fiscal year (FY2015).

●For gasoline freight vehicles and diesel freight vehicles whose target fiscal year is FY2022, energy consumption efficiency is expected to be improved by about 23.4% compared with the FY2015 level in the target fiscal year (FY2022).

●For trucks, etc. and tractors whose target fiscal year was FY2015, energy consumption efficiency was improved by about 9% compared with the FY2002 level in the target fiscal year (FY2015).

●For trucks and tractors whose target fiscal year is FY2025 as the target fiscal year, energy consumption efficiency is expected to be improved by about 13.4% compared with the FY2015 level in the target fiscal year (FY2025).

●Vehicle name and type

●Engine type and total displacement

●Vehicle weight

●Transmission type and number of speeds

●Fuel system type

●Cylinder direct injection and other major fuel efficiency improvement measures

●Energy consumption efficiency (energy consumption efficiency as well as urban, suburban and motorway mode fuel efficiency values for freight vehicles whose WLTC mode fuel efficiency values are calculated)

●Name of manufacturer, etc.

●Gross vehicle weight and maximum load capacity

●Maximum output and maximum torque of engine

●Each gear ratio of transmission (limited to trucks, etc. or tractors)

●Type of fuel used (regular gasoline, premium gasoline or diesel oil)

Display items shall be presented in catalogs but, in the case of trucks etc. and tractors, may be presented in materials provided for promotion of sales.

Manufacturers or importers whose annual manufacturing volume or importing volume (limited to shipment to the domestic market) is 2,000 units or more may be subject to recommendations and orders.