Unexpected effect of European regulations requiring the new 1C V2 tachograph in new vehicles: delays in supplying the device are leading to the immobilization of new trucks. It also has a major impact on the French market. Explanations.
50,334 industrial vehicles (VI) over 3.5 t (trucks, buses and coaches) were registered in France, on a rolling-year basis between August 2022 and August 2023.
Trompe-l’œil. This result should satisfy both manufacturers and coachbuilders. But in fact, this figure is just an illusion. “There are a lot of immobilized vehicles waiting for a new tachograph,” says Nicolas Lenormant, President of Mobilians’ Métier VI.
The arrival of the tachy 1C V2 acted as an registration accelerator in the first half of 2023, disrupting the market.
A reminder of the facts. In accordance with a European regulation designed to improve the control of working hours and rest periods for truck drivers, the 1C V2 tachograph has become compulsory in all new VI vehicles (over 3.5 t) from August 21, 2023. (click on this link to find out more).
Provisional registrations. Many buyers of trucks and coaches anticipated their purchase at the beginning of the year to avoid a blockage. It’s bad enough that bodybuilding leadtimes exceed several months, but if on top of that you have to wait for the Tachy 1C V2 to put the truck on the road…. To avoid a repeat of 2019, when the arrival of the previous generation of tachographs considerably lengthened the time needed to purchase a truck, bodybuilders and their representatives, led by the FFC, anticipated the situation at the beginning of the year, obtaining from the French government the possibility of registering chassis in www.
By the time they were equipped, they could start circulating after August 21 without being fitted with the 1C V2 tacho. This explains the artificial increase in registrations between August 2022 and 2023.
The figure of 50,300 VI registrations is abnormally high,” stresses Nicolas Lenormant. By September 2023, these had fallen by 25% compared with September 2022. Registrations of light commercial vehicles (+3.5 t) will fall below 45,000 units this year..
Several thousand trucks blocked. Not all carriers have anticipated their acquisitions. The blockage to the supply of tachy 1C V2 does exist. He was strong in September. Forwarders are more affected than tractors, as the cambering time is longer.
In order to avoid a breaking point, the European Union has postponed the equipment obligation to December 31. But this decision must be transposed in each member state, and France has not yet done so.
The FFC Constructeurs estimates that between 5,000 and 10,000 new vehicles will be immobilized in this way.
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