Rechnungswagen

English translation: Vehicle Kilometres Travelled (VKT)

16:42 Aug 30, 2013
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Rechnungswagen
0% der ÖPNV-Pauschale werden auf Basis der von den Verkehrsunternehmen zu meldenden Rechnungswagenkilometer und Rechnungswagenstunden diskriminierungsfrei an öffentliche und private Verkehrsunternehmen als Vorhaltekosten für Fahrzeuge verausgabt.
Tamara Wood
United States
Local time: 19:52
English translation:Vehicle Kilometres Travelled (VKT)
Explanation:
AE: Vehicle Kilometers Traveled (VKT) or even Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)

Rechnungswagenstunden = Vehicle Hours Travelled (VHT)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_miles_traveled_tax

(No such thing as a Rechnungswagen without suffix -kilometer or -stunde)
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Lancashireman
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Local time: 00:52
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3Vehicle Kilometres Travelled (VKT)
Lancashireman
3vehicle equivalent kilometers
Johannes Gleim


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Rechnungswagenkilometer
Vehicle Kilometres Travelled (VKT)


Explanation:
AE: Vehicle Kilometers Traveled (VKT) or even Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)

Rechnungswagenstunden = Vehicle Hours Travelled (VHT)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_miles_traveled_tax

(No such thing as a Rechnungswagen without suffix -kilometer or -stunde)

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:52
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Johannes Gleim: Where did you found "VKT", not included in your reference? Do you also propose "Vehicle Hours Travelled"?
6 days
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vehicle equivalent kilometers


Explanation:
0% der ÖPNV-Pauschale werden auf Basis der von den Verkehrsunternehmen zu meldenden Rechnungswagenkilometer und Rechnungswagenstunden diskriminierungsfrei an öffentliche und private Verkehrsunternehmen als Vorhaltekosten für Fahrzeuge verausgabt. Zuteilungsschlüssel sind, je zur Hälfte die Schlüssel Rechnungswagenkilometer und Rechnungswagenstunden der Verkehrsunternehmen im Bedienungsgebiet des VRR.
http://www.vrr.de/imperia/md/content/dervrr/satzungen/fafoe_...

Anlage 4 zur Richlinie
Aquivalenzziffern zur Berechnung der Rechnungswagenstunden und Rechnungswagenkilometer
:
B. Kraftfahrzeuge
Fahrzeugtyp Kurzbezeichnung Äquivalenzziffer
Pkw (z.B. Taxi ñ Bus) ohne Bürgerbus (PKW) 0,15
Kleinbus 10-15 Plätze (KKB) 0,30
http://www.kreis-wesel.de/www/sitzungsdienst.nsf/HTML/F5CAA2...$FILE/Kreis%20Wesel%20Drucksache%20796%20VII%20Anlage%204%20zur%20Richtlinie.pdf

Die Verteilung der Mittel erfolgte anteilig nach den jeweils von den Verkehrsunternehmen in der Stadt Aachen erbrachten Linienverkehrsleistungen. Die Mittel wurden gemäß den gesetzlichen Bestimmungen je zur Hälfte nach Rechnungswagenkilometer (RgWgKm) und Rechnungswa¬genstunden (RgWgStd) verteilt. Daraus ergaben sich Fördersätze in Höhe von 0,013625585 € / RgWgKm bzw. 0,258370704 € / RgWgStd.
http://ratsinfo.aachen.de/bi/vo020.asp?VOLFDNR=749&options=4

This means, the whole amount is a calculated value.

kilometersAE traveledAE
die Kilometerleistung
kilometresBE travelledBE
die Kilometerleistung

mileage also: milage
die Kilometerleistung

kilometerAE reading [autom.]
die Kilometerleistung

http://dict.leo.org/ende/index_de.html#/search=KilometerLeis...

So I propose „vehicle equivalent kilometers“


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Remy International, Inc. provides alternators, starters and hybrid motors for the heavy duty and light duty original equipment markets, as well as remanufactured alternators and starters to the aftermarket. ... over 1.6 billion vehicle-equivalent kilometers without a failure....
http://www.industrycortex.com/webpages/results/hybrid-electr...

Similar terms are Passenger Car Equivalents and Passenger Car Units, but cannot be used as they refer to the speed rather than to the kilometres:

Passenger Car Equivalent (PCE), is a metric used in Transportation Engineering, to assess traffic-flow rate on a highway.[1] A Passenger Car Equivalent is essentially the impact that a mode of transport has on traffic variables (such as headway, speed, density) compared to a single car. For example, typical values of PCE (or PCU) are:

private car (including taxis or pick-up) 1
motorcycle 0.5
bicycle 0.2
horse-drawn vehicle 4
bus, tractor, truck 3.5

Highway capacity is measured in PCE/hour daily

Passenger Car Equivalent is also sometimes used interchangeably with Passenger car unit (PCU).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_car_equivalent


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Equivalent terminology for “Rechnungswagenstunden”:

Our industry uses vehicle equivalent hours (VEU's) associated with each vehicle/equipment based on class code. Example; a VEU ofi equates to the needs for 14 hours of support per year.
http://ww2.durhamnc.gov/annexation/751_Report/pdf/10.pdf

An industry standard of vehicle equivalent hours is used to estimate the number of mechanics needed to service the fleet and is based on the types of vehicles.
http://ww2.durhamnc.gov/annexation/751_Report/pdf/07.pdf

Daily Vehicle Equivalent Hours of Travel (In Thousands)
http://archive.org/stream/chicagoareatrans03chic/chicagoarea...

Johannes Gleim
Local time: 01:52
Native speaker of: German
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: Your references only show the German term being used, and nothing to back up your suggestion.// There's little convenient about that. You suggested kilometers, now you're quoting hours.
5 days
  -> For your convenience I added some English references. / I quoted "vehicle equivalent" composed to"kilometers" and "hours", as in the context given.
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