VINvoice Vehicle data in EU e-invoices

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vehicle.maximumNetPowerKw

Maximum net power (kW) · Höchste Nutzleistung (kW)

Maximum net power in kilowatts: CoC item 27.1 (internal combustion engine) where the vehicle has one; otherwise CoC item 27.3 (electric motors, consolidated for several motors). Registration field P.2 normally shows this value; where it shows another quantity, such as the maximum 30-minute power of an electric motor (CoC item 27.4), the CoC value is sent. Never a combined system power, a 30-minute power or PS/hp.

Key
vehicle.maximumNetPowerKw
Row name (BT-160)
Höchste Nutzleistung (kW) [vehicle.maximumNetPowerKw]
Maximum net power (kW) [vehicle.maximumNetPowerKw]

The bare key vehicle.maximumNetPowerKw is also accepted.

Tier
Core
Status
draft
Representation term
Measure, unit kW (Rec 20 KWT)
Value format
decimal ^(0|[1-9][0-9]{0,3})([.][0-9])?$
Grammar
^(0|[1-9][0-9]{0,3})([.][0-9])?$
Unit
kilowatt (UN/ECE Rec. 20 code KWT)
The unit is part of the key and never part of the value.
Code list
unit fixed: kilowatt (Rec 20 KWT)
Required when
MUST whenever known for motor vehicles on supply and trade-in; with newMeansOfTransportIndicator = true this key or engineCapacityCm3 SHOULD be present (more-than-7.2-kW threshold of Art. 2(2)(a)(i)), and MUST where national law makes it an invoice particular (DE)
Statutory feature
No
Repeatable
No, at most one row per line
Anchors
  • Directive 1999/37/EC code P.2 'maximum net power (in kW) (if available)'
  • Reg. (EU) 2020/683 Annex VIII CoC items 27.1, 27.3, 27.4 and footnotes 112 and 159 (DE 'Höchste Nutzleistung')
  • Reg. (EU) 2017/1151 Art. 2 ('net power', 'maximum 30 minutes power')
  • Directive 2006/112/EC Art. 2(2)(a)(i) (7.2 kW threshold)
  • national invoice particular: DE UStG §14a(4) with §1b(2)
  • HU NAV enginePower
  • UN/ECE Rec 20 KWT
Carrier and binding
BG-32: BT-160 'Höchste Nutzleistung (kW) [vehicle.maximumNetPowerKw]', BT-161 '110'
Values in the test corpus
  • 110
  • 85
Crosswalk (informative)

schema.org enginePower (auto extension, KWT); HU NAV enginePower

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Source and changes
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