RIM ZEHV Monitoring Scheme (NSW)

Note: • This scheme is part of a broader trial that monitors eligible zero emission heavy vehicles (ZEHV) in NSW. For information on ZEHVs that are monitored under the Telematics Monitoring Application (TMA), see TMA ZEHV Monitoring Schemes (NSW). • ZEHVs enrolled in a TMA ZEHV Monitoring Scheme (with or without Smart OBM) do not need to be enrolled in the RIM ZEHV Monitoring Scheme (NSW).

The RIM ZEHV Monitoring Scheme (NSW) uses the Road Infrastructure Management (RIM) application of the National Telematics Framework.

The scheme is being trialled and is made available by Transport for NSW to monitor road utilisation of eligible zero emission heavy vehicles (ZEHV) on the ZEHV network in New South Wales. The trial will run for 24 months from June 2024.

A ZEHV is a new or retrofit vehicle, with a gross vehicle mass (GVM) or aggregate trailer mass (ATM) of over 4.5 tonnes mass, that generates no tailpipe carbon emissions measured in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent.

To participate in the scheme, transport operators must conform with the requirements specified within the New South Wales Class 3 Zero Emission Vehicle Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice (‘Notice’), available on the NHVR website. The Notice describes eligible vehicles for the scheme and any characteristics of those vehicles, as well as approved routes of the road network in New South Wales.

As described in the Notice, eligible vehicles for this scheme are ZEHVs at up to 18.0 tonnes on the tandem drive axle, or up to 10.5 tonnes on the single drive axle, or operating with a tri-drive axle; with trailers that operate at equivalent General Mass Limits (GML) or Concessional Mass Limits (CML)¹.

Eligible vehicles must be fitted with a telematics device or similar.

Transport operators can enrol vehicles in the scheme by contacting a registered or certified application service provider (ASP).

Telematics devices or similar are used in the scheme. The telematics device or similar will generate position records and report them to TCA.

Unless required by law, TCA will destroy the telematics data it has received relating to the transport operator’s nominated vehicle(s) 12 months from its receipt of the data.

TCA will analyse data received through the RIM application, and reporting will be made available via the Telematics Analytics Platform (TAP).

Find out more details on the scheme by downloading a copy of the RIM ZEHV Monitoring Scheme (NSW)(Trial) document, or contact us.

For more information about the trial and its related policy, visit the Transport for NSW website.

1. GML and CML are referred to in the Notice as M1 and M2 masses respectively. ↩︎