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EU: Updates to exhaust and evaporative emission type-approval   EU published a Draft Commission Implementing Regulation laying down rules, procedures and testing methodologies for the application of Regulation (EU) 2024/1257 as regards exhaust and evaporative emission type-approval of vehicles of categories M1 and N1. The draft outlines procedures and requirements for emissions testing and vehicle...

Vietnam: New regulation on the limit of fuel consumption and evaluation method   Vietnam has published a new regulation on fuel consumption for passenger cars: Draft National standard of Road vehicles – Passenger cars – Limit of fuel consumption and evaluation method Description of content: This draft Standard specifies the requirements for fuel consumption limits...

Taiwan: Amendment to the Fuel Economy Standards   Taiwan has published a Draft of Amendment to the Fuel Economy Standards and Regulations on Vehicle Inspection and Administration. Amendments are proposed to be made to the fuel economy standards and management scope for passenger cars, motorcycles, light-duty trucks of a gross weight less than 3,500 kilograms...

EU: Amendments to the EU emissions regulations for heavy-duty vehicles   The EU is planning to amend its emissions regulations for heavy-duty vehicles Recently, it has published a Draft Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 as regards the determination of the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of medium and heavy lorries and heavy buses and...

EU: New draft vehicle emissions regulations (Euro 7)   The EU Commission has announced two new legislative initiatives linked with the Euro 7 emissions regulation, regarding: methods and tests for Euro 7 on-board monitoring systems methods, tests and requirements for Euro 7 emissions type approval of cars and vans. The first initiative sets out the...

Mexico: Update of an emissions standard for heavy-duty vehicles   Mexico has published a draft update of its emission standard: Official Mexican Standard NOM-044-SEMARNAT-2006, which establishes the maximum permissible emission limits of total hydrocarbons, non-methane hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and particles from the exhaust of new engines that use diesel as fuel and that...

USA: Rhode Island’s Low-Emission and Zero-Emission Vehicle Programs   Rhode Island has published a Proposed rule – 250-RICR-120-05-37 which specifies the requirements for Rhode Island’s Low-Emission and Zero-Emission Vehicle Programs that implement California vehicle emission standards under section 177 of the federal Clean Air Act. In accordance with it, no person, including a manufacturer or...

USA: Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles   Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is establishing new, more protective emissions standards for criteria pollutants and greenhouse gases (GHG) for light-duty vehicles and Class 2b and 3 (“medium-duty”) vehicles that will phase-in over model...

Australia: New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Bill   The Bill, published on 27 March 2024, contains several minor changes to the Australian New Vehicle Efficiency Standard, which was previously discussed in public consultation. The proposed revisions to the preferred option canvassed in the Consultation Impact Analysis are: Revised headline targets for Type 2 (light commercial) vehicles...