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 and commercial vehicles.

Besides changed Energy Efficiency Standards, the following amendments, among others, are being made:

• Vehicle entities shall implement the energy efficiency labeling for the manufactured or imported gasoline (diesel) passenger cars, light duty trucks (gross vehicle weight less than 2,500 kilograms), commercial vehicles and motorcycles. Effective from Jan. 1, 2025, the light duty trucks with gasoline (diesel) engines of a gross vehicle weight over 2,500 kilograms and less than 3,500 kilograms, shall also comply with the previous mentioned provisions.
• The vehicle entity shall implement the energy efficiency labeling for its manufactured or imported electric passenger cars, light-duty trucks (gross vehicle weight less than 2,500 kilograms), commercial vehicles and motorcycles. Effective from Jan. 1, 2030, the electric light duty trucks of gross vehicle weight over 2,500 kilograms and less than 3,500 kilograms shall also comply with the previous mentioned provisions.
• By the twentieth day of each month, the entity that manufactured or imported the vehicles shall furnish its manufacturing and import plan for the following month and the actual manufacturing/sales or importing/sales data of the preceding month to the Competent Authority for energy efficiency test purposes. Upon the selection of test vehicles, the entity that manufactured or imported the vehicles shall send the test vehicles to the Accredited Agency for the test within twenty-eight days.

To find out more about the other changes amnd vehicle regulations in Taiwan, please do not hesitate to contact the Institute for Global Automotive Regulatory Research Directly.