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Diesel cars in EU to have particle filter from '09

Reuters / December 13, 2006 - 9:00 am UPDATED: 12/13/2006 12:01 P.M.

STRASBOURG, France -- All new-model diesel cars must be fitted with a particle filter from mid-2009 under proposals passed by European Union lawmakers today aimed at reducing emissions across the EU.

Under the rules, adopted by the European Parliament and due to be endorsed shortly by EU ministers, new diesel cars of an existing model should be fitted with a particle filter as of January 2011. The filters catch emissions of carcinogenic soot.

The regulation "will not hamper the competitiveness of the EU's car industry," European Enterprise Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said in a statement.

The rules lay out stricter limits for emissions of pollutants such as nitrogen oxide and diesel soot. European carmakers said the rules were "extremely ambitious" and could backfire, but environmentalists said they did not go far enough.

"The proposed limit values will not only be extremely difficult to meet, but will have a significant counterproductive effect on reducing (carbon dioxide) emissions from passenger cars," Ivan Hodac, secretary general of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association, said in a statement.

"They also pose a serious risk for the market of small diesel cars," he said.

Hodac added that prices for diesel cars that make up half of Europe's new car market could rise as much as 900 euros ($1,195), triggering a shift to petrol-powered cars that emit more CO2.

Environmental group Transport & Environment complained that the new regulations gave makers of gas-guzzling SUVs an extra three years to comply.

"Europeans will have to wait until 2015 to buy a diesel car as clean as those already on sale in America," said T&E Director Jos Dings.

"With growing awareness in Europe of the environmental and safety dangers of SUVs, the parliament's decision to give these vehicles the same three-year exemptions as ambulances is a gift to SUV makers, and a kick in the teeth for the rest of society."

Reduced emissions from road transport are seen as an important factor to improve air quality, particularly because the share of diesel vehicles in the overall sales of light duty vehicles is increasing.

Information on repairs must also be easily available to independent repairers, because according to the new measures, a vehicle's environmental performance cannot be maintained properly without practical access to maintenance information.


SOURCE: Automotive News Europe

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said T&E Director Jos Dings.

and there was me believing 'our' Diesels were clean ...

Another automotive myth exploded!

Jos Dings ~ what sort of a name is that.......!!

 

complained that the new regulations gave makers of gas-guzzling SUVs an extra three years to comply...

Think he'll be waiting more than 3 years for a particulate filter to be used on a gas guzzler!

 

So a gas guzzling 3 litre v6 diesel in a rangy or a v10 diesel thingy in a VW will have special emissions treatment over a petrol version? And pay less duty on fuel? hmmm a shift to petrol perhaps?

Then again, In Germany because diesel is slightly more better then petrol its cheaper then petrol. When i was there in July, petrol worked out to about 90p per litre, diesel was 70p per litre! - totally different ethics to the UK

 

I've just come back from Austria, I noticed that diesel is around 5 cents cheaper than petrol!!
Also saw 10 rovers, mainly 400s

 

Available,

Hi,

So is there a particle filter available for a R75 Cdti 96kW, model year 2005?
What about ECU settings?

regards,
Jan

 

Hi,

So is there a particle filter available for a R75 Cdti 96kW, model year 2005?
What about ECU settings?

regards,
Jan

Unless you're planning to have in manufacturer in 2011, and shipped back in time to you it'll not be a problem

 

Ah thanks Albion - I was thinking of a factory approved diesel particulate filter.

Sorry, crossed wires.

 

About bleeding time me thinks. I've never quite been able to get my head around the fact that people get obsessed with CO2, when actually NOX is infinitely more damaging than CO2, to the point whereby 1 gramme of NOX can in terms of the greenhouse effect be up to 20 times more damaging than CO2.

Really, there's no excuse not to go down the commercial vehicle route and set higher EGR targets for diesel cars and/or else require the introduction of Adblue.

Regards

John