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Beijing Implementing Plan to Remove Heaviest Polluting Vehicles
31 December 2008
Gasgoo. Beginning 1 January, Beijing is implementing a plan (earlier post) to ban vehicles that do not meet the Euro 1 emissions standard, which was adopted in China in 1992.
Before the 2008 Olympic Games in April, the environmental watchdog of Beijing labeled the city’s heavy-polluting vehicles “Yellow” and thus has made them known as “yellow-label vehicles.” Beijing now has 353,800 yellow-label vehicles, which account for just 10% of the total number of motor vehicles but make 50% of auto emissions.
Yellow label cars will be prohibited from driving within the 5th ring road beginning 1 January, and banned within the 6th ring road beginning 1 October.
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| The 6th ring road in Beijing. Click to enlarge. |
Beijing has multiple ring roads (beltways)—the 6 th ring road (physically the fifth), is currently the outermost at some 15-20 km from the center of Beijing. This toll expressway ring road links Beijing with Shunyi District, Tongzhou District, Changping District and Daxing District.
Beijing will also provide subsidies of up to 25,000 yuan (US$3,660) for scrapping an older, higher emitting car and buying a new one.
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Posted by: mrfixitrick | December 31, 2008 at 04:05 PM
Congratulations for nothing. It just shows and underlines, how very backward much of the world is in this regard to emissions.
Compliance with Euro I is virtually no pollution reduction at all. Thanks for Nothing. Requiring minimum compliance with a mid 1960s emissions standard. Besides putting an Exhaust Gas Recycle valve at the end of the open Crankcase vent pipe what else was required for that? It certainly didn't include anything like even the most primitive catalytic converter.
Posted by: ExDemo | January 02, 2009 at 07:15 AM
50% pollution reduction by tossing the 10% worst cars ...
Clearly a start (even if it is a pitiful one), but a good beginning. This is the "low hanging fruit" of a long cleanup that is much overdue.
A nod to president Hu.
Posted by: John Taylor | January 02, 2009 at 10:45 AM
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Congratulations to China for continuing to implement much stricter pollution standards in spite of a declining economical outlook.
Satellite photos showed that at the time of the Olympics a drastic reduction in toxic gasses was seen by China's plan to reduce vehicle and factory emissions.
Drastic reductions really can be done...will it be up to China to lead the way??
Paying polluters big bucks for scrapping their cars and trucks would be nice headlines to see in North America. A multi-billion dollar scrap-it program would be a great way to stimulate the flagging auto industry.