Mexico to have tougher truck emissions rule from 2020

[kscarbel2]

Reuters  /  July 22, 2016

Mexico will adopt stricter Euro-6 emissions standards in 2020, earlier than the truck industry had wanted.

After years of heated debate between truckmakers and environmental activists, new heavy trucks will have to meet Euro-6 emission standards in 2020, says Mexico's undersecretary for Environmental Policy and Planning, Rodolfo Lacy Tamayo.

New heavy trucks will have to meet a lower emissions standard known as Euro-5 from July 1, 2018, six months later than the date proposed in 2014.

Mexico's truck industry had pushed for a three to four-year gap between implementation of Euro-5 and Euro-6.

The changes pit truck makers, who argue that new standards will push up prices for consumers, against environmental activists who say that stricter regulations should be implemented even sooner to improve dismal air quality.

Mexico currently uses a weaker standard known as Euro-4, which has led to higher ozone concentration levels throughout the country.

In March, extreme air pollution in the capital of Mexico City led the municipal government to declare an environmental emergency.

Lacy said the implementation date would coincide with greater availability of cleaner ultra-low sulfur fuel in the country.

Lacy also said the government would not offer subsidies to consumers who purchase new vehicles.

"It is not the responsibility of the state to maintain every market in the automotive industry," he said.

The details of the new regulation will be officially published in mid-August, he said.

[TeamsterGrrrl]

Good to see Mexico going with the world standard Euro 6 instead of the oddball EPA standards!

[kscarbel2]

8 hours ago, TeamsterGrrrl said:

Good to see Mexico going with the world standard Euro 6 instead of the oddball EPA standards!

You can say that again. Why the US has its go-it-alone policy on emissions remains a long-time mystery.

[BillyT]

On the subject of emissions, if you buy a new glider kit, are you required to meet the latest emissions standards, or the standards that were in place when you're engine was built? Playing devils advocate,If you drove that old truck 2 million miles, how much pollution is created when 2 or possibly 3 new trucks were built, if you traded it in instead of rebuilding it and then installed the rebuilt powertrain in the glider?

[kscarbel2]

Mexico should just skip Euro-5 and go directly to Euro-6 in 2018 or 2019.

It makes no sense for Mexican market truckmakers to produce Euro-5 trucks for just 1-1/2 to 2 years, from July 1, 2018 to an unspecified date in 2020.

There's no mystery to producing ultra-low sulfur fuel. It's just a matter of spending the money.