[opendtv] Re: Euro Cars
- From: "Dale Kelly" <dalekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:03:55 -0800
>> The vehicle's MPG is not in the equation in US emissions testing.
>> Otherwise large things would not pass.
I believe that the "large things" (SUVs) were classified as Trucks so that
automobile emission standards did not apply.
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>Richard C. Ramsden wrote:
>
>> AH, no, they are not.
>>
>> The vehicle's MPG is not in the equation in US emissions testing.
>> Otherwise large things would not pass. There may be some differences
>> between state emissions testing and federal regs. European diesel
>> fuel has much less sulfur. You can blame the trucking industry for
>> that.
>
>I'm not sure what you're saying about mpg, Richard. On both sides
>of the pond, emissions regs are based on stuff spewed out of the
>exhaust pipe *per unit distance driven*, no matter what the engine
>displacement is, or the fuel economy.
>
>As a matter of fact, the whole deal about grams of carbon emitted,
>that Europeans have started using as a new standard, is in fact
>1:1 related to fuel economy anyway, for any given fuel type. So
>the US CAFÉ (ignore the idiotic accent that doesn't apply here)
>mandates accomplish the same thing.
>
>The sulfur content in diesel sold in Europe today might be lower,
>at least temporarily, but the particulates regs are more stringent
>here. So it's a mixed bag.
>
>Bert
>
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