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On-road Emissions of Light-duty Vehicles in


Europe
Abstract:
Type approval is granted in the European Union to light-duty vehicles if these comply with
emission limits during standardized emissions testing in the laboratory. Although applicable
emission limits have become more stringent in past years, light-duty vehicles remain an
important source of urban nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide emissions. The persisting air
quality problems suggest that standard emissions testing in the laboratory may not accurately
capture the on-road emissions of light-duty vehicles. To address this hypothesis, we present the
rst comprehensive on-road emissions test of light-duty vehicles based on state-of-the-art
Portable Emission Measurement Systems (PEMS). We nd that nitrogen oxides emissions of
gasoline vehicles as well as carbon monoxide and total hydrocarbon emissions of both diesel
and gasoline vehicles generally stay below the respective emission limits. By contrast,However,
Average nitrogen oxides emissions of diesel vehicles (0.93 0.39 grams per kilometer ),
including modern Euro 5 diesel vehicles (0.62 0.19 g/km), exceed emission limits by 320
90%. On-road carbon dioxide emissions surpass laboratory emission levels by 21 9% and
exceed the eet-average emission target for passenger cars by 32 20%. These ndings
suggest that the current emissions testing fails to accurately capture the on-road emissions of
light-duty vehicles. Our research provides the empirical foundation for establishing a
complementary emission test procedure for light-duty vehicles in Europe. This procedure that will
be implemented together with more stringent Euro 6 emission limits in 2014. Both provisions
should improve urban air quality and reinforce innovation and competitiveness of the automotive
industry.
URI:http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es2008424 [1]
Authors:WEISS Martin
BONNEL Pierre
HUMMEL Rudolf
MANFREDI Urbano
PROVENZA Alessio
Publication Year:2011
Type: Articles in Journals
Science Areas: Energy and transport [2] Environment and climate change [3]
Keywords: air [4] low-carbon [5] quality [6] transport [7]
Publisher:AMER CHEMICAL SOC
ISSN:0013-936X
DOI:10.1021/es2008424 [8]
Citation:ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY p. 8575-8581 no. 19 vol. 45

Source URL: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/publication/articles-journals/road-emissions-light-duty-vehicles-europe

Links
[1] http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es2008424
[2] https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/science-area/energy-and-transport
[3] https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/science-area/environment-and-climate-change
[4] https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/search/site?f%5B0%5D=im_eld_tags:2226
[5] https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/search/site?f%5B0%5D=im_eld_tags:2292
[6] https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/search/site?f%5B0%5D=im_eld_tags:2307
[7] https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/search/site?f%5B0%5D=im_eld_tags:2335
[8] http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es2008424

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