EUROPEAN COMMISSION PLANS SPECIAL FUEL EMISSION STANDARD FOR LORRIES
July 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL THE ROAD haulage industry is being consulted by the European Commission on its favoured scope and timetable for introducing new Euro VI emission standards for heavy lorries (exceeding 2.8 tonnes). Brussels has outlined four possible design rules capping nitrogen oxides (NOx), hydrocarbons and particulate matter: *Option A - matching standards in the USA, requiring a higher rate of cooled exhaust gas recirculation and more efficient selective catalytic reduction (SCR). The increase recirculation would however consume additional fuel and hence ...
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