EVOLUTION OF MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL LEGISLATION IN EUROPE - LEADING TO THE CATALYST CAR?

Motor vehicle emission control has been subject of worldwide legislative activities, which already started about 30 years ago and, meanwhile, have generated a variety of regulations, often substantially differing among countries. The ultimate goal of all these efforts is to arrive at a practically "pollution-free car", which means the ability to meet the most stringent emission standards necessary to exclude the motor vehicle from environmental concerns. A technology, which can meet this criterion does exist in form of the catalyst car already introduced on domestic and imported vehicles in the U.S. Market a decade ago. Basic differences between the U.S.-and European situation are discussed, and special attention is given to the events in the Federal republic of Germany, which initiated the introduction of unleaded gasoline and catalyst cars in Europe. The developments in Sweden, Switzerland and Austria, which made these countries select a national approach to control auto emission, are described. The paper concludes, that a common European solution to the problem is possible on the basis of a "time axis compromise". For the covering abstract see IRRD 287288. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Berg, W
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 17-38
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Development; Environment; Fuels; Lead (Metal); Legislation
• Geographic Terms: Europe; United States
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 1394: Catalytic converter; 3874: Control; 9013: Development; 2442: Emission; 2455: Environment; 8034: Europe; 3850: Fuel; 7138: Lead (metal); 1556: Legislation; 3855: Technology; 8122: USA; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Law;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00464932
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-89883-835-5
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE-TP-850384, SAE-SP-614
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1988 12:00AM