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Europe to introduce EURO 5 emission standards for motorcycles

Back in June of 2007, the powers-that-be in Europe officially introduced EURO 5 emissions regulations (.pdf link), and these standards are being phased into effect this year and next. Two-wheeled vehicles, such as mopeds, scooters and motorcycles, were not included in these requirements. As of today, all cycles sold in Europe must meet the less-stringent EURO 3 standards. That's all set to change, as the European Commission and the Association des Constructeurs Europeens de Motocycles (ACEM) has issued a proposal to the motorcycle industry ... Read more →

Volvo announces new line of diesel engines "more than" Euro V compliant Xavier Navarro

Volvo is introducing a new array of engines next year. Volvo claims that these engines, called EEV (Enhanced Environmental friendly Vehicle), exceed the requirements for Euro V antipollution norms by ...

BMW delivers its 1-millionth EfficientDynamics car and announces first Euro 5 model Xavier Navarro

A grey 520d station wagon delivered in Munich and owned by Dr. Thomas Leske has become the 1-millionth BMW with EfficientDynamics. The choice of the model was significant, because BMW has also ...

Mitsubishi to introduce new diesel in Europe 1 year earlier in 2009 Sam Abuelsamid

Mitsubishi had previously announced plans to introduce a new clean diesel engine in 2010, but with the introduction of the new Euro 5 emissions standards has decided to move that up by a year. The ...

Geneva Motor Show: Hyundai's recyclable QarmaQ plastic concept Dane Muldoon

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of Hyundai's recyclable QarmaQ concept. Click here to see Autoblog's much larger gallery. We reported on Hyundai's recyclable QarmaQ concept back ...

What the new European emissions standards (Euro 5 and 6) will cost and what they'll save 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Currently, cars in the European Union need to meet what're called Euro 4 emissions standards. In the near future, emissions levels will be restricted further and the numerical signifier will increase. Euro 5 should kick in in 2009, and Euro 6 follows five years later (or so). Particulate and NOx ...

Euro 5 for 2009 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Auto Industry reports that the European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety has voted in favor of September 1, 2009 as the starting date for Euro 5 emissions standards. After the transitional periods (January 2011 for private cars and January 2012 for light commercial ...


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