Proportion of vehicle fleet meeting certain air and noise emission standards

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Topics: Transport ,

Assessment made on 01 Jan 2001

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Generic metadata

Classification

Transport (Primary theme)

DPSIR: Driving force

Identification

Indicator codes

TERM 034

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Contents

Policy issue: Increase the share of the vehicle fleet that meets the most recent (and stringent) emission standards for new vehicles

Key messages

In 1998, 58 % of petrol-driven cars had catalytic converters, with wide variations between Member States

Figures

Estimated share of petrol cars fitted with catalytic converter (EU)

Key assessment

The rate of penetration of new technologies is highly correlated with the average life-time of vehicles and the average age of the fleet. Estimates based on the numbers of cars fitted with catalytic converter suggest that it takes at least ten years for a new technology to penetrate the entire car fleet. The proportion of trucks and aircraft that comply with new higher emission standards is even lower than for cars, mainly because of the relatively high life-times of these vehicles.