The Euro standard is a set of limits based on the year of the car.
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So, EURO1 was from 1-jan-1993 to 31-Dec-1996 and had limits of
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:
CO: 2.72g/kmHC
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+ NOx: 0.97g/km
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Euro 6 is then for all cars from September 2015.
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Euro 6 emissions limits
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(petrol) CO: 1.00g/kmHC: 0.10g/kmNOx: 0.06g/kmPM: 0.005g/kmPM: 6.0x10
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^11/km
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The ban is a combination of Euro limits and car year of manufacture.
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So, i am going to have to ask them nicely or look to see if i can soon get some historic exemption to allow me to either stay with a 3s-gte or convert to a newer engine.
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This is the wording of the ban:
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"As from 1 December 2017, the measure will apply on NO2 pollution episode days, and will affect all cars that do not bear the DGT's environmental label
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(petrol-engine cars pre-Euro3 with pre-January 2000 licence plates and diesel-engine cars pre-Euro 4 with pre-January 2006 licence plates) and pre-Euro 1 vans
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(with pre-1 October 1994 licence plates).
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As from 1 December 2018, on NO2 pollution episode, the restriction also applies to motorcycles and mopeds without DGT environmental label, pre- Euro 2, which corresponds mainly to those registered before 2003.
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These temporary restrictions will gradually extend to all other vehicles without a DGT label and apply permanently, as from 2020, between 7 am and 8 pm on work days, from Monday to Friday.
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Basically, they check air quality Mon-Fri and they declare if it is a high polluting day or not and you are banned based on that.
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From 2020, they won't check and Mon-Fri, you ain't allowed in
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(Bcn LEZ).
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From 2025, they extend that area.
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So, mine falls into
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"petrol-engine cars pre-Euro3 with pre-January 2000 licence plates" and is currently banned on
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"high emisions days.
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From 2020, i can't go in Mon-Fri permanently.
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Then, 2025 is when they extend the area and this is where i live
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- just outside bcn.
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So, i have until 2025
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I'm hoping that battery prices/technology drops a lot and i could look at an EV conversion by 2025.
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I know a lot of people would hate to have an EV2
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!!