Overall impacts on social groups
Society as a whole benefits from the reductions in CO2 and NOx [4, p.9] and air pollutants, such as PM [1, p.6].However, forecast indicates that the introduction of Euro 6 will have no significant impact on CO2 emissions or sales of diesel vehicles [4, p.13]
Summary / comments concerning the main impacts
Emissions from the average new car sold reached 163 g CO2/km in 2004, 12.4% below the 1995 starting point of 186 g CO2/km21. Over the same period, new cars sold in the EU have become significantly bigger and more powerful, while prices increased less than inflation.Investigations on the impact of the measures adopted so far by Member States on the demand side have shown that improvements in car technology have delivered the bulk of the reductions in CO2.[3, 6]; According to [2, p.3] and [4, p.10] the EURO standards would lead to a decrease of the market share for diesel cars.
Quantification of impacts
The modelling suggests that Euro 6 will have a significant role in reducing NOx emissions from road transport. It is forecast that in 2020 with the introduction of Euro 5, total NOx emissions from light duty vehicles would be 706 kilotonnes, however with Euro 6 emissions will be around 534 kilotonnes. Therefore, the total NOx emissions from light duty vehicles in 2020 will be 24% lower than they would be with just Euro 5 being introduced.[4, p.9]
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