Since 2016, prof Environmental label or decal system Identifies cars according to whether they are more or less polluted. This recording method is built in The National Plan for Air Quality and Protection of the Atmosphere 2013-2016four categories by years registration of cars and type fuel.
Specifically, the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has created the categories B.And c.And sound echo And zerowhich has remained unchanged over the past seven years. during this time, The system has received various criticisms To allow really polluting compounds to pass through for the environment with some small “tweaks”. As with electric starter motors manufacturers put them in some ranges so they can sell them as non-plug-in hybrids and thus earn the ECO label.
Types of environmental labels applicable in the DGT
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Label B (yellow): Passenger cars and light petrol vehicles registered since January 1, 2001 and diesel since 2006.
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Label C (green)Registered: Gasoline passenger cars and light trucks as of January 2006 and diesel as of September 2015.
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Eco sticker (blue and green): Most gas and hybrid vehicles. Plug-in electric vehicles with a range of less than 40 km, plug-in hybrid vehicles (HEV), vehicles powered by natural gas, natural gas (CNG and LNG) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
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0 emissions label (blue): Battery Vehicles (BEV), Range Extended Electric Vehicles (REEV), Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) with a range of up to 40 km or Fuel Cell Vehicles.
potential change in the future
During this period, given the above criticisms, there was a divergence Rumors of changes in the rating system from DGT. However, it seems that these never arrived, as a change in this sense would have caused this to happen A revolution in the automotive sector.
When that change happens, if it does happen, it must be the result of a deeply thought out decision and It is applied gradually To avoid a shock to the industry. next to, It may not be retroactiveor would assume serious damage to manufacturers and drivers.
new label
While it is being decided whether and how the environmental labeling system will be modified, what the DGT has done is Expand the number of labels with another oneabout which very little is currently known.
Technically known as Designation V-26it is a designation that in this case does not correspond to a new environmental category, but refers to New classification the cars.
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In this case works to determine the type of cars car sharing or to cars subscriberalso known as cars rent Without a driver or cars for hours. The label is also used for Shared motorcycles.
The poster has a background bluishwith a sketch of a white car and five people Always around with the DGT code in silver. Its purpose is to specify more facilitate This type of car car sharing both of them users Like the Client from traffic, so that they can be quickly distinguished in this way in high-occupancy lanes.
