New Fuel Standards Will Limit Sale of High-Polluting Vehicles in Australia

New fuel quality and noxious emission standards will save $6.1 billion in health and fuel costs by 2040, the federal government claims. The changes start from 2025, and aim to lower noxious emissions from light vehicles, which will limit the sale of heavy polluting cars and trucks. The changes will allow Australia to adopt the “Euro 6d” noxious emissions standards, and remove almost 18 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector by 2050, “lowering the harmful effects of noxious vehicle emissions on public health and protecting Australians from strokes, cancers and respiratory illnesses.” This brings Australia in line with 80 percent of the global car market, including the United States, Canada, the EU, the United Kingdom, Japan, China, Korea and India....