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So your car gets tested against current emissions standards, and not the ones that were in place back when it was manufactured? That sounds harsh. But certainl

by chiph 9y ago

So your car gets tested against current emissions standards, and not the ones that were in place back when it was manufactured? That sounds harsh. But certainly a boon for the auto makers, anyway.

TomMarius 9y ago
They get tested against the standards that were in place, that's alright. They tax and/or disallow the whole standard. There are several different measures for different things, e.g. a green/yellow/red plaquette with a number that straight up disallows old cars from accessing some central areas of cities. Then there's the Euro1-whatever rating on which the calculation of ecological tax is based.