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Whenever I buy parts for my regular gas car the parts site asks if it’s PZEV or DOHC. To make matters worse the PZEV version is also DOHC (dual over head cams)
by simulator5g 9mo ago
Whenever I buy parts for my regular gas car the parts site asks if it’s PZEV or DOHC. To make matters worse the PZEV version is also DOHC (dual over head cams) as far as I can tell. And the VIN number doesn’t say if it’s PZEV or not. It’s not on any of the paperwork I got with the car either.
- user_7832 9mo agoAh, I see. I googled PZEV, and apparently all it means is that it isn't releasing gasoline vapours - other emissions don't matter. So it's essentially just an ICE engine car that's not super polluting. It has nothing to do with EVs apart from being misleading in its name (perhaps on purpose?).
- SV_BubbleTime 9mo ago>I googled PZEV, and apparently all it means is that it isn't releasing gasoline vapours - other emissions don't matter. No. PZEV means partial zero-emotions vehicle… it is just STAR-STOP. When you stop, the car shuts off and when it’s off it isn’t emitting anything. That is what it means. It’s a total scam. Subaru was the first to put a logo on a US government mandated requirement (that made no sense).
- simulator5g 8mo agoI don’t think that sounds right. My car was never offered with start/stop tech. Unless maybe they ask regardless of whether the car could even have that option… hmm.
- yencabulator 8mo agoPZEV does not have to turn off the engine at stop, that's not part of the criteria for that label. The label is about emissions.