China bans 553 car models over pollution, low FE

Aligning with their stand to reduce pollution in the country, China has banned the sale of 553 car models from January 1, 2018. Earlier last year, China declared that it was working on a deadline to phase out fossil fuel powered vehicles. According to a media report, the chairman of the China Passenger Car Association said that the banned models form a small percentage of the total sales.

China Vehicle Technology Service Centre revealed that the banned models include FAW VW’s Audi FV7145LCDBG sedan, Beijing Benz’s Benz BJ7302ETAL2 sedan and Shanghai GM’s Chevrolet SGM7161DAA2 sedan. Further, this is the first time that the authorities have come up with a list of vehicles that are polluting. The results have ensured that China is no longer in the list of top 10 countries with the most pollution in at least one parameter. This list is now lead by India, Bangladesh and Thailand.

The capital city of Beijing has seen an improvement in quality of air by almost 20 percent in 2017 as compared to 2016. This is based on the average concentration levels of harmful particles in the air known as PM2.5.

Source - Autoblog