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Re-evaluating effectiveness of vehicle emission control programmes targeting high-emitters

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  • Yuhan Huang

    (University of Technology Sydney)

  • Nic C. Surawski

    (University of Technology Sydney)

  • Yat-Shing Yam

    (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government)

  • Casey K. C. Lee

    (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government)

  • John L. Zhou

    (University of Technology Sydney)

  • Bruce Organ

    (University of Technology Sydney
    Vocational Training Council)

  • Edward F. C. Chan

    (University of Technology Sydney
    Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong)

Abstract

Estimating emission distribution within a vehicle fleet is critical for air pollution control. Previous studies reported that more than half of total fleet emissions were produced by only the highest 10% emitters, making repairing or deregistering a small percentage of high-emitters the most cost-effective measure to control vehicle emissions. With diesel emissions data from chassis dynamometer testing and on-road remote sensing, we show that such a strategy may be oversimplified.

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  • Yuhan Huang & Nic C. Surawski & Yat-Shing Yam & Casey K. C. Lee & John L. Zhou & Bruce Organ & Edward F. C. Chan, 2020. "Re-evaluating effectiveness of vehicle emission control programmes targeting high-emitters," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 3(11), pages 904-907, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:3:y:2020:i:11:d:10.1038_s41893-020-0573-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-0573-y
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