Auto Fuel Policy Roadmap for India – What Next?
Anup Bandivadekar
September 16, 2015
India’s Clean Vehicle and Fuel Strategy at another critical juncture
§ Review of policy developments in the past few years§ Saumitra Chaudhuri committee report§ Progression of BS IV standards
§ Outlook for Bharat V and VI emission standards and fuels§ Case for leapfrogging to BS VI emission standards
§ Looking beyond the roadmap for emission standards§ Need for a comprehensive strategy to reduce
vehicular emissions
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Carbon monoxide(CO)
What pollutants are of concern?
Ozone(VOC + NOx)
Haze
Particles (PM10/PM2.5) NOx, SOx, VOC, ammonia
Toxics - Diesel particles- Benzene- Heavy metals
Greenhouse Gases
- CO2, Methane, Black Carbon, N2O, HFC
Ø Michael Walsh
Motivation
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Multiple Pollutants with Multiple Impacts
§ Adverse health effects§ Especially from PM2.5§ Exacerbation of asthma and other respiratory
diseases§ Premature mortality due to cardiopulmonary
diseases and lung cancer
§ Global warming§ BC, CH4, N2O, CO2, O3
§ Adverse effects on agricultural yields§ NOx, PM, O3
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Health and other co-benefits
In 2013, ICCT completed a study to evaluate the past successes and future prospects of India’s vehicle emission control program
§ The study compared and contrasted global best practices with Indian Experience across:Ø New vehicle emission standardsØ Fuel quality standardsØ Vehicle compliance and enforcement
programØ Fuel inspection and compliance
programØ Alternative fuels and new energy
vehicle policiesØ Fuel efficiency standards and labeling
Slide 5Ø http://www.theicct.org/indias-vehicle-emissions-control-program
India made tremendous progress on vehicular emissions front from 2000-2010, but fell behind after 2010.
§ Vehicle emission standards and fuel quality standards implemented more or less as per schedule§ BS-IV fuel supply steadily increasing (>35% of
total fuel use)
§ Use of CNG and LPG has increased, especially in city buses and autorickshaws
§ Some progress on improving I&M programØ 10 testing centers are being set up by ARAI/
NATRIP/SIAM
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What has been accomplished in India on fuel quality
§ Lead removed from all fuels by the year 2000§ Sulfur levels have fallen dramatically
§ Gasoline: 2000 ppm to 150 ppm (50 ppm in 63 cities)§ Diesel: 10,000 ppm to 350 ppm (50 ppm in 63 cities)
§ Octane number increased in gasoline§ Regular: 88 to 91§ Premium: 93 to 95
§ Benzene levels reduced in gasoline§ 3% to 1%
§ Aromatic content reduced§ No regulation to 35% maximum
What’s working?
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India Clean Vehicles and Fuels Policy Landscape changes since 2013
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• Auto Fuel Policy and Vision 2025 (Saumitra Chaudhuri committee) report released (http://petroleum.nic.in/docs/autopol.pdf )
• Committee recommendations:• 50 ppm sulfur fuels to be available by April 2017• 10 ppm sulfur fuels to be available by April 2020• BS IV in 2017, BS V in 2020, BS VI in 2024
• Weaknesses in the committee report• BS VI standards not fully defined• No firm date for adoption of World Light Duty Testing procedure (WLTP)• Proposed durability for BS V standards (120,000km) is weaker than Euro 5
durability (160,000km)• Stage I and II vapor recovery systems not required for refueling stations
• National Transport Development Policy Committee (NTDPC known as the Rakesh Mohan Committee) recommended implementation of BS VI standards by 2020 (see page 23: http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/NTDPC_Vol_01.pdf )
BS IV standards for new 2-wheelers effective April 2016 (all vehicles from April 2017)
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BS IV standards for new 2-wheelers effective April 2016 (all vehicles from April 2017)
þ Adoption of the Worldwide Harmonized Motorcycle Test Cycle (WMTC)
þ Introduction of evaporative emission standardsþ Prohibition on crankcase emissionþ Minor improvements in PUC requirementsq NOx standards much weaker than Euro 4;
nearly a decade behind EUq Durability of 30,000km is weaker than
50,000km required in Europeq No on-board diagnostics (OBD) requirements
10Ø http://www.theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/ICCTupdate_BSIV-motorcycles_aug2014.pdf
BS IV standards for 3-wheelers from April 2016
þ 25% reduction in BS IV CO, and HC+NOx limit value compared with BS III
þ Evaporative emission testing introduced
q only 15% reduction in PM emission limit for diesel 3-wheelers§ 20% reduction feasible (http://www.theicct.org/two-and-three-wheelers-india-iyer-report )
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Aftertreatment devices required to meet BS IV, V and VI emission norms
BS IV BS V BS VI
Light-duty Gasoline (direct injection engines only)
Gasoline
particulate filter may be required
Light-duty Diesel Diesel particulate
filter (DPF) required
Lean-NOx traps (LNT) for smaller
engines, and Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
for bigger engines required
Heavy-duty Diesel Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
preferred.
Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) required for most
engines.
Diesel particulate filter (DPF) required
Advantages of Euro 6 over Euro 5
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• Limits on particle number (PN) for all vehicle types• Euro 6 narrows the gap between NOx (or HC+NOx)
standards for diesel and gasoline• Ideally standards would be fuel neutral
• Portable Emission Measurement System (PEMS) based real driving emissions (RDE) testing
• On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) thresholds (OTLs) for Euro 6 are 70-75% lower than Euro 5 OTLs for NOX and PM
• Adoption of World Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP)
Ø http://www.theicct.org/briefing-leapfrogging-to-euro-6-vi-mar2015
Advantages of Euro VI over Euro V
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• Introduction of Diesel Particulate Filters (DPFs) on heavy vehicles• Limits on particle number (PN)• Adoption of World Harmonized Transient Cycle (WHTC) and
Steady-State Cycle (WHSC)• Introduction of in-service conformity (ISC) testing requirements
using a Portable Emission Measurement System (PEMS)• New limit on ammonia (NH3) emissions• Tighter methane limits for CNG vehicles by 50% and imposing the
same limit on LPG vehicles• Extended durability requirements
• 160,000 km or 5 for small buses and pick-up trucks• 300,000 km or 6 years for mid-size trucks and buses• 700,000 km and 7 years for heavy trucks and buses
• Extensive improvements in OBD systemsØ http://www.theicct.org/briefing-leapfrogging-to-euro-6-vi-mar2015
http://www.theicct.org/comparing-real-world-nox-euro-iv-v-vi-mar2015
Good news for heavy-duty vehicles: Euro VI real-world NOx emissions are now in line with emission limits
NOx emissions conformity factors for all tests plotted vs. Euro level Conformity factor of one indicates that vehicle emissions meet the corresponding Euro standard.
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India has the opportunity to leapfrog BS V and move directly to BS VI standards in 2020
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http://theicct.org/leapfrogging-bsIV-to-bsVI-india
India has the opportunity to leapfrog BS V and move directly to BS VI standards in 2020
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Long term public health benefits from advancing BS VI standards timeline
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Advancing BS VI standards is cost-effective even with conservative assumptions
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Fundamentals of controlling air pollutant emissions from motor vehicles
New vehicle standards
Technology neutral (but technology-forcing…) emissions standards for new vehicles.
Must consider emissions from all mobile sources: on-road, off-road, marine, locomotives, aviation…
Limit values only as good as:- Compliance and enforcement- Real-world performance
Fuel quality standards
High fuel quality (especially low sulfur levels) enables advanced emission control technologies to be deployed in the fleet.
Fuel quality compliance programs critical to prevent damage to engines and prevent misfueling
In-use vehicle emission control
Clean up legacy vehicles on the roads
Comprehensive program includes:- Catching gross-emitters (I/M, remote sensing, maintenance, etc.)- Cleaner fuels- Scrappage/replacement programs- Retrofit programs- Complementary strategies (low emission zones, driver training, etc.)
Not shown but also important: transportation demand management, modal shift, traffic optimization, and more
“Systems Approach”
http://www.theicct.org/best-practices-emission-control-in-use-hdvs
http://www.theicct.org/global-health-roadmap
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A scrappage program for heavy-commercial vehicles can overcome financial barriers
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Implement a five-year program (2020 to 2024) to scrap older commercial vehicles and buses• Heavy-duty vehicle owners can get a subsidy to replace
their older (Bharat I, II or III), still-operational vehicle with a new Bharat VI vehicle at the price of a Bharat V-equivalent vehicle
• subsidies to offset the price increase of Bharat VI vehicles would take the burden off transporters and goods carriers
• > 99% reduction in old HDV PM emissions• Additional safety benefits of newer trucks
• ICCT is currently working on the details of such a program. Your input and participation is most welcome!
India needs to improve both vehicle compliance and Inspection/Maintenance (I/M) programs
§ Suggested improvements in compliance program§ Vehicle manufacturers should be required to test a
select number of low-mileage and high-mileage vehicles manufactured by them (In-Use Verification Program), and report all data to MoRTH
§ Detailed in-use compliance testing (IUCP) should be required if samples fail during IUVP
§ MoRTH, through NATRiP, should conduct in-use surveillance tests
§ MoRTH must have the ability to recall vehicle models failing in the IUCP and/or in-use confirmatory tests
Suggested improvements in Light-Duty I/M program
§ For BS III and older vehicles, require a lug-down test instead of a free acceleration test
§ For BS IV and newer vehicles, use on-board diagnostics (OBD) for I/M purposes.ü At present, BS IV vehicles cannot get a PUC certificate,
if malfunction indicator (MIL) is on.§ Improve OBD based I/M to overcome fraudulent
practices by:§ Connecting scanning tool directly to vehicle and computer so that
inspector cannot modify data during inspection§ Overcoming code cleaning practices with “readiness indicators”§ Overcoming clean scanning by matching vehicle identification
numbers
Suggested improvements in Heavy-Duty I/M program§ Note that Euro VI standards establish strict rules for the detection
of malfunctions and the storage of malfunction codes in the OBD control unit§ Adoption of BS VI standards by 2020 critical to improving in-use
emissions§ For BS IV and newer vehicles, use on-board diagnostics (OBD)
for I/M purposes.§ For BS III and older vehicles, require free acceleration tests§ MoRTH should conduct two pilot programs in 2015 to improve I/
M practices for HDVs§ Use of remote sensing in detecting high emitters (“dirty screening”)§ Use of On-road Heavy-duty Vehicle Emissions Monitoring
System (OHMS)
India's air pollution problems are not intractable
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• Vehicles are not the only source of pollution, but they are one of the most important source that need to be cleaned.
• Action taken now to promote cleaner fuels and vehicles by adopting Bharat VI standards by 2020 will go a long way towards addressing air quality problems.
• In-use emission control strategies such as scrappage and better inspection/maintenance needed to fully realize the benefits of cleaner new vehicles.
For more information… § Direct Progression from Bharat IV to Bharat VI
national emission standards in India: http://theicct.org/leapfrogging-bsIV-to-bsVI-india
§ Advantages of Euro 6/VI emission standards over Euro 5/V: http://www.theicct.org/briefing-leapfrogging-to-euro-6-vi-mar2015
§ Comparison of real world off-cycle NOX emissions control in Euro IV, V, and VI: http://www.theicct.org/comparing-real-world-nox-euro-iv-v-vi-mar2015
§ Making Bharat VI Affordable: http://www.theicct.org/blogs/staff/making-bharat-vi-affordable
§ Survey of best practices in reducing emissions through vehicle replacement programs: http://www.theicct.org/vehicle-replacement-program-best-practices-mar2015
Anup Bandivadekar anup “at” theicct.org
@theicct
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Introduction of World Harmonized Light-Duty Testing Procedure (WLTP)
130 km/h vs. 120 km/h
more dynamic driving
longer test cycle
NEDC (1970s / 1990s) WLTP (2014)
+ improved test procedure
http://www.theicct.org/wltp-november2013-update
The next phase of Auto Fuel Policy should continue to emphasize a systems approach.
Summary
Vehi
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Fuel
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Tailpipe Emission Standards
Fuel Quality Standards
Fuel Efficiency Standards
New and In-use Vehicle and Fuels Compliance Programs
Evaporative Emission Standards
Strong Institutional Structure and Mandate
India’s program to match global best practices by 2025