The Sweden’s capital upcoming low-emission zone will only permit use of electric cars and gas cars that meet the Euro 6 emission standards. Euro 6 plug-in hybrid heavy vehicles will also be permitted. The zone is in effect 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Violating the rules of the zone is a traffic offence which can result in a police fine of SEK 1,000, i.e. roughly €85.
Air pollution in the city of Stockholm has been a long-standing problem. Medical research shows that children living near Stockholm streets with high emissions have reduced lung function from as early as six months of age.
A step in the right direction but I would prefer to have all non-essential car traffic banned in the inner city. They take up too much space and are in the way when I’m trying to get to work.
And they cite health and lung issues from pollution, but the vast majority of modern car pollution comes from tire and brake dust. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/09/tire-brake-tailpipes-emissions-pollution-cars/
Then it should be mentioned as well that brake dust is vastly reduced for electric vehicles at least, since the can often use regenerative braking without any friction.
Sometimes. But less so in stop and go traffic. Also since BEVs are very heavy tire, road and brake wear are all accelerated.
Be like goku and go even further beyond, ban all personal, non-emergency cars from the city center.
Does Sweden have separate rules for “historic vehicles”? I’m asking because in Germany all cars registered as such are allowed to enter these restricted zones regardless of their emission standard.
Same in the UK. I can’t drive through Oxford’s zero emission zone in my wife’s Euro 6 VW Golf without a fine, but I can in my 1967 carburetted Beetle…
Good to know that I can bring my car on holiday then :D
Great news for air pollution
Not by much unfortunately. Car tires and brakes release very dangerous particles that are even smaller than PM2.5, but considering that the majority of cars are petrol cars, the pool of vehicles should be smaller.
on the contrary i’m sure pollution hates to read news like this
Thats good
Should be easier to just lock them up into electric cars until they love them.
