Several luxury automakers, including Ferrari, Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin, are among 17 automakers that failed to meet the government’s carbon dioxide emissions target last year, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said.
Among the 36 automakers that reported emissions of the cars they sold in Taiwan last year, 19 achieved the official target of 65 percent of next year’s emission standard, the administration said.
Last year was the first year of a government program aimed at incrementally lowering emissions,so that all the automakers in the Taiwan market ensure their vehicles meet carbon dioxide emission standards to take effect next year, when fines for violators are to be introduced under the Air Pollution Control Act (空氣污染防制法).
The emissions standard is calculated based on a vehicle’s weight.
Each automaker’s target is set according to the number of vehicles they sell and the emission levels of their various models.
The agency said that 17 automakers have already met next year’s targets, since all the vehicles they sold last year met the carbon dioxide emissions targets set for each model.
The administration said that 97.6 percent of the 285,982 cars sold last year met the emission standards.
However, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin and Ferrari had the highest emission levels among the 6,996 cars that did not meet the standards.
For example, Rolls-Royce cars sold last year, which are heavier than most of the vehicles sold in Taiwan, had an average emission of 328 grams per kilometer, the agency said.
The average carbon dioxide emission of all cars in the nation fell to 162.48 grams per kilometer last year, which is a 15 percent fall in emissions from the 2009 level of 191 grams per kilometer, the agency said.
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