Metro cities of India (Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru…) are now facing the brunt of pollution. The government is about to bring new emission norms to reduce pollution. This will have a direct impact on the automobile industry.
BS6 Phase 2 Norms: Some popular cars may be discontinued soon in the Indian market. in this list Maruti Suzuki, Many cars including Tata and Hyundai are included. This is happening because of the new emission norms that will come into effect from 1 April 2023.
Actually, the central government is going to implement the updated BS6 Phase 2 RDE norms next month. Due to this, the automobile industry will have to go through some changes. Nowadays most people are affected by the greenhouse gases emitted from cars, two-wheelers and other vehicles. In such a situation, these new rules are being implemented to reduce the effect of pollution.
BS6 Phase 2 Under this, Real Driving Emission (RDE) and CAFE 2 (Corporate Average Fuel Emission) rules will be implemented. Through this, the emission level of some ideal conditions and vehicles used in real will be tested. Now on-board diagnostics (OBD 2) norms will be applicable for two-wheelers. Through this, the emission of scooters and bikes will be monitored.
Impact of BS6 Phase 2 Norms on India
To meet the conditions of the new rules, all automobile companies will have to update their petrol-diesel vehicles. The update will include RDE diagnostic device and programmed fuel injectors. Overall, the existing assembly of the companies will need to be changed. At the same time, doing so will increase the development cost. This will have a direct impact on the cost of the vehicles.
These popular cars will be discontinued
On one hand, where most of the cars have to be updated due to the new norms, on the other hand, companies are going to discontinue some of their old models. Cars to be discontinued include diesel models of Tata Altroz, Hyundai i20, Honda City, Jazz, Amaze, WR-V and Maruti Suzuki Alto 800Petrol models of Nissan Kicks, SKODA SUPERB, OCTAVIA are included.
Vehicles must have valid fitness certificate
Let us tell you that it is necessary for the vehicles running on Indian roads to have a valid fitness certificate. On the other hand, vehicles with expired fitness certificate will either have to undergo fitness test again or the vehicle will have to be scrapped under the new Vehicle Scrapping Policy of MoRTH.
