Fuel-efficiency norm planned

Here is a shocker. At the most, only 40 per cent of the cars running in the country will pass the test, if the kind of fuel-efficiency norm, being planned, really comes into force, according to SAARC Journal of Transport. A committee constituted by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has prescribed standards which, if implemented, might hinder the sales of many of the existing fancy cars, which may be glitzy but may fail miserably on emission nor ms, as their levels of fuel efficiency are incompatible with the weight they carry. The proposed norms divide cars into nine categories on the basis of their reference mass — the weight of the vehicle with full tank. In the 2210-2610 kg category, comprising mostly sports utility vehicles, none of the existing models qualify for the proposed levels of fuel efficiency; worse some of them fail to clear the bar even after lowering the norms.

Source: Businessline