Australia will implement the Euro VI emissions standard for heavy vehicles

The Australian Federal Government will implement the Euro VI emissions standard for new trucks and buses in Australia, which will be phased in over 12 months starting from 1 November 2024. Introducing Euro VI will mean manufacturers must add the advanced safety and fuel-saving technologies to Australian models. This will help improve safety outcomes and contribute the country’s emissions reduction targets. These standards are already in place in the European Union and United Kingdom, and equivalent standards also apply in other industrialised countries, including the United States and Japan.

The Euro VI emission standard sets a legal requirement for vehicle manufacturers to average CO₂ emissions below 98g/km. For petrol engines, the standard notably introduces a limit in emissions for carbon monoxide of 1.0g/km, for total hydrocarbon emissions of 0.10g/km, for non-methane hydrocarbon emissions of 0.068g/km and for nitrogen oxides of 0.06g/km. For diesel engines, the limits in emissions for carbon monoxide is 0.50g/km, and 0.17g/km for hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides.