Colombia weighs auto emission tests—again

Colombia’s Environment and Transport ministries are putting the finishing touches on legislation that would reinstate mandatory annual emission testing of all automobiles. The effort comes as Colombia is trying other ways to cut smog from its 2.4 million automobiles—particularly in high-altitude Bogotá, where vehicles account for an estimated 60% of the air pollution. Colombia began requiring catalytic converters and electronic fuel injection on all new gasoline-powered cars starting with the 1998 model year, a move that affects all 150,000 automobiles imported or assembled in the country each year. Leaded gasoline, meanwhile, has been banned for more than five years. The testing bill would mark the country’s second attempt to require annual emissions check-ups. The first was suspended by presidential decree in... [Log in to read more]

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