India Welcomes BS-VI Emission Norms


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Re: India To Adopt BS-6 Emission Norms

Pollution is affecting health of human being there by prone to many disease like asthma and bronchitis. As a responsible citizen/human being should think of coming generation at least our children who will suffer long term due to such misuse of technology.

So preventive measure to should be implemented as early as possible.

Comparing to other countries we have very high level of pollution and we as less caring about nature, so the preventive step should be first here rather than foreign countries.
You are right, I totally agree with you. But what I intent to say is different, whatever time frame the government has in bringing the BS-VI technology by 2020, before doing that, if they move to BS-V in a year or 2 prior to launching of BS-VI, it gives auto manufacturers a chance to rectify issues in the vehicles (apart from R&D department, there are no better testers than public). Our driving cycle and environment is different when compared to European countries and it is not a cut paste job for the R & D Department. They need to test a lot but still the things will go wrong. The only thing different between BS-V and BS-VI Diesel engine is the blue tank, that contains AUS 32 (ammonia) that breaks down NOX into N2 and H2o.

Adding a small thing, has many sensors and electronics. Everything needs to be double checked to ensure reliability of the engines.

So I think skipping BS-V is not at all a good Idea.
 
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Bharat-VI and Its Impact

With Bharat Vi planned in 2020 was curious to understand its implications on diesel cars

Diesel because that gonna cost more to comply.

What I understand from my Nexon dealer is that it is Bharat VI ready i.e in 2020 it was need a catalyst converter type device to comply with new norms which will lead to extra cost.

How much will that be is unknown. What will be possible impact on performance is unknown.

Bharat VI will be more taxing for diesel cars and more expensive as well as which I had read across articles.

Any insights from more aware and read members will help me decide Diesel vs Petrol Nexon. i reside in NCR so that further adds to confusion with a run of nearly 1200 to 1500 kms per month.
 
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Re: India To Adopt BS-6 Emission Norms

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Update

New Delhi: The government has come out with a draft notification to amend Central Motor Vehicles Rules to prevent registration of BS-IV compliant automobiles built before April 1, 2020 beyond June 30, 2020.

In a major step to curb vehicular pollution, the government last year decided that the country will leapfrog directly from Euro IV emission norms for petrol and diesel to Euro VI standards from April 1, 2020.
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India Welcomes Bharat Stage-6!


Mercedes Benz S350D 2018 becomes India's first BS 6 car !

It is the first in line six cylinder diesel engine from @MercedesBenzInd, the OM656. With 286bhp on tap and 600Nm of torque, this is a powerhouse! Add the lower emissions thanks to BS VI norms..
And worry not, it will work with BS IV fuel as well! @CarWale @Car_Trade
 
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Something wrong with the attachment option .
So we are going to the new phase of the Industry with BS 6 adopted to the premium segments and fuel availability in selected cities .
I do wonder who would be that mass market player to introduce the first BS6 product . Everyone got the tech but who's that daring one ? Any guess ? I bet on Hyundai
 

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Mercedes Benz India Launches Made in India, for India BS-VI S-Class

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Pune: India’s largest luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz, today achieved a historic milestone in the Indian automotive industry, by being the first automobile brand in India to launch the first ever BS VI compliant vehicles, ‘Made in India, for India’. The Certificate of Compliance to the CMVR (Central Motor Vehicles Rule) for Mercedes-Benz India was presented by ARAI Director, Smt. Rashmi Urdhwareshe to Mr. Roland Folger, MD & CEO, in the honorable presence of Shri Nitin Gadkari Ji, Minister of Road Transport Highways & Shipping and Water Resource, River Development, & Ganga Rejuvenation and Shri Abhay Damle Ji, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport Highways and other dignitaries.

Shri Nitin Gadkari Ji, Minister of Road Transport Highways & Shipping and Water Resource, River Development, & Ganga Rejuvenation commented, “To mitigate the rising pollution in Delhi and adjoining areas, the Government is trying to advance BS VI grade fuel availability in Delhi NCT by April, 2018 and shift to BS VI norms by April, 2020 across the country. This will drastically reduce pollution and help us advance to better technologies used globally. I want to congratulate Mercedes-Benz for their efforts towards not only making safe vehicles but also for a greener vehicle, by introducing the first BS VI vehicle in India much ahead of the regulations.”

Smt. Rashmi Urdhwareshe, Director, ARAI stated, “It is our endeavor to support the Government and the auto industry in terms of developing and testing the vehicles and promote cleaner technology. In line with this, we are happy to present the Certificate of Compliance to CMVR, to Mercedes-Benz India for both their BS VI compliant petrol and diesel vehicles. We conducted stringent and extensive tests on both the vehicles, which includes particulate numbers, engine power test, on-board-diagnosis test and Real world driving emission (RDE) data collection. The results of the test are in compliance to prescribed CMVR rules followed by ARAI. BS VI test protocol and facilities are significantly different than BS IV and ARAI is fully equipped to handle upcoming development and certification work for all vehicle models and engines.”

Roland Folger, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India stated, “We are glad to fulfil our commitment to the customers and to the Government’s vision of ‘Make in India’, by introducing the first ever ‘Made in India, for India’ BS VI compliant vehicles. Mercedes-Benz vehicles are world-class products and they comply with the most stringent emission standards, and the ARAI certified new BS VI vehicles reiterate this high benchmark. The introduction of India’s first BS VI vehicles for the Indian market is a significant milestone and we strongly believe that this will pave the way for other manufacturers to introduce their BS VI vehicles in India. This, we believe would also be beneficial for the end customer as they could use the latest technology available.”

Mercedes-Benz has introduced BS-VI vehicles in India almost 2 years in advance of the regulations. We strongly believe that early introduction of BS-VI vehicles will further accelerate the adoption of cleaner vehicles in the market and thereby achieving the Government’s clean air initiative.” Mr. Folger elaborated.

Benefits of BS VI standards:

BS-VI standards are far-reaching in scope and incorporate substantial changes to existing Bharat Stage IV emission standards. Of particular note is the tightening of Particulate Matter (PM) & NOx mass emission limits. In a BS VI vehicle the NOx limit reduction is upto 68% and PM limit reduction is achieved at 82% in BS-VI, compared to that in BS-IV.

Stringent tests related to BS-VI emission norms:

The Mercedes-Benz S 350 d has undergone stringent emission test related to BS VI emission at ARAI, Pune and has been certified as BS VI compliant. Following are some of the tests done at ARAI for the certification of the BS VI engines:

Tail pipe emission test in laboratory – limits lowered to 68 to 82% as against BS-IV

Engine power test – BS-VI fuel based test

On board diagnostic (OBD) test – Stringent OBD test

RDE (Real Driving emission) - On road emission performance test

Key highlights of BS VI engine in the Mercedes-Benz S 350 d:

S 350d vehicle comes with a state-of-art engine and exhaust after treatment technology, such as refined engine, EGR, DPF, SCR etc. These technological measures lead to reduce the emissions significantly and meet the BS-VI regulations with huge margins. The S 350 d features the most powerful diesel car in Mercedes-Benz history.

The new six-cylinder Diesel engine is designed to comply with future emissions legislation (RDE – Real Driving Emissions). All the components of relevance for efficient emissions reduction are installed directly on the engine. The integrated technology approach combining the new stepped-bowl combustion process, dynamic multi-way exhaust-gas recirculation and near-engine exhaust-gas after treatment, for the first time combined with variable valve-lift control, makes further reduced consumption with low emissions possible.

Although the output has increased noticeably compared to the preceding model, the new engine consumes up to six percent less fuel. The special traits of the top-of-the-line engine in the diesel family include the stepped-bowl combustion process, two-stage turbocharging and, for the first time, the use of CAMTRONIC variable valve-lift control. Its design features a combination of aluminium engine block and steel pistons as well as further improved NANOSLIDE® coating of the cylinder walls.
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Sale of BS-VI non-compliant vehicles should stop from April 1, 2020: Centre to SC

New Delhi, Jul 23- The sale and manufacture of BS-VI non-compliant vehicles in India should not be allowed from April 1, 2020 as it would lessen environmental benefits to be accrued from using cleaner BS-VI fuel, the Centre today told the Supreme Court.

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So expect huge discounts on unsold vehicles in Jan-Mar 2020.
 
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I understand that moving from BS IV to BS VI will reduce the pollution by 25%, but with the increase in sales of private cars, will it not make even with the lower pollution - Just my thought..

I really think they should work on Public transport infrastructure than jumping from BSIV to BS VI..Also considering that BSIV itself is yet to implemented 100% across India..

Remember the ambitious plan of going al electric in 2030 ? This seems to end kind of similar to that
 
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I understand that moving from BS IV to BS VI will reduce the pollution by 25%, but with the increase in sales of private cars, will it not make even with the lower pollution - Just my thought..

I really think they should work on Public transport infrastructure than jumping from BSIV to BS VI..Also considering that BSIV itself is yet to implemented 100% across India..

Remember the ambitious plan of going al electric in 2030 ? This seems to end kind of similar to that
I agree with you. Public transport infrastructure is the right way to fight pollution. However, upgrading to better emission norms also helps a little no matter how small the change would be.
The difference in norms is not much for petrol engines, but for diesels it is quite a big difference. in BSVI, the permissible NOX emissions are 1/4th the permissible levels in BSIV (75% lesser), and the permissible PM levels are 1/5th that of BSIV (80% lesser).

The BS IV emission norms have been implemented now, and only cars and two wheelers with BSIV are allowed to be sold in India. I don't see any issue with implementing the same with BS VI in 2020. This would not mean that the BSIV cars would be banned, but instead, it would mean that all new cars sold after the deadline would have to be BSVI. Unlike the plans to go all electric, I think this is more achievable, as the only dependency here is better fuel quality which is a more achievable target as compared to the electric charger infrastructure.
 
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Next-gen Volkswagen Vento to be petrol-only!

The next generation Volkswagen Vento sedan will not come with a diesel engine option. The reason given is the steep increase in costs of diesel engines required to meet the much stricter Bharat Stage 6 emission norms that will come into force, in India, from April 2020. Volkswagen India director Stephen Knapp has said that a diesel engine that will meet Bharat Stage 6 emission norms will cost an additional Rs. 1.6 lakh due to expensive emission control equipment, and that this would make diesel-powered cars too expensive for the mass market. Therefore, the next-generation Vento based on the MQB A0 platform will dump the 1.5-litre TDI turbocharged diesel engine and will instead be a petrol-only car.



The petrol engine in question is the 1-litre 3-cylinder TSI turbocharged unit that Volkswagen will soon start building in India, with a high amount of localisation. This engine can be tuned to output about 115 Bhp-200 Nm, making it powerful and torquey enough to replace the 1.5-litre TDI turbocharged diesel engine. With an industry leader in diesel engine technology, such as Volkswagen, moving away from diesels thanks to stricter emission norms, it’s only a matter of time before more car makers follow suit. Turbocharged petrol engines are expected to become more popular than ever before, acting as a stop-gap technology before hybrids and electrics take over.

Meanwhile, Volkswagen and Skoda are now working on a new India 2.0 strategy. The first cars, in line with this strategy, will be launched in 2020. The India 2.0 strategy will involve Skoda developing the MQB-A0 low-cost car platform for emerging markets, such as India and Brazil. The first Volkswagen and Skoda cars on this new platform will be a Hyundai Creta-challenging SUV. While the SUV will arrive in 2020, both car brands also have plans of building C-Segment sedans, to replace vehicles, such as the Volkswagen Vento and the Skoda Rapid. The C-Segment sedans will also be based on the MQB A0 platform, and are expected to be launched in 2021
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In Delhi, soon the vehicles shall get color coded stickers as to differentiate whether they are on diesel, electric, hydrogen, hybrid or BS-VI fuel.​

NEW DELHI: Soon it will be easy for enforcement agencies to identify whether a vehicle is running on diesel or petrol as the government will assign colour codes for each category of vehicle. There is also a plan to put the year of registration on the front windshield, which will help authorities to spot vehicles that are not allowed to ply on roads in Delhi.

The plan has been prepared after Supreme Court’s amicus curiae during a hearing on Delhi’s pollution suggested stickers can be pasted to indicate if the vehicle is diesel, electric, hydrogen, hybrid or BS-VI or BS-V compliant.
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Jindal Stainless geared up to support implementation of BSVI norms in the auto sector​

Company confident about its trusted network of warehouses and sales offices in western India to cater to growing demand from auto segment

New Delhi/Pune, September 12, 2018: Jindal Stainless, India’s largest stainless steel manufacturing group, is ready to partner the process of shaping a sustainable automotive segment in the country. In an Auto Customers’ Meet organized by the company here today, Head, Sales, Jindal Stainless, Mr Vijay Sharma said, “Jindal Stainless has registered a growth of 25% in the automotive sector in the last financial year, by virtue of its continued investment in innovation and a focus on import substitution. We have the capacity and capabilities to meet the growing stainless steel requirements of auto segment in the future as well”. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has made the emission norms more stringent by tightening the limits of particulate matter emission from compression-ignition and spark-ignition engines as per Bharat Stage (BS) VI norms. They will be applicable across two-wheelers, three-wheelers, and heavy and light duty vehicles. The Indian auto industry, which overtook Germany to become the fourth largest in the world (by volume) in the last financial year, is endeavoring to reduce environmental damage due to vehicular emission.

Given this breakthrough, automakers are now focusing on a two-pronged approach—*switching to efficient and light-weight materials, and shifting towards cleaner fuel. A high strength-to-weight ratio, improved slide-ability, higher weldability, thermal fatigue and corrosion resistance, even in wet abrasive applications make stainless steel the optimum choice for usage in the automotive sector. Lower lifecycle costs and superior performance make stainless steel the preferred material for vital auto components, such as vehicle exhausts, fuel tanks, disk brakes, catalytic converters, and specialized parts of diesel turbochargers. In India, two-wheelers and passenger vehicles have already shifted to stainless steel exhausts. In commercial vehicles, its usage is still at a nascent stage; however with the introduction of BSVI norms in 2020, usage of stainless steel in exhausts is expected to increase up to 40kgs/vehicle. Stainless steel exhausts can withstand temperatures up to 1000OC and handle urea discharge for SCR technology, thereby enabling transition to BSVI norms. Given their resistance to heat, corrosion, oxidation, and sensitization, Ferritic grades such as 409L, 436L, 439, 432, 441, and 444 are ideal for exhaust systems.

Last year, India became the second largest producer of stainless steel in the world. As the market leader in Indian stainless steel industry, Jindal Stainless has successfully partnered with and gained the trust of automotive stalwarts like Honda Group, Yamaha, Bajaj, Ashok Leyland, Tata Motors, and Toyota. This has been achieved through an extensive network of sales offices and warehouses in western India. As per industry estimates, the automobile sector accounts for around 7.1% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP), which is expected to go up to 12% in the next decade. A growth of 14.78% in FY18 was also recorded in this segment. India remains a prominent auto exporter and has strong export growth expectations in the near future. Jindal Stainless is ready to couple value-addition with environmental consciousness, and provide optimum stainless solutions to the auto segment.
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No Bharat Stage IV Vehicle Shall be Sold Across India from April 1, 2020: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court said that no Bharat Stage IV vehicle shall be sold across the country with effect from April 1, 2020. The Bharat Stage VI (or BS-VI) emission norm would come into force from April 1, 2020 across the country. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur made it clear that only BS VI compliant vehicle shall be sold in the country from April 1st, 2020.

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Statement from Vinodkumar Ramachandran, Partner and Head, Industrial Manufacturing and Auto, KPMG in India

Topic - Supreme Court ordering that all cars will be of BS VI mark from 1 April 2020

The Supreme Court has taken a strict view and like Euro 4 norms are asking OEMs to adhere to March 31st, 2019 deadline. OEMs have 18 months to prepare for Euro 6 and most have clear plans to meet the target. Depending on the segment, the cost increase could vary from 5-10% to switch to Euro 6. If the oil prices remain high, it could impact vehicle volumes next year and combined with the additional cost to switch to Euro 6 norms, there will be significant margin pressure over next two years and OEMs may have to start cost management right away.
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Maruti Baleno, Swift, Dzire diesel could be discontinued because of BS6

Maruti Suzuki, country’s largest automaker has hinted that it might not offer diesel engine options on most of its small cars once the BS6 emission norms kick-in. This development would primarily be due to the fact that BS6 compliant diesel engine options will cost around Rs 2.5 lakhs more than their petrol counterparts.

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