Motor vehicle emissions
Motor vehicle emissions and air quality
This page has information about the impact of motor vehicle emissions on the air quality, including trends in emissions found by EPA's air monitoring stations.
What is EPA doing to improve motor vehicle emissions?
This page has information about EPA's activities related to emissions from motor vehicles, including the Australian Design Rules (ADRs) for new vehicles, national fuel quality standards and National Environment Protection Measure for Diesel Vehicle Emissions (Diesel NEPM).
What can you do to improve motor vehicle emissions?
Get hints for improving motor vehicle emissions.
Car EcoMeter
This software has been developed by EPA and RACV to show how you can reduce the impact of your car on the environment and save on fuel costs at the same time.
Air quality summary
Monday 23 November 2009: Summary for the 24 hours to 9 AM: VERY GOOD air quality in Melbourne and Geelong, and GOOD air quality in Latrobe Valley.
Forecast: GOOD to VERY GOOD air quality is expected in Melbourne today [Monday]
Resources
- Environment Protection (Vehicle Emissions) Regulations 2003
- Modified Vehicle Guidelines (Adobe PDF file, 142KB)
- ESMP Data Manual 1992 (Edition 2) (Adobe PDF file, 2860KB or 2.9MB)
- Motor vehicle, train and tram noise
- Motor vehicle noise testers
- Reporting smoky vehicles