A14 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 24, 1996 Cleaner cars to cost more emissions rules on new vehicles. NEW VEHICLES aren't the big polluters, accordin ( cars off the road would reduce pallution faster than tightening the already tough Anti-smog efforts not firing on all cylinders — dealers THE PROVINCE’s drive towards low- pollution cars is a case of smog and mir- rors, according to auto industry insiders. Most auto makers were already moving towards the tougher ruies brought in by B.C. in recent months, says Marion Keys, executive vice-president of the B,C, Automobile dealers Association. And the biggest problem is not new cars — which are the subject of the new regs — but older vehicles, she says. Keys said new cars sold today are 98 per cent cleaner than the new cars being sold a decade ago. She said further improvement of new cars won't make much difference in air quality — even in the polluted Fraser Valley, “Tt will hardly make a dent here,”? she said. ‘But it makes good headJines for the minister.’” Jake de Jong, local rep of the B,C, Auto Dealers Association, says Victoria’s efforts would be beller spent on a scrappage pro- gram aimed at taking old, heavily polluting vehicles off the road. A pilot project is underway in Vancouver in an effort to get old vehicles off the road through a $750 cash rebate buy-back pro- gram, spousored by dealers, the petroleum industry, aud B.C, Hydro. Up to 1,100 vehicles 1982 or older could be involved in the program. ording to auto dealers. Taking older NORTHERNERS will pay more to satisfy urban demand for pollution control. That’s the upshot of tough emission standards for new cars announced for B.C. last week. New cars and trucks appearing in show rooms next year will be cleaner —- and more expensive — than current models, And those requirements will continue to increase. By 2001, new cars must be 70 per cent cleaner than the ones sold today. Also announced are requirements to ensure new vehicles fuelled by natural gas, propane and other alternatives start appearing in showrooms, Some electric vehicles will be available in the B,C, market as early as 1997. ‘ The new measures will make B.C.’s emission laws the toughest in Canada, and on par with most of the regula- tions in California. : Bul the price to the consumer isn’t yet known. **T can’t say how much more it’s going to cost, but it will cost more,”" said Marion Keys, executive vice-president of the Motor Dealers Association of B.C. Smog is a particular problem for Lower Mainland com- munities just inland and downwind from Vancouver. Studies blame the one million cars and trucks registered in the Lower Mainland for about 75 per cent of air pollu- tion in the Greater Vancouver area. And although the north doesn’t have that concentration of vehicles, drivers here won't get off the hook and will pay more for the cleaner, new cars. “It’s definitely going to affect us in terms of sales volume and it’s going to affect you and me and every other consumer that needs to purchase a vehicle because it’s Boing to cost more money,’’ said Terrace Chrysler general Manager Rob Onsiein. Totem Ford’s Jake de Jong says it’s not a surprise. “We always pay the piper for things that are happening in the Lower Mainland where most of the people are,” CLEAN AIR STRATEGY Measures to reduce vehicle alr pollution In B.C. Include: @ The model year 1998 new vehicles must meet U.S, federal emission standards in use In California, which are more stringent than current Canadian regs. 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