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Table 2 Summary of the median emissions of CH4 and N2O from the vehicles tested

From: Exhaust emission factors of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from European road vehicles

Category

Fuel

Standard

Number of vehicles tested

CH4 (mg/km)

N2O (mg/km)

L-cat

Gasoline + oil

Euro 1/2

10

53.6

0.2

Gasoline

Euro 2/3/4

23

20.7

1.6

Diesel

Euro 2

3

5.0

1.3

Gasoline hybrid

Euro 3

1

13.7

4.5

LDV

Gasoline

Euro 5

2

4.8

3.1

Euro 6b/c

13

3.2

0.9

Euro 6d-TEMP

7

1.7

0.3

Diesel

Euro 5

2

3.6

6.2

Euro 6b/c

16

10.3

13.5

Euro 6d-TEMP

5

3.6

15.2

Gasoline hybrid

Euro 5

2

0.8

0.3

Euro 6b

2

4.5

3.2

Flex-fuel (E85)

Euro 5

3

14.7

0.5

Dual-LPG/Gasoline

Euro 6b

1

2.3

0.9

LCV and HDV

Diesel

Euro 3(*)

1

33.4

27.9

Euro 6b(*)

2

23.6

16.8

Dual-CNG/Gasoline

Euro 6b(*)

1

84.8

1.4

Diesel

Pre-Euro I

1

25.8

1.1

Euro II

5

1.6

< 0.1

Euro III

1

0.3

< 0.1

Euro IV

1

2.4

1.3

Euro V

10

0.1

0.8

Euro VI

5

1.8

71.4

Dual-LPG/Diesel

Euro V

1

27.9

9.5

Dual-CNG/Diesel

Euro II

1

220.8

0.4

  1. (*) Light commercial vehicles (4 in total) are included in the HDV category. For the LDV, results were calculated from the WLTC only. “Hybrid” category includes hybrid-gasoline vehicles