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Originally Posted by mikesouth
think of it kinda like California emissions....if you have a dealership you cant sell cars that dont comply with California emissions, doesnt matter where they are built.
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Just searching some more, and found this, though it is from 2009, and things may have changed since then:
http://www.lowmileageengines.com/eng...ission-engines
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You might be asking what California emissions are, and what Federal emissions are. Federal emissions are the Federally mandated pollution standards that auto manufacturers have to meet nationwide. A vehicle with Federal emissions cannot release over a certain number of particulates per million into the atmosphere, and some cities/counties are under Federal mandate to inspect the vehicles of their residents before they issue tags or tag renewals. If the vehicle fails to pass, it must be fixed under these mandates. Federal emissions vehicles cannot be sold new in areas with California emissions. I?ll be honest and admit that I?m not certain if someone who owns a vehicle with Federal emissions can move to an area that requires California emissions and keep their vehicle.
California emissions vehicles have stricter emissions standards ? they have to release fewer particulates per million than their comparable Federal counterparts. Don?t let the name ?California emissions? trick you though ? New York and many states in New England require vehicles to have California emissions some years. It can get confusing.
So how do you identify what you have? There are a few ways. You can call your local dealership (read: the dealer that sells your brand of vehicle) with your VIN and they can decode it. A simpler way is to open up your hood (or bonnet, for our English brethren), and look on either the apron or the bottom side of the hood. There will be a tag there.
Here is how to decode that tag. 48 state emissions = Federal emissions. 50 State Emissions = California Emissions.
One last thing. Don?t assume that just because you?re in a state that doesn?t require California emissions that you will have a Federal emissions vehicle. It is perfectly legal to sell California emissions vehicles everywhere, and sometimes they slip into states that don?t require them!
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It sounds to me from that article (at least when the article was written), it is/was common to have different vehicles manufactured to meet different emissions requirements. So that would mean that what's required in CA wouldn't affect me in PA unless PA adopted those requirements as well. I think that the same could be assumed from the condom law.