FTI launches maintenance campaign for old cars in bid to ease Bangkok pollution woes

By THE NATION

 

 

The Automotive Industry Club of the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has launched a car maintenance campaign in a bid to reduce the emission of PM2.5 dust particles. The campaign will run until the end of February next year.

 

“Seven car manufacturers will join the three-month campaign and provide discounts on car inspection, oil change and servicing at 540 participating car service centres in the metropolitan area,” honorary club president Suparat Sirisuwanangkura said. “We expect more than 480,000 vehicles to participate in the programme. To be eligible, cars should either have a diesel or petrol engine, be over seven years old and should have been registered within Bangkok and its perimeter.

 

 

“FTI is promoting proper maintenance of old cars to boost engine efficiency and help reduce air pollution, especially PM2.5 particulate matter, which is threatening the health of people in metropolitan areas,” he added. “More than 10,000 car owners joined the first campaign, which ran from February 10 to 29 this year. So, we have decided to launch another campaign to attract more motorists.”

 

Apart from campaigning for car maintenance, FTI has also been working with the government to promote electric vehicle-related industries in Thailand as part of its long-term strategy to reduce air pollution. FTI is using investment promotion and market stimulation strategies to encourage motorists to switch to cleaner alternatives.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30399754

 

 

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The initiative is a good one as older motors will emit more especially if they've not been serviced for a while .. 

Where this may go awry is if to bring the vehicle back within prescribed limits costs a lot over and above the servicing .. eg a diesel needs new injectors or a petrol needs a cat' convertor .. these are not service parts and usually cost a fair whack to replace which then renders the repair cost against the motor value not good value .. far better to offer incentives to motorists to part ex' their old cruisers for new by way of a subsidy .. and now with the pace of development and downstream availability of EV's there is no better time to start with trying to clean up the air pollution .. 

How about old pickups & commercial trucks ?

They are the main culprits & the police are still sleeping on it

On 12/17/2020 at 2:41 PM, webfact said:

To be eligible, cars should either have a diesel or petrol engine,

What about steam...not included.

 

Last time I was in a testing station the old truck in front of me,

the bodywork falling and rusting to pieces,when they put the

test device up the exhaust and revved the engine the place

filled up with black smoke, i thought to myself he's never going

to pass with that amount smoke,and bodywork in that state... i was wrong !

regards worgeordie

knows what the funny thing ? this evening saw a old motorbike spewing so much smoke from the main junction all the way to the soi he entered - it is like from one end of the road to another without a law enforcement in sight to stop him you can practically see the smoke hanging on the air even after 5 minutes