Emissions to air - EU
Enters into force - 4 May 2016
Decision (EU) 2016/588 approves 12 Volt efficient alternators as an innovative technology for reducing CO2 emissions from passenger cars under Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 if the following conditions are met:
- it is a component used solely to charge the vehicle battery and to power the electrical system of the vehicle when its combustion engine is running;
- the mass of the efficient alternator does not exceed the mass of the baseline alternator of 7 kg by more than 3 kg;
- Its efficiency is at least:
- 73.8% for petrol-fuelled vehicles;
- 73.4% for petrol turbo-fuelled vehicles;
- 74.2% for diesel-fuelled vehicles.