ARCO introduces new low-emission gasoline in Southern California
ARCO announced plans on August 15 to introduce a new low-emission regular gasoline into the Southern California market September 1 that will significantly reduce air pollution from pre-1975 cars and pre-1980 trucks. The new environmentally formulated blend, called EC-1, will replace ARCO's leaded regular gasoline. ARCO's price to its dealers will be the same as it was for leaded regular. EC (Emission Control) -1 is the first phase of ARCO's plan to help make even greater reductions in vehicular air pollution in Southern California during the next decade. The unique lead-free gasoline is for use only in vehicles not equipped with catalytic converters which now operate on leaded regular gasoline. ARCO's tests, shared with the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and the California Air Resources Board (ARB), show that is all current users of leaded regular gasoline in Southern California switched to the new gasoline about 350 tons of pollutants would be removed from the air each day. It is uniquely formulated to help Southern Californians meet federal and state ambient air quality standards on carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, ozone, and particular matter without any reduction in vehicular performance or engine modification.
- OSTI ID:
- 7159986
- Journal Information:
- JAPCA, the International Journal of Air Pollution Control and Hazardous Waste Management; (USA), Vol. 39:10; ISSN 0894-0630
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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