Tradespeople operating Euro 5 light commercial vehicles in the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) may not be aware that HJS Emission Technology have developed a range of retrofit exhaust systems that can be installed onto Euro 5 vans, upgrading them for compliance with Euro 6 emission standards.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today launched the biggest scrappage scheme ever – £110 million – to support Londoners on lower incomes, disabled Londoners, charities, sole traders and business with 10 or fewer employees to replace or retrofit their old, polluting vehicles.
To accompany the scrappage scheme, the Mayor and TfL are also announcing a host of ULEZ support offers from businesses, including additional exclusive offers for successful applicants of the scrappage scheme. This will enable Londoners to benefit from discounts on subscriptions, rentals and purchases of bicycles, e-bikes, cargo bikes, cars and vans from companies including Brompton, Enterprise and Santander Cycles.
The Mercedes-Benz Vito taxi is back at Millbrook at the end of the month for further Euro 6 retrofitting testing as trade eyes up August/September approval date.
The black cab is set to return to the testing centre on 31 May before running for 10,000 miles during a 24/7 timescale to accelerate approval into the London market.
TX4 taxi owners have also been waiting patiently for the kit to become available in London, after seeing the retrofit approved in other major UK cities including Birmingham and Glasgow. According to retrofitting experts HJS, the TX4 is running approximately one month behind the Mercedes-Benz Vito.
HJS have played a significant part in reducing rail sector generated emissions for several years providing operating companies in Germany and the UK with retrofit emission reduction exhaust systems. Many DMU’s have been equipped with its innovative Sintered Metal Filter (SMF) technology for the reduction of Particulate Matter.
Due to its unique design, the HJS SMF has some significant advantages in comparison to conventional honeycomb filters in terms of ash loading capacity and cleanability resulting in significantly lower ownership costs over its life time. The ash loading capacity of an SMF is approximately 1.8 times higher than a conventional particulate filter which leads to up to 30% more operating hours between cleaning cycles.
The SMF has an open pocket structure allowing access to any ash stored which can then be cleaned in depot using a conventional pressure washer. In summary, the HJS SMF offers some key advantages when compared to conventional DPF systems.
HJS Emission Technology, in partnership with Translink and Technical Transport Products (TTP), has successfully completed a retrofit bus exhaust emission reduction program across 105 buses in Northern Ireland.
The program involved retrofitting HJS SCRT exhaust technology to Volvo B7RLE and B9TL single and double-deck city buses, upgrading Translink’s older vehicles from Euro IV and V to Euro VI emission standards.
The van will now be able to be used within the city’s Low Emission Zone with enforcement action commencing from June 2023 HJS Emission Technology has upgraded a Glasgow City Council Volkswagen (VW) Crafter to Euro 6 emissions standards via a retrofit SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) exhaust system.
