This isn’t all about paris.
How this worked is that your car had a number from 5 to 0 (5 bring the most polluting) assigned to it depending on its type of motor (diesel or essence) and it’s date of manufacturing.
What this meant was that your old Peugeot 205, which consume next to nothing as it is really light was forbidden, but a big Mercedes suv measured in liters/km was allowed without issues.
To be honest, the ZFE were a good idea, just poorly executed. The criteria should have been determined at the bi-annual checkup of your car (controle technique), but that would have angered the big manufacturer that wouldn’t be able to sell their massive suv anymore.
What this meant was that your old Peugeot 205, which consume next to nothing as it is really light was forbidden, but a big Mercedes suv measured in liters/km was allowed without issues.
It’s really unintuitive, but small older cars are consuming more gasoline than newer, bigger cars. My old Opel Corsa D uses more liters per kilometer than my parents big SUV and has worse emissions. There have been real improvements in fuel economy and exhaust cleaning in the last 30-40 years. The issue with those big SUVs is that they could be even more efficient if there were smaller and lighter. A modern engine in a small car like the Peugeot 205 would really be something.
This isn’t all about paris. How this worked is that your car had a number from 5 to 0 (5 bring the most polluting) assigned to it depending on its type of motor (diesel or essence) and it’s date of manufacturing.
What this meant was that your old Peugeot 205, which consume next to nothing as it is really light was forbidden, but a big Mercedes suv measured in liters/km was allowed without issues.
To be honest, the ZFE were a good idea, just poorly executed. The criteria should have been determined at the bi-annual checkup of your car (controle technique), but that would have angered the big manufacturer that wouldn’t be able to sell their massive suv anymore.
It’s really unintuitive, but small older cars are consuming more gasoline than newer, bigger cars. My old Opel Corsa D uses more liters per kilometer than my parents big SUV and has worse emissions. There have been real improvements in fuel economy and exhaust cleaning in the last 30-40 years. The issue with those big SUVs is that they could be even more efficient if there were smaller and lighter. A modern engine in a small car like the Peugeot 205 would really be something.