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A new label on cars showing the model's carbon emissions and its banding under the upcoming Carbon Emissions-Based Vehicle (CEV) scheme is due to be implemented from January 1, 2013.
The label will carry the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) logo and is required to be affixed on cars and light goods vehicles that have been approved from July 1 and are displayed for sale.
This new initiative is aimed at helping car buyers who are planning to buy a car model with better fuel efficiency and lower carbon emissions.
Under the CEV scheme, all new car and imported used cars registered from Jan 1, 2013, with carbon emissions of less than or equal to 160g carbon emissions per kilometre (CO2/km), will qualify for significant rebates of between $5,000 and $20,000 as an offset against the vehicle's Additional Registration Fee (ARF) payable.
Cars with carbon emissions equal to or more than 211g will incur a corresponding registration surcharge between $5,000 and $20,000, while light goods vehicles will remain under the Green Vehicle Rebate scheme and their fuel economy labels will be without the related CEV scheme information.
Brochures on the new labels and the CEV scheme will be available at all car showrooms and LTA's ONE.MOTORING website from July 1. An online database and fuel cost calculator will also be available on the website.
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