The National Emission Test Centre (NETC) was officially opened by deputy minister of international trade and industry Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan today. The NETC – located in Sg Choh, Rawang, adjacent to Perodua’s factory – is the first full-fledged emissions testing facility in Malaysia.
Its facilities include real-time measurement of exhaust emission gases for passenger cars in accordance with UN Regulation 83 and 101, and up to Euro 6b and 6c levels. The emissions lab is equipped with an Emissions Chassis Dynamometer within a climatic chamber. The centre also features a soak room, emissions and equipment room and a control room.
The RM50 million investment in NETC was borne by Perodua and the facility is managed by the Malaysian Automotive Institute (MAI). The centre is open to all vehicle manufacturers in ASEAN and Malaysia, which previously had no option to do emissions testing locally.
According to MAI CEO Datuk Madani Sahari, doing a test overseas requires RM30k to RM40k (excluding logistics costs) and it’s at least 40% cheaper at NETC, not to mention faster and easier.
Emissions tests are a requirement for vehicles to comply with Vehicle Type Approval (VTA) and Energy Efficient Vehicle (EEV) certification in Malaysia. NETC, which currently only serves passenger cars, will be expanded to include emissions tests for commercial vehicles and motorcycles in three years time.
At the same event, MAI unveiled a voluntary EEV labelling scheme. The label stuck on EEVs will have a QR code for consumers to know more about the fuel efficiency and emissions of a particular vehicle. The EEV labelling scheme is an awareness platform for consumers, and is in line with Malaysia’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 45% by 2030, as outlined by the UNFCCC under the Paris Agreement.
There were also two memorandum of understanding (MoU) signings at the launch event. One MoU is between MAI and the Department of Environment (DOE). Both parties agreed to develop a pool of experts in environmental conservation, cooperate in capacity building programmes for the automotive industry and stakeholders, as well as the establishment of the NETC. The collaboration will work on pollution source data collection, environmental policies and tech roadmaps for the auto industry.
The other MoU is between MAI and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). It aims to increase government-acedemic cooperation with UKM’s Faculty of Economics and Management, focusing on the fields of economics, accounting, business and trade. The institute will engage and exchange info with UKM on things such as teaching, student development, research innovation and commercialisation within the automotive industry.
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Thanks Perodua. Your concern towards Malaysian air quality from Vehicles is very concern by you.
Whut so big deal Euro 6b and 6c levels. Pfffttt
MAI cannot even sort out the AP problem in Malaysia and now they want to set up this centre.
Even to ask their big boss to honour his promise of 30% car price reduction also they cannot sort
Perodua 100X better than Proton. Just look how caring they are
P2 got power window problem, why dun they gip lifetime warranty like Proton?
Next step: Implement CO2 Emission-based car tax for a fair, transparent, competitive car price just like Thailand car tax system.
Finally car makers with dirty fuel inefficient engines will be forced either change better engine or close shop.
Anyway big thank you to Perodua for making this great initiative step into right direction. Rakyat will always love you! xoxoxo
Mai.miti, What happen mesia auto-industry …? Car tax total 141% collected going where…? Excise Duty 105% Import Tax 30% Sales Tax 6% all mana pigi…?
Back then it was ASEANCAP, and now this. Does these guys ever heard of conflict of interest?
Selangor bus definitely fail lah.. Problem is the enforcement
An emissions test and certification center funded by a carmaker.
I am sure there are no conflict of interests there.
It is quite concerning that such a facility is funded by a car company. Especially one that is linked with a handful of other car companies.
I’m not accusing that there will be manipulation of results, it’s just that they could. Hope it wouldn’t come to that day where a foreign country accuses our manufacturers of falsifying reports in order to sell our cars in their countries.
We coming up with own corruption index after plunging down global index. Malaysia’s 2017 GDP economy grew stronger so no problem.
The best way to reduce emission is to reduce population growth. period.
Thanks perodua. Give us eev engine. Less emission. Campro vvt?
finally….MAI…has a job scope already ^^
Actually Proton have a full fledge emission center with all the above facilities established > 10 years ago. Perodua vehicles had only Euro2 emissions while Proton had Euro 3/4 capability long ago. But this is a step in the right direction now.
another good effort..but as usual, the culprit will be the enforcement part esp. towards those old commercial vehicles..
personally, this is just to justify and market new vehicles and not a serious effort to tackle current emission issues
Dream on. Dont expect any miracle in air quality if our fuel is still euro 2.
Pls come out of cave. Theres Euro4 RON97
True but government is not encouraging us to use it. RON97 is even slapped with gst. The government has encourage us to use RON95 which is not taxed with gst
Just wondering, how can the rear wheel of that white Myvi spinning when it is a FWD car?
Facility ✔ Enforcement ❓❓❓❓❓❓
It’s good to see Perodua investing in higher-level automotive sectors, like emissions regulation seen here. It will surely complement the crash testing sector (MIROS / ASEAN NCAP) and MAI’s R&D centres for vendors.
But don’t think Perodua is doing this ‘out of the goodness of their hearts’. Like every car company, Perodua has their own business agenda, and taking into account Perodua’s current relationship with Daihatsu/Toyota, where Perodua now has access to a modern engine family (NR engine), which is likely Euro V or VI capable… you can see why Perodua cares about emissions all of a sudden.
In a future NAP, emissions regulations will surely be made stricter. Thailand has already moved ahead with emissions-based car tax. Singapore has been doing it for even longer. Malaysia is undoubtedly next. Perodua is simply preparing for the inevitable.
better do a gendut test