Important question and one likely to come up often as hybrid options increase.
BHPian shikh_oberoi recently shared this with other enthusiasts.
Since the car runs mostly on battery when idling, how is one supposed to get the pollution testing done on hybrids?
Here’s what GTO had to say on the matter:
Chetan_Rao stated: Important question, and one likely to come up often as Hybrid options increase. There are ongoing regulatory reviews in the EU to reconsider how plug-in hybrids are tested for emissions, as well. Source.
Here’s what BHPian sandeepmohan had to say on the matter:
All Toyota Hybrids have something called a Maintenance Mode. You need to enable this to force the engine to run.
Check your vehicle manual for this procedure or ask a service technician how this is done.
Here’s what BHPian umohan98 had to say on the matter:
This is explained well in the Maruti Invicto user manual:
Here’s what BHPian nirmaljusdoit had to say on the matter:
How to do emission test for strong hybrid:
- Start the car and put in P
- Depress the accelerator pedal a few times and keep pressing lightly so the engine doesn’t go off
- Let the emission centre guy finish the reading by putting the sensor in the exhaust pipe
- Switch off and collect the certificate.
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