
Tier 3
Mid-term Review
Market Opportunities

Affordable
The best clean tech is priced within reach.
Really. Less than the audio
system in most cars.
Efficient
at every stage to consistently succeed.
Ours does.
Benefits
Compared to the previous standards, the final Tier 3 standards for light-duty vehicles for non-methane organic gases (NMOG) and nitrogen oxides (NOX), presented as NMOG+NOX, represent approximately an 80% reduction from today’s fleet average and a 70% reduction in per-vehicle particulate matter (PM) standards. The heavy-duty tailpipe standardsin the final rule represent about a 60% reduction in both fleet average NMOG+NOX and per-vehicle PM standards.
- Between 770 and 2,000 premature deaths
- 2,200 hospital admissions and asthma-related emergency room visits
- 19,000 asthma exacerbations
- 30,000 upper and lower respiratory symptoms in children
- 1.4 million lost school days, work days and minor-restricted activities