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Vehicle Emissions Testing
AirCare, Drive Clean, and the Potential
of Inspection and Maintenance
Programs in Canada
by Paul Coninx
Contents
About the author
Executive summary
Background
AirCare: British Columbia's I/M fiasco
Promoting I/M and the lack of critical assessment
Ontario's Drive Clean
The future of I/M programs
Alternatives to I/M programs
Appendix 1: Types of I/M programs and tests
Appendix 2: Engine balance
Appendix 3: The myth of the ``tune-up''
Appendix 4: Formation of ozone
Appendix 5: I/M assumptions and reality
Notes
References
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