4 million cars without an environmental label will not be able to drive in low-emission zones in 2023

10.29.2022 – 13:11 Updated 10.29.2022 – 13:11

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in 152 Spanish cities required to have a low emission zone (ZBE) in 2023 there are more than 11.5 million cars. It’s their, almost 4 million cars Their circulation will be compromised by the lack of a label, according to data from Sumauto, a specialist in vertical automotive portals such as Autocasión, AutoScout24, Unoauto and RentingCoches.

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This means that 32% of the mobile fleet in these cities will become ‘immobile’ as they are more than two decades old or do not meet DGT requirements to carry an environmental badge, leaving owners at the expense of knowing what they can do with them, considering of the fact that they were placed Expiration date to circulate.

Residents can park in the green area

From now on, a scenario of stationary cars opens up which, as long as there are no plans to encourage scrapping, they will remain parked taking up space in the citysince, although they do not have environmental labels, Yes, they can continue to obtain a residence card to park in the green area.as happens in restricted traffic areas in Madrid.

Another option is that their owners decide to put them up for sale, being attractive to rural areas or small towns; or open a market abroad for export.

According to Ignacio Gª Rojí, spokesman for Sumauto, “we are moving towards a discriminatory two-energy mobility in which circulation is restricted to a part of the population with fewer resources and the ability to adapt to the new mechanical paradigms imposed by law. On the one hand, large cities with electrified vehicles to be able to move without problems and on the other, small towns and rural areas with polluting and unsafe vehicles that are more than 20 years old, but with the advantage of not having traffic restrictions ”.

This regulation, which will come into force next year with the aim of complying with the law on climate change, will affect more than 25 million people, or half of the inhabitants of our country, 53% according to the INE.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the hardest hit city in Spain

The Canary Islands have the highest percentage of unregistered cars in our country. Furthermore, the top four positions are Canary cities: Santa Cruz de Tenerife (44.1%), Arrecife (43.7%), San Cristóbal de La Laguna (43.4%) and Arona (41.7%). Ourense (Galicia) follows with 41.7% and Ponferrada and León with a share capital of 39.6%.

Meanwhile, Alcobendas (9.9%), Boadilla del Monte (11.6%) and Rivas Vaciamadrid (18.3%), located in the Community of Madrid, are the cities least affected by the ZBE restrictions. Outside the capital there are San Fernando (20.5%) or El Puerto de Santa María (23.2%), municipalities of Cádiz.

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