The government have stated that their focus is on Euro V lorries and they also want to make sure that they are retired early as well. Apparently this is misguided, and this is according to the Road Haulage Association. The problem is that the retrofit is not available until at least 2019. Even then it is not confirmed that this will be the release date. The government have also stated that they have been unable to take into account the fact that if they don't have a scrappage, the air quality can't be improved at all.

The RHA have stated that this would cost around £2.25bn and the retrofit for the UK would be by the end of 2020. There has been a phased approach called and this is going to try and ease the clean air zones for lorries. This will ultimately free up more resources and this will shift the focus from the pre-Euro 5 vehicles. If you work in driving jobs or if you work in HGV jobs then you will need to keep up with this. Richard Burnett has stated by the end of 2020 one quarter of the UK's lorry fleet will be the Euro V. That is around 126 HGVs. Of course, only 50% of the fleet will be Euro 6 by the end of 2020 and the use of Euro V and even earlier vehicles will be completely avoidable. This is an incentive to try and help those who operate HGVs to get the support that they need and it is also designed to reward people who choose to move with the times.

If you work in HGV jobs then you may see a lot of changes over the upcoming months and this is especially the case if you look over the next few years.