Is your beloved car a first-class, second-class or third-class one? Yesterday, Pei Chenghu, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, said that in the future, the environmental protection labels of motor vehicles in the city will be divided into three grades according to the exhaust emission standards, which will serve as the main basis for vehicle restrictions in the future.

Since the beginning of this year, when you go to the vehicle inspection center for your car's annual inspection, you may have noticed that the environmental protection label on your car is marked with **, and vehicles with National I, National II, and National III emission standards are respectively affixed with one-star, two-star, and three-star labels. Yesterday, at the Beijing Ecological Environment and Livable City Construction Sub-forum of the Beijing Development Forum of the 2006 China Association for Science and Technology Annual Conference, Pei Chenghu said that in the past, the environmental protection marks of vehicles were only divided into two types: yellow marks (i.e., yellow-label vehicles) and green marks (compliant vehicles). "It was simple to distinguish between vehicles that met emission standards and those that did not. Now, even compliant vehicles are also classified as ** This new environmental protection label management measure is designed to facilitate traffic flow, alleviate environmental pressure and facilitate traffic restriction management.

At present, the traffic control in this city only restricts yellow-label vehicles. However, as the pressure and environmental issues gradually emerge, the vehicle restriction measures in the future may become increasingly strict. In the two months before and after the 2008 Olympic Games, this city will implement a more stringent traffic restriction plan. Who's not allowed on the road? Who is not allowed to enter the Second Ring Road? At that time, the ** in your car may determine your driving range.