The motor industry is confident New Zealand should avoid being hurt by an international shortage of an emissions-reducing additive fluid vital to keeping modern diesel engines going. Supplied A global shortage of emission-reducing diesel exhaust fluid, is causing havoc across the ditch. Supplied The paucity of supply across the Tasman is almost at crisis point, with service stations there reporting panic buying. A plant at Kapuni, near New Plymouth, makes this chemical from natural gas, primarily for it to be used on farms; urea is the most commonly used nitrogen fertiliser in New Zealand. It is also used in some manufacturing processes, including manufacture of AdBlue, Motor Industry Association chief executive David Crawford explains.

Source: Stuff December 22, 2021 01:19 UTC