The present report is a non-exhaustive review on automotive emissions regulations, technology and alternative fuels with special focus on Nordic conditions. The aim is to describe the current status and the possible near future as Euro 5 has recently gone into force and the work with Euro 6 is being finalized. The Swedish passenger car fleet is briefly described in the introducing section followed by a discussion on how low temperature affect car operation and emissions. Next a section is dedicated to emission reduction technology with a large focus on the recent development in diesel selective catalytic reduction. This is followed by a section on evaporative emissions; regulations, technology and test results. The section treating alternative fuels is largely dominated by an extensive review on what challenges ethanol E85 use pose on the emission regulatory system and vice versa and a subsection covering the potential result of an increase from 5% to 10% ethanol in commercial gasoline. The report is completed with a section on the future world harmonized light vehicle test procedure; current status and future work.