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This text is divided into two parts; the first part gives a short recapitulation of the development status of the electrochemical reactor for soot removal, while the second part gives a description of activities on electrochemical NOx reduction. The Electrochemical Reactor for filtration and continuous combustion of soot from diesel exhaust gas has been described earlier [1, 2]. The reactor size has been increased by stacking flat plate reactors, and full size test has been performed on a diesel engine in a test bench. The soot removal efficiency is better than 90%, but the efficiency for gas oxidation (conversion of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbons (CH)) is still low, of the order of 50%. The packing and mounting of the reactor is under development to avoid mechanical breakage by engine vibrations. This has improved the durability significantly, and on road vehicle test is under initiation.