Author : Jens Hornbostel Author's e-mail address : jens.hornbostel@mathematik.uni-regensburg.de Author's mailing address: Universitaet Regensburg, NWF I - Mathematik, D- 93047 Regensburg, Germany Abstract: We construct a motivic version of the chromatic filtration and the chromatic spectral sequence. This should be used to study the stable ${\bf A}^1$-homotopy groups of the motivic sphere spectrum. We also study different localization techniques both for classical and motivic spectra. This is an improved version of a preprint posted in June 2003.