The Euro 7 regulation is getting closer and closer. After successive delays since the end of 2021, the European Commission is ready to approve the new emissions restrictions, which are expected to be the last before the ban on the sale of internal combustion engines comes, in 2035.
For example, stricter parameters will be set for particulate matter, carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides (NOx) on the latest thermal propellants in Europe. Something that is not expected to come into effect until 2025.
The current rule, Euro 6, came into effect in 2014 and was at the heart of the diesel engine emissions scandal of 2015 – it has since been gradually tightened with revisions.
Before the announcement in Brussels to sell exclusively zero-emission models from 2035, the preliminary parameters of the Euro 7 discussions had been leaked, something the European manufacturers’ association Acea,
had described as “excessively serious” and as ‘the end of combustion engines’.
The last time the decision to adopt the new regulations was postponed, last July, the tentative date was set “from 12 to 26 October”. But even if they are approved this month, it would take three years or more for them to take effect.
European Commissioners have repeatedly acknowledged the delays in the introduction of Euro 7. According to them, this is due to many factors: the complexity of creating standards for cars, motorcycles and commercials simultaneously, the need to recognize the priorities of the different actors and even the Fit For 55 emissions targets, which were not foreseen at the time. Euro 7 was defined.
According to the director of Emissions and Fuels at Acea,
Paul Greening“We are not convinced of the benefits of Euro 7”, as it would only apply to one generation of vehicles, which would go into production from 2026.
With the brands’ electrification plans, it is unlikely by that date that combustion models will be produced without some form of electrical assistance.
“Investing in Euro 7 to get a small return is getting more and more complicated”Greening completed.
In contrast, the team leader of the Commission’s emissions team said that Euro 7 goes far beyond emissions from passenger cars. “They also affect industrial and commercial vehicles, which will not be fully electrified by 2035.”
According to Brussels,
in 2019 there were about 300,000 deaths in the European Union related to air pollution.
Proponents of the restrictions also say the health benefits are worth it, as vehicles covered by the regulations will still be on the road in the 2040s.
Source: La Verdad
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