EURO 7 – what’s new.

Euro 7 the new pollutant emission standard

Although considerable advances in EU air quality have been made in recent 50 years, pollutant emissions still impact the quality of the air we all breathe, especially in urban areas. Currently, the Euro 6 emissions standard, or more precisely Euro 6d-ISC-FCM, regulates how many pollutants a vehicle may emit.The EU wants to address the issue of exhaust emissions comprehensively for the last time – that much is certain. It is to become the final emissions standard for internal combustion engines before electric cars gradually take over. The Commission has formulated ambitious goals, virtually guard rails for the legislative process: Euro 7 is intended to make cars as clean as possible over their entire lifetime and in all operating states – a challange?!

The key points of the proposal on the emissions standard are the following regulations:
– For the first time, the Euro 7 emissions standard sets equal limits for diesel and gasoline engines. The limit value for nitrogen oxides is 60 mg/km. For trucks and buses, the limits are to be reduced more sharply.
– New: One innovation is that there is a limit value for brake abrasion, which is why electric vehicles are also affected by the regulation.  In addition, a minimum service life for the traction battery of electric cars is required.

Entry into force of the new standard: probably 2025 (up to 2027 possible, based on brussels bureaucracy).
However, the exhaust emission standards are...