As you have noticed, the vast majority of car manufacturers are saying goodbye to their thermal cars and focusing on the production of 100% electric models. And they do it not only because it is the car of the future, but because CO emission norms₂ becomes stricter.

And, probably, this is what they fear the most in Europe: indeed, European standards are becoming more and more complex every year, and the last emission standard the current one is about to be replaced by a new one, so-called Euro 7even more restrictive for internal combustion engines.

The Euro-7 standard, planned for 2025, will cause difficult conditions for manufacturers! Let’s see what’s really in store for us in this terrible term… https://t.co/MRqUE94w72

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Euro 7 standard: too restrictive rules

This new Euro 7 standard, which is due to be published in November 2022 and will come into effect for models sold from 2026, will come into effect when cars with internal combustion engines have to be banned in 2035. It will therefore require a large investment for manufacturers who will only have to stick with it for a few years when they already know they will have to go electric in a few years.

Manufacturers are already on the defensive because this new Euro 7 standard will be imposed on them more restrictionsin an industry already under pressure: “I don’t think Europe needs Euro 7, it will divert some of our research and development to something we don’t need as our Chinese competitors are entering the market with unique battery electric vehicle technology”according to Carlos Tavares, boss of the Stellantis group.

Pollution prevention standards are becoming more and more stringent for vehicles that pollute the environment. Here are the car categories that emit the most CO2. And there are no surprises. https://t.co/6XRi1yWu4q

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Euro 7 standard: before relaxing the rules

It would seem that this is what the European legislator decidedrelax Euro-7 rulesif you believe the text of the European Commission, which the American website managed to obtain Politico : this indicates that a final revision of the new Euro 7 rules has been carried out taking into account “current geopolitical and economic circumstances”.

Therefore, the European Commission wanted to ease the pressure on the automotive industry, which could lead to “Problems of affordability for consumers in the general context of high inflation”.

Euro 7 standard: objections to the project

And really victory of the builders cars, therefore, even if environmental associations do not see it in quite the same light: indeed, according to Anna Krainska, a representative of the NGO Transport and environment indicates the draft Euro 7 standard, to which it already corresponds “the real Dieselgate”.

According to this manager Transport and environmentthe absence of strict standards would lead to circulations of 100 million “cars that pollute the environment” additional: “The car industry lobby has been fiercely opposed to Euro-7, using various evil maneuvers to sway the decision-makers. Today, the Commission complied with their demands”– she specified.

Only after two generations, the Audi A1 will disappear from the catalog. The upcoming Euro 7 standards will prevent Audi from developing a new model. https://t.co/epfIS2otDU

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