The Euro 6 emissions standard currently determines how many pollutants a vehicle is allowed to emit into the atmosphere. But the EU commission is already working on the next level of the standard. In October 2022, the organization aims to publish a proposal to develop a Euro 7 emissions standard. However, an intermediate phase of Euro 6e will be introduced before that, as the introduction of Euro 7 is not expected until 2027.
This standard forces emissions from fossil fuel engines to no more than 30 mg NOX per vehicle and 100 to 300 mg CO2 per kilometre. Even the maximum value of 10 mg has been discussed, but such a drastic step has not yet been taken. For many manufacturers, Euro-7 is an almost unattainable goal, and on this occasion there are already opinions that the development will be too expensive and the prices for cars with such engines will be out of place.
Euro 7 may be the last regulation to reduce emissions from combustion engines: from 2035 it is no longer the intention to allow registration of new cars and light commercial vehicles that emit greenhouse gases.
It is clear from the above that “electrification” is unavoidable in Europe, and hybrid powertrains will become practically mandatory from 2026. Well, diesels cannot survive in this situation at all.
But just ten years ago, because of its low CO2 consumers are encouraged to buy diesel cars.
For followers of the good old “classics” with combustion engines, only used cars remain, but no one can guarantee that they will go everywhere, because the traffic rules are also tightened according to the rules.
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