Unfeasible situation?
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November 16, 2020 at 2:22 PM
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The Euro 7 emissions standard – if put into practice according to the current concept – will de facto mean the end of combustion engines. That is the opinion of the German trade association VDA (Verband der Automobilindustrie).
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The European Union wants to accelerate the emission of new cars reducing. To this end, work is underway on the new Euro 7 emissions standard. It is still in a conceptual phase and will probably not be introduced until around 2025. However, the German trade association VDA is already sounding the alarm. According to VDA top woman Hildegard Müller, Euro 7, as the plans are now, makes for an unworkable situation. “With the introduction of the planned Euro 7 standard, the European Commission will de facto ban cars with combustion engines from 2025,” she says firmly. Automobile week.
According to Müller, the problem lies in the harmonization of circumstances with this standard. This means that according to the Euro 7 standard, a car must remain below certain limit values under all circumstances. Even at high altitudes, where thin air always demands more from the engine and therefore more emissions. Müller expects the standard to be so strict in itself that such performances become almost impossible. “The committee wants to determine that in the future a vehicle must remain virtually emission-free in any driving situation. Whether with a trailer on a mountain or in slow city traffic. That is technically impossible and everyone knows that.” Hence her fear that the standard will result in brands being forced to close off the combustion engine. Müller is of the opinion that it is still too early for that. Among other things, the rate at which the charging network in Europe is being expanded is not consistent with such an early end of the combustion engine, she says. The German therefore argues for the EU to focus more on the development of new synthetic fuels, but also hydrogen technology.
Although definitive figures are not yet available due to the conceptual phase of Euro 7A, the recent expectations are not bad. CO2 emissions should be reduced by 66 percent (compared to Euro 6D), nitrogen emissions should be halved and particulate matter emissions should even be six times less. That must therefore still be the case under difficult circumstances. At Euro 7B it goes even further; 90 percent less CO2 (compared to Euro 6D), nitrogen emissions six times less and particulate matter emissions ten times less than now. This is evident from reports from Autonieuws.be. As mentioned, the introduction of Euro 7A will be used in 2025. Euro 7B will probably follow a few years later.
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