The new Euro 7 legislation continues to spark controversy in Italy. Recently, Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, returned to the topic, re-emphasizing how counterproductive this law is for the automotive sector, given that work to adapt internal combustion engines would take resources away from electrification investments. So for Stellantis number one, the new legislation will increase costs for car manufacturers and bring no benefit to customers or the environment.
The question of Euro 7 has now intervened also ANFIA (National Association of the Automotive Industry), which completely reject new legislation defines it as onerous for the entire automotive sector.
The Euro 7 proposal, in particular with regard to the timing of application, changes in the test methodology for heavy vehicles and in relation to the proposed emission limits for certain pollutants, seems inappropriate and clearly burdensome for a sector to which Europe has already made important efforts to achieve common goals trade union.
After a technical evaluation, ANFIA then judges incomplete and approximate new Euro 7 legislation
After an in-depth technical analysis, the general opinion of the Italian supply chain on the regulation proposal can only be extremely critical, given the fact that the proposal looks clearly incomplete and approximate.
Also for association timings implementations proposed by the European Union are highly unlikely.
First of all, the proposed implementation timeline (2025 for passenger cars and 2027 for heavy duty vehicles) seems quite unlikely given that test methodologies have not yet been determined and given the time required to complete the legislative decision process.
To justify its highly critical stance towards Euro 7, ANFIA also published an extensive “position paperin which he explains his position in detail, as well as illustrating a number of improvement proposals that he intends to present to the institutions.
ANFIA also criticizes impact analysis Euro-7, made by the European Commission, are defined as unbalanced and hardly acceptable. In particular, the association is pointing the finger at the increase in value. An estimate of 3% more is unlikely, as the huge investment required by manufacturers will certainly be higher than indicated and will obviously also have a different effect on the affordability of mobility for consumers.
The Association reiterates the need to adopt an approach based on “technological neutrality“and more focus on hydrogen and low carbon fuels (LCF), fuels from renewable sources. In any case, ANFIA believes that legislation needs to be overhauled.
We believe that the proposed proposal is unacceptable in its structure, as it is extremely strict and, given the context, on the verge of being feasible, and that it should be carefully reviewed in the process of joint decision-making between institutions.
Source: HD Motori
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