The Parliament and Council of the European Union (EU) reached a provisional agreement on new rules to reduce road transport emissions. The “Regulation for the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles” (known as Euro 7) aims to support the transition towards clean mobility and keep the prices of private and commercial vehicles affordable for citizens and businesses.

Among the main updates, the Euro 7 proposal addresses non-exhaust emissions (microplastics from tires and particles from brakes) and includes requirements regarding battery durability.

The regulation includes stricter limits for exhaust emissions from buses and trucks, while maintaining Euro 6 test conditions and exhaust emissions limits for vans and passenger vehicles. Sets brake particle emissions limits for cars and vans (3mg/km for pure electric vehicles; 7mg/km for most internal combustion engine). It also introduces minimum performance requirements for battery durability in electric and hybrid cars (80% up to five years or 100,000 kilometers) and vans (75% up to five years or 100,000 kilometers).

The text foresees an Environmental Vehicle Passport, which will be available for each vehicle and will contain information on its environmental performance at the time of registration, such as pollutant emission limits, CO2 emissions, fuel and electric energy consumption, electric range, battery durability.