The European Union continues to work towards a more sustainable future: here are the new regulations for Euro 7. The impact of mobility on pollution is significant, and the new EU measures aim to counteract the effects of climate change.
The climate change it is an irrefutable reality that is profoundly changing our planet. The rising global temperatures, the result of the increase in greenhouse gases, are altering weather patterns and destabilizing natural balances. This phenomenon entails serious risks not only for humanity but for all life forms on Earth.
There is to mitigate the situation need a change that actively involves both citizens and institutions. It’s certainly not something simple, but in a small way we need to learn to adopt habits that can help improve the impact of our activities on nature.
The European Union has set itself the ambitious goal of drastically reducing and, ultimately, eliminate CO2 emissions and other pollutants in the near future. This initiative kicks off with a stringent regulation of the automotive sector, which represents one of the main contributors to air pollution.
By adopting measures dedicated to this purpose, the EU aims to achieve a fair transition towards a green economy. In the past few hours, the EU has launched the new regulation Euro 7 which will affect the near future of European mobility.
The Euro 7 regulation
Compared to previous regulations, it should first of all be underlined that many aspects that had previously been left out are now taken into consideration. For example, reference is made to particulate matter PN10that is, solid particles with a minimum diameter of 10 nanometers, and therefore smaller more dangerous than the 23 nm ones taken into consideration in Euro 6.
Great relief is also provided to N2Oor nitrous oxide, which contributes like carbon dioxide CO2 to the global warming impact on much longer time horizons. Limitations also on microplastics released from tires and brakes of cars.
Even more stringent rules
For the electric vehicles this threshold cannot exceed 3 mg/km, while those a internal combustion will have to comply with the limit of 7 mg/km. As for the adoption of electric vehicles, new ones have been established battery durability criteria. In fact, as far as cars are concerned, these will have to meet very specific efficiency levels.
After 5 yearsor after 100,000 km, the accumulators will have to present a capacity of at least 80%, a level that drops to 72% after 8 years or 160,000 km. As regards the timing of adoption, there is talk of entry into force within a month, with the effects becoming real after approximately 30 months.
