Euro 7 will increase vehicle production costs by up to 10 times, according to ACEA

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2023-05-23 13:52:11

The Euro 7 emission reduction regulation is not the correct way to achieve the environmental objective by the European Union, since it would have “an extremely low environmental impact at an extremely high cost.” This was stated by Sigrid de Vries, general director of the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA).

From this organization they affirm that the direct costs of manufacturing with the Euro 7 regulation, which restricts the standards of polluting emissions for cars, vans and heavy trucks, would be 4 to 10 times higher than those cited by the European Commission (EC). in their estimates, according to a study commissioned by ACEA to Frontier Economics.

The study calculates that the costs for a car or a van with an internal combustion engine would be 2,000 euros, while in the case of diesel trucks and buses it would amount to around 12,000 euros.

In this sense, the figures estimated by the commission are 180 euros for gasoline cars and vans, 10 times less than the 1,862 in the study for this type of combustion, and 446 euros for diesel, five times less than the 2,629. euros estimated by the study. For its part, the EC estimates the costs of diesel trucks and buses at 2,765 euros, four times less than the 11,707 euros in the report.

Even so, ACEA ensures that the estimates of the study only take into account the direct manufacturing costs, so it is “probable” that the prices are even higher than the figures of the study, since they do not take into account additional costs that further raise the price for end-users, such as increased fuel consumption that could increase costs by 3.5%.

ACEA defends the current Euro 6 regulations, which it considers to have “more complete and strict standards” for pollutant emissions (such as nitrogen oxide (NOx) and particulate matter), while considering that exhaust emissions are at “barely measurable” levels thanks to the technology incorporated in the latest generation vehicles.

“The European automotive industry is committed to further reducing emissions for the benefit of the climate and health,” said ACEA Director General Sigrid de Vries. “However, the Euro 7 proposal is not the right way to do it, as it would have an extremely low environmental impact at a very high cost,” she completed.

“Further environmental and health benefits will be achieved by transitioning to electrification, while replacing older vehicles on EU roads with highly efficient Euro 6 models,” added de Vries.

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