Will the European Council support the Commission’s and Parliament’s commitment to enforce more stringent standards for refueling and evaporative emissions as part of Euro 7 ?
The EU Parliament has cast its vote on Euro 7, siding with the Commission on the stringency level but with some delays. This completes the trilogy, but the final season is yet to air.
Here’s a look at the recent proposal by the EU Council on Euro 7 standards for passenger cars and heavy-duty vehicles.
Here’s the first look at the CAFE standards proposed by NHTSA for model year 2027 through 2032 cars and light trucks. More to come.
On April 12th 2023, the U.S. EPA published a proposal to further reduce greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions from light- and medium-duty vehicles beyond model year 2027. Here is a summary of this “multi-pollutant” regulatory proposal.
The EU Commission has proposed Euro 7 / VII emission standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles. Here is a quick tabular summary.
Around 40% of the US now follows California’s tougher-than-federal criteria pollutant standards. Here’s a summary of the latest, including followers of the Advanced Clean Cars rule.
Here’s a summary of possible changes to emission standards for passenger cars being considered as part of Euro 7.
The US EPA has revised the fuel economy standards for model years 2023 – 2026. On average, this will require fleet averaged annual reductions of CO2 or fuel consumption by 7%. Overall, the model year 2026 CO2 emissions will be further reduced by 23% compared to the previous Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) rule.
California Clean Cars 2.0 : Emission standards beyond 2025 Based on workshops held by California’s Air Resource Board (CARB) Background California has the world’s toughest gas emissions standards for light-duty vehicles. The standards phase-in to 30 mg/mi of combined non-methane organic gases (NMOG) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) by 2025. CARB is now considering tightening these and other standards even more beyond 2025, while also promoting reduced fuel consumption and electrification of the fleet. A few key takeaways follow. Non-ZEV SULEV 30 fleet and pathway to 100% EV sales by 2035 California’s Air Resource Board (CARB) is aiming for further NOx and particulate reductions from the light-duty fleet. Here’s a summary of the proposed approach, based on a workshop held on May 6th, 2021. Fleet Electrification CARB Electric Vehicle Sales Targets Goal is to achieve 100% plug-in electric sales by 2035. Move from credit driven to sales driven approach: one ZEV credit per ZEV, with 5-year credit life. PHEVs must have > 50mi all-electric range, must be able to complete US06 on all electric mode, and meet SULEV30 & zero evaporative emission standards. 20% cap on PHEVs allowed to fulfill OEM obligation to ZEV requirements. As input to cost modeling, it
