Renault CEO says Euro 7 regulation distracting business from electrification

MILAN (Reuters) – Renault (EPA:)’s chief govt mentioned on Friday the European Union’s proposed Euro 7 emissions guidelines for autos would distract the auto business from its path to electrification and thanked the Italian authorities for opposing them.

EU nations and lawmakers are due this 12 months to barter proposed new “Euro 7” laws that tightens automobile emission limits for pollution together with nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide and is designed to use to vehicles and vans from July 2025 and to buses and vehicles two years later.

On the similar time, the European Fee has set a 2035 deadline for phasing out manufacturing of fossil gasoline vehicles, though it just lately launched an exemption for these autos working on e-fuels.

“They need to introduce a brand new regulation which might distract us from our mission to rework the business,” Luca De Meo, an Italian nationwide who can be president of European auto foyer group ACEA, mentioned whereas talking remotely at an occasion in Trento, Italy.

“This is able to require us to place some huge cash on issues which haven’t any future, so I want the European Union might assessment its intentions” to approve the Euro 7 regulation in the best way that’s presently proposed.

De Meo mentioned that in its battle towards Euro 7 regulation the ACEA was aligned with the Italian authorities.

“Italy has taken a really clear place on this and we thank it for its help,” he mentioned,

Earlier this month, Italy’s Transport Minister Matteo Salvini mentioned Italy and allies within the EU “have the numbers” to dam the Euro 7 regulation.