[The Thong]

Originally Posted by Kev0607

It'll be interesting when euro 7 emissions vehicles hit the market. As of 2025, all new petrol and diesel vehicles will be required to emit no more than 60 milligrams of NOx to be compliant and will focus on particulates from brake dust and tyres.

TFL claims there's no plans to change the ULEZ criteria, but we all know plans can change. If they were to change the criteria, they'd have to allow time for people to swap. That could take years, but I don't doubt they'll move the goal posts to match their "green" agenda.

Here's some key points regarding euro 7;

There are some key changes proposed for the new Euro 7 emissions standard to help combat air pollution even further.
• While Euro 6 focuses on tailpipe emissions, the new Euro 7 will also include limits on tyre and brakes emissions to help reduce microplastic waste.
• Under the Euro 7 standards, a broader range of driving conditions will be covered such as hotter temperatures and short driving distances to make it match real-life driving situations.
• The new permissible pollution levels will be subject to all cars and vans, regardless of the fuel type.
• While there are currently different emission standards for cars and vans (Euro 6), and lorries and buses (Euro VI), Euro 7 aims to regulate all vehicles under one emissions standard to make things easier moving forward. This will apply the same limits on all vehicles, regardless of which type they are.
• Under Euro 6, cars and vans must comply with the rules at least for the first five years and until they’ve completed 100,000 km. Euro 7 will double the compliance requirement to 10 years and 200,000 kilometres for cars and vans, and a similar increase for lorries and buses.
• Euro 7 also looks at improving electric vehicles – especially their batteries. There will be requirements for batteries to work effectively for a set period of time to increase consumer confidence in the durability of EVs.
• Euro 7 will also consider new vehicle technologies to make vehicles tamper-proof and to help with measuring emissions easily.

Looks like EV's might be getting some attention (improving batteries).

That’s a big E7 Xmas list. Least it’s not throwing away the EV dream in the pile just yet.

TT