Euro 7

Regulation (EU) 2024/1257 (Euro 7) is the first EU emissions standard to regulate vehicles that have no tailpipe. It covers brake and tyre particle emissions for all powertrains and sets binding battery durability minimums for EVs and plug-in hybrids.

What it requires

• Brake particulate (PM10) limits for cars and vans regardless of powertrain: 3 mg/km for pure electric vehicles, 7 mg/km for most combustion, hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles, and 11 mg/km for large combustion vans.
• Tyre abrasion limits, introduced in principle with numeric values to be set later via UNECE-aligned delegated acts.
• EV and PHEV battery durability minimums (Annex II): for cars (M1), retain at least 80% of initial capacity to 5 years or 100,000 km and at least 72% to 8 years or 160,000 km; vans (N1) face lower thresholds of 75% and 67%.

Timeline and compliance

• Cars and vans: new type-approvals from 29 November 2026, all new registrations from 29 November 2027.
• Buses, trucks and trailers: type-approvals from 29 May 2028, registrations from 29 May 2029.
• Compliance runs through EU type-approval: a vehicle cannot be placed on the market without certification that it meets the Euro 7 limits and durability requirements.

Why it matters for the EV market

By targeting brake and tyre particles, Euro 7 ends the assumption that EVs are emissions-free in regulatory terms, and the battery-durability floor creates a measurable warranty-grade benchmark. It supports hiring in brake and tyre materials engineering, battery state-of-health testing and type-approval certification. Source: EUR-Lex summary.