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According to the Frontier Economics study, "Regulatory costs of Euro 7 - Findings from an industry survey," commissioned by ACEA, the costs per vehicle are expected to be about 2,000 euros for cars and vans with internal combustion engines, and nearly 12,000 euros for diesel trucks and buses.

In 2022, electric truck registrations (including plug-in hybrids and fuel cell powered trucks) grew by 32.8% with 1,656 units registered (half of which in Germany), thus bringing the market share to 0.6% from 0.5% in 2021.

The latest data released by ACEA highlight quite a strong growth for electric vans in the EU last year. In fact, electrically-chargeable vans showed strong growth in 2022, nearly doubling their market share from 3% in 2021 to 5.3% in 2022.

The EU Commission has just released its official proposal about new truck emissions regulations in the European Union, setting three different steps: 2030, 2035 and 2040, with growing percentage of zero-emission trucks on the road compared to 2019. Here are the very first reactions coming from ACEA,...

“2023 will be a year like no other for setting the future roadmap of the European truck industry,” stated Martin Lundstedt. “For truck makers it is crystal clear, our full focus is on decarbonising road transport – absolutely everything should underpin this effort".

Luca de Meo will take over the presidency from BMW’s CEO, Oliver Zipse, who has held the position for the last two years. The ACEA President is elected for a year-long term, once renewable, from the CEOs of its member companies – the major Europe-based car, van, truck and bus manufacturers.