Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said tighter emissions limits for pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide in the proposed Euro 7 standards are “useless” and counterproductive at a time when the auto industry is struggling to produce affordable electric cars.
The new standards are expected to be put in place in July 2025, a time frame that automakers say does not give them enough lead time to develop and homologate compliant drivetrains.
"It is not helpful, it is costly, it does not bring customers benefits, it does not bring environmental benefit," Tavares said at a media round table on Wednesday ahead of Stellantis' 2022 earnings call. "The ICE [internal combustion engine] emission part is something which just makes no sense."