Delaying Euro 7 costs €200 million a month and slows the green transition

European automotive suppliers already invested up to €8 billion to develop heavy-duty vehicle technologies that meet Euro 7 standards. The proposed 18-month postponement of the framework would add up to €4.5 billion in strictly avoidable costs across the supply chain, create business uncertainty and weaken industrial commitments already made at a time when CO₂ standards are accelerating electrification. As negotiations continue, CLEPA urges co-legislators to prevent this costly delay and secure Europe's clean technology leadership via the Automotive Omnibus.

Every month of regulatory limbo costs the European supply chain nearly €200 million. This breaks down into €100 million in engineering capacities and workforce, €60 million in lost revenue from next-generation components, and €40 million in pure financial strain, as complex R&D programs cannot simply be "paused."

CLEPA urges Member States in the Council and the European Parliament to prevent this costly delay via the Automotive Omnibus. Delaying the core exhaust emission elements of Euro 7 is not justified from a development perspective. Maintaining the current timeline is the fastest way to free up these vital engineering resources, allowing an orderly and accelerated shift toward electrified, hydrogen, and other advanced clean technologies.

Furthermore, this uncertainty at a time when CO₂ standards are accelerating electrification, directly impacts national markets, threatening local manufacturing jobs, stranding production assets, and delaying the rollout of cleaner vehicles on European roads.

"A significant postponement of the Euro 7 framework risks the regulation becomes largely irrelevant by the time it enters into force. It pulls the handbrake on innovation," says Benjamin Krieger, Secretary General of CLEPA. "We've already put the money on the table to deliver cleaner trucks and buses. Stalling now just burns resources and forces our top engineers to stop building the electric, climate-neutral vehicles of the future. We need Member States and the Parliament to keep the process moving forward."