Mobility and transportation remain a basic
need for our connected world and economies.
It is very clear now that air pollution and
climate change
will not be accepted as collateral damage
without mitigation
when the demand for mobility and transport
grows again.
AECC member companies are researching, 
developing and manufacturing
high performance catalysts, adsorbers and
filter-based emission control technologies
to clean up the exhaust emissions of internal combustion engines
diesel, petrol, natural gas and hybrids.
AECC is committed to support the ambitious
objectives of the European Green Deal.
Current Euro 6d cars have low pollutant emissions
in a wide range of real-world driving conditions.
As a scientific association, AECC has already
demonstrated ultra-low emissions
from a diesel car in real driving conditions
in the city, on rural roads and on motorways.
Other AECC technical programmes are showing
that the internal combustion engine
is ready for the future and that a new
Euro 7 legislative step
is the way to go to zero impact on the environment.
It’s important that advanced internal combustion
engines as well as other technologies
are adopted to bring emissions down further.
There will be many years before cars with
no tailpipe emissions
and fully green life cycles take the 
dominant share of new vehicle sales.
Sustainable and renewable fuels cut
CO₂ emissions from all vehicles
including new ones and the many existing ones
that will be on the road for years to come.
The contribution of these fuels to the reduction
of greenhouse gas emissions
can be combined with the positive impact
advanced emissions control systems
will continue to make on the environment.
Electrified and electric vehicles can also
help fight climate change,
but only when they run on green energy,
not on grey electricity produced from
fossil sources such as coal.
The next five years will be critical in determining
the future of sustainable mobility.
We want to see a future where fuel neutral
and technology neutral regulations
take account of the predicted large share
of vehicles with internal combustion engines
in the short, medium, and long term.
AECC is committed to achieve the 
European Green Deal’s climate neutral
and zero emission goals by 2050, and hence
we need a regulatory framework
that addresses the need for more 
sustainable and renewable fuels
which are low on carbon.
A new Euro 7 legislative step with a focus
on technological neutral standards
for real-world emissions is the way to achieve
vehicles with zero impact on the environment.
The framework should also address the
 whole life cycle vehicle emissions
to put all available technologies on
a level playing field
Only then will it be possible to achieve the
climate neutral and zero emission goals
as set out in the European Green Deal.
