EU: New regulation for vehicles running exclusively on CO2 neutral fuels

 

The EU Commission has published a draft Commission Regulation that amends Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 in order to allow type approval of vehicles running exclusively on CO2 neutral fuels.

Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 regulates type approval of motor vehicles with regard to their emissions. To that end, it requires new light passenger and commercial vehicles to comply with certain emission limits.

CO2 neutral fuels are renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological which achieve greenhouse gas emissions savings of at least 100%.

Vehicles running exclusively on CO2 neutral fuels when using an internal combustion engine are vehicles designed and constructed in such a way so that they cannot run on any other types of fuels in combustion mode. If the internal combustion engine is fuelled with fuels other than CO2 neutral fuels, such vehicles should be able to detect it and prevent the vehicle from starting until it is fuelled with CO2 neutral fuel. The choice of technological solutions for such fuelling monitors and fuelling inducement systems should be up to the manufacturers.

To allow the type approval of vehicles running exclusively on CO2 neutral fuels, the test procedures, administrative provisions, information documents, type approval certificates and the certificate of conformity need to be adapted, which is the goal of the draft regulation.

Its full text can be found HERE.

To find out more about EU vehicle regulations, please contact the Product Compliance Institute directly.