Tag: Tyre abrasion

• Keep Euro 7 tyre abrasion and brake limits for heavy-duty vehicles on schedule

  Joint letter signed by ECOS calling for the Automotive Omnibus to keep limits on tyre abrasion and brakes for heavy-duty vehicles on track. To reduce microplastic emissions and protect public health, the Euro 7 framework for heavy-duty vehicles, brake dust and tyre abrasion is crucial. Delaying these measures pre-emptively - when staggered implementation was already built into the standards being developed at UN level - would send the wrong signal and undermine Europe's credibility globally.

• Ambition needed in Euro 7 abrasion test methods

  Nine NGOs, coordinated by ECOS, urge the European Commission to maintain high ambition in the Euro 7 abrasion test methods, due to be decided later this month. Signatories include ECOS, Pew Charitable Trusts, T&E, EEB, Rethink Plastic Alliance, Seas at Risk, Gallifrey Foundation, No Plastic in my Sea, and Ocean. Now!

• Tyre wear – an underestimated source of air pollution that needs to be tackled

  When you hear ‘car pollution’, what is the first thing that comes to mind? People usually think of exhaust emissions – the truth we can’t deny! But there is another major hidden polluter – tyres.