Overview
- A national decree now postpones the Euro 5 diesel ban until October 2026 and limits its scope to municipalities with more than 100,000 residents.
- Piemonte will not enforce the planned October 2025 prohibition on 307,636 Euro 5 vehicles, including 134,197 registered in the province of Turin.
- A multi-stakeholder task force—comprising regional ministries, Arpa Piemonte, Politecnico di Torino, Università del Piemonte Orientale, the Metropolitan City of Turin and provincial bodies—has been launched to revise the Air Quality Plan.
- Proposed compensatory measures under review include biofuels that could cut emissions by up to 30%, AI-driven traffic management, modular air-filtration cubes, water nebulization systems and photocatalytic urban surfaces.
- The revised strategy aims to reduce nitrogen oxides by 500–700 tonnes and particulate matter by 40–70 tonnes without penalizing households and businesses reliant on older diesel vehicles.