New safety regulations introduced last month have made at least 20 technologies standard on all new cars sold in the EU and the UK – and will legislate some out of existence.
The new arsenal of standard safety equipment, brought in under the anonymously titled General Safety Regulations 2 (GSR2), will also add more costs to cheaper cars, most likely increasing their prices.
The changes had been in discussion at the UN and the EU for a decade before the EU finalised its proposals in 2019.
They are being introduced in two main phases. The first went live on 6 July and the second will come in 2024, although some technologies are on a slightly different timetable.
That means all new cars launched after 6 July 2022, regardless of price or engineering suitability, have…
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