New cars will be better equipped from 2026… and more expensive
From 2026, new cars will be fitted with additional safety equipment mandated by regulators to reduce road accidents. The measures should lower collisions and casualties and could bring long‑term savings in insurance and healthcare, but they will increase manufacturers’ costs and are likely to push up new‑car prices. Policymakers will need to balance public‑safety benefits against affordability, using tools such as subsidies, tax incentives, phased implementation or targeted support to lessen the impact on lower‑income buyers.
Spain to replace warning triangles with signalling lights in 2026
Devices that will become mandatory in Spain must be activated and positioned as high as possible on vehicles without the driver leaving the vehicle. The aim is to prevent deaths.
