Britain to ban gasoline and diesel car sales by 2040
Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2040 in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of popular use of the fossil fuel-guzzling internal combustion engine.
Britain's step, which follows France, amounts to a victory for electric cars that could eventually transform the wealth of major oil producers, car industry employment, and one of the icons of 20th Century capitalism – the automobile itself.
The mayors of Paris, Madrid, Mexico City, and Athens have said they plan to ban diesel vehicles from city centers by 2025, while the French government also aims to end the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2040.
A record 2.69 million motor vehicles were sold in the U.K. in 2016, of which 80,000 were hybrids and 10,000 were fully electric.
At: https://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2017/0726/Britain-to-ban-gasoline-and-diesel-car-sales-by-2040
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