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The UK will ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars within 10 years.


 

British media reported that Prime Minister Boris will announce next week that the UK will ban the sale of gasoline (motorcycle) and diesel vehicles within 10 years. The Financial Times reported on the 14th, citing government and automotive industry sources, that Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to announce next week a ban on the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles across the UK from 2030.

 

Previously, the UK originally planned to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles from 2040 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Johnson brought this deadline forward to 2035 in February this year. But it has been revealed that Johnson now plans to bring the deadline forward again by 5 years, to 2030. However, hybrid vehicles will still be banned from 2035 as originally planned.

Currently, the automotive industry has been lobbying the UK government, hoping that the ban on hybrid vehicles can be later than that of fuel vehicles. They believe that hybrids are an acceptable transition product for consumers. Regarding the automakers' views on this policy, Honda UK said that completely phasing out fuel vehicles within 15 years is too crazy, and they believe that certain technical and resource barriers cannot be overcome in the short term.