Britain to ban sale of all diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040

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Britain is to ban all new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 amid fears that rising levels of nitrogen oxide pose a major risk to public health.

The commitment, which follows a similar pledge in France, is part of the government’s much-anticipated clean air plan, which has been at the heart of a protracted high court legal battle.

The government warned that the move, which will also take in hybrid vehicles, was needed because of the unnecessary and avoidable impact that poor air quality was having on people’s health. Ministers believe it poses the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK, costing up to £2.7bn in lost productivity in one recent year.



Ministers have been urged to introduce charges for vehicles to enter a series of “clean air zones” (CAZ). However, the government only wants taxes to be considered as a last resort, fearing a backlash against any move that punishes motorists.


https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/25/britain-to-ban-sale-of-all-diesel-and-petrol-cars-and-vans-from-2040

[Not Ruth]

1. India is doing it by 2030

"In March, India’s Power Minister Piyush Goyal confirmed his government was planning for India to become a 100 percent electric vehicle nation within 14 years."

Norway and The Netherlands by 2025.

I would like to see internal combustion banned in the US by 2030.

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2. +1 And it passed under the Tories, no less! Another indication of how radical the theGOP

has become.

[Not Ruth]

3. I wonder if it could be done on the state level

If California could ban internal combustion within their borders, that would have a greater effect than many countries doing it. And if you could not drive that type of vehicle there, it would motivate the rest of the country to go along.

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4. Yes, I think that's how it will be accomplished.

[Not Ruth]

5. California vehicle emissions standards have become the standard for most of the US