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UK to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 - FT

Published 14/11/2020, 11:39
Updated 14/11/2020, 11:40
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A detail of an electric Hyundai car is seen in London

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A detail of an electric Hyundai car is seen in London

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to announce next week a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030, five years earlier than previously planned, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.

Britain had originally planned to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel-powered cars from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and in February Johnson brought this forward to 2035.

Citing unidentified industry and government figures, the FT said Johnson now intended to move the date forward again to 2030 in a speech on environmental policy he is expected to give next week.

The BBC reported a similar plan earlier on Saturday, without giving any sources.

A Downing Street spokeswoman declined to comment on the reports or the content of Johnson's upcoming speech.

The FT said the new timetable was not expected to apply to some hybrid cars which use a mixture of electric and fossil fuel propulsion and could still be sold until 2035.

An end to the sale of new petrol and diesel cars would mark a huge shift in Britain's automotive market.

Industry figures show that petrol and diesel powered cars accounted for 73.6% of new car sales so far this year, while just 5.5% of sales were for pure electric vehicles, which are typically more expensive. Hybrid vehicles of various types made up the remaining sales.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A detail of an electric Hyundai car is seen in London

(This story corrects figures on electric vehicle market share in paragraph 8)

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yes next year he will say 2025
well I wasn't planning on keeping my 34 year old Volvo estate passed this date
Gaurantee this date will have been pushed back by the time we get there.
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exactly. Thats my point. Future administrations will change it.
Why would furure administrations change it? It not like you wouldnt be able to go abroard and buy a petrol powered car after this date. You would be taxed so much that it will only be the wealthy that could afford it. In fact anyone with a car with over a 2 llitre engine is already paying ridiculouse amounts in road tax!
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This should have been the target date from the outset. There is a mass race for improved battery tech, shifting away from Lithium Ion - which will all come out during the '20s and this should leave EVs as the clear economic and performance choice before then, but this will give the remaining car manufacturers the nudge thry need to see the writing on the wall for ICE
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