“Get rid of internal combustion engine:” EU to ban new petrol car sales by 2035
EU proposes zero emissions target for passenger cars and vans by 2035, effetively banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by then.
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Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded the Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid web sites. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years, is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review, and owns a Tesla Model 3.
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