By Paul Homewood
From the Telegraph:
Diesel drivers on congested roads in towns and cities across the UK face new pollution taxes under Government plans which will ultimately herald the end of the traditional car.
Ministers have identified 81 major roads in 17 towns and cities where urgent action is required because they are in breach of EU emissions standards, putting people’s health at risk.
The Government will also commit to banning the sale of all new diesel and petrol cars by 2040 in a bid to encourage people to switch to electric and hybrid vehicles.
But the Times reports that hybrids will also be banned:
Sales of new diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from 2040, the government is to announce today.
The supply of new hybrid vehicles that have an electric motor and a petrol or diesel engine will also end in a move that comes after a similar pledge this month by President Macron of France. Less than 1 per cent of new cars sold in Britain run solely on electric power.
Watch this space!
Given the same pledge just made by Macron, one wonders whether this is all an EU inspired agenda.
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