France Wants To Ban The Sale Of All Petrol And Diesel Cars By 2040
If you buy a new car in France in 23 year’s time, it’s highly likely you won’t have the option of anything with an internal combustion engine. Why? Because the French government announced on Thursday that it’s to ban the sale of all petrol and diesel cars by 2040.
The move is part of the country’s wide ranging plans to help meet targets set out by the Paris climate accord. In addition to the 2040 ban, owners of diesel cars made before 1997 and petrols build before 2001 will soon be offered financial incentives to scrap their cars.
The French government will provide financial support to private companies to help meet its aims, and has also announced its intention to stop using coal-fired power stations by 2022.
The declaration came a day after [Volvo said(https://www.carthrottle.com/post/every-all-new-volvo-will-be-hybrid-or-electric-from-2019/)] that by 2019 all of its new cars will be hybrid or electric, and follows similar calls from Norway and the Netherlands to have new petrol and diesel cars taken off sale by 2025. Last year there were also suggestions from senior German politicians for a 2030 ban in the country.
Our own UK government meanwhile pledged to ban petrol and diesel cars entirely by 2050 in the 2017 Conservative Party election manifesto, with exceptions expected to be made for classic cars.
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This is kinda stupid. Banning gasoline cars is not the way tp promote electric ones. If you ever try and take my car, I will murder you. Thats not a threat, its a promise.
“banning”. They won’t be ban
I think that between terrorism, riots and refugees blocking the roads , they have enough to deal with.
notice that it’s the european countries that want to ban petrol and diesel cars, not america.
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You guys are smarter than most Americans.
#banalldiesels2018
(Previous diesel car owner)
Haha 😂
23 years… that gives me a comfortable amount of time to move to a freer country.
Don’t. You’ll just be annoyed with all the idiot’s in the Racist states of conservitives.
What about farm equipment and semi trucks?
They’re classed as heavy plant machinery so wouldn’t be included, especially when some machinery like tractors can be used for 24 hours straight
France is going to go broke giving money to people with old cars then having to pay to scrap millions of old vehicles
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