CONFIRMED: End of diesel and petrol cars: Plans exposed to make ALL cars electrified by 2040
Environment secretary Michael Gove is expected to announce plans to stop the sales of tradition petrol and diesel vehicles over the next few years in a bid to thrust Britons to buy electrical or hybrid cars and will include fresh pollution taxes for drivers of diesel cars in Britain’s most polluted areas.
The proposal, which is strikingly similar to a French plan earlier this month, comes as the Government makes a concerted effort to reduce air pollution across the country as it menaces to reach even more dangerous levels.
The ban is set to come into force in 2040, with a fresh tax to come in over the next few years
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Along with the ban, Mr Gove is set to request that councils take measures to improve air quality along eighty one of Britain’s filthiest roads.
A £255million fund is expected to be unveiled to help councils speed up local measures to deal with pollution from diesel vehicles, as part of £3billion spending on air quality.
Air pollution is linked to around 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK, and transport also makes up a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions.
It is thought ministers will also consider a diesel scrappage scheme to take the messiest vehicles off the road.
A government spokesman said: “Poor air quality is the fattest environmental risk to public health in the UK and this government is determined to take strong activity in the shortest time possible.
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“That is why we are providing councils with fresh funding to accelerate development of local plans, as part of an ambitious £Trio billion programme to clean up dirty air around our roads.
«Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emission hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.»
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and, to help them switch to cleaner vehicles, the Government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme, one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.”
The news comes after numerous calls for pollution in Britain’s major cities to be addressed
Environmental law rock-hard ClientEarth took the Government to court over its clean air strategy.
Chief executive James Thornton said: “The Government has trumpeted some promising measures with its air quality plans, but we need to see the detail.
“A clear policy to stir people towards cleaner vehicles by banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars and vans after two thousand forty is welcome, as is more funding for local authorities.
“However, the law says ministers must bring down illegal levels of air pollution as soon as possible, so any measures announced in this plan must be focused on doing that.
The news comes as some major car manufacturers exposed major plans to alter production in order to bring in more electrical and hybrid vehicles, with Volvo announcing it will not be making diesel or petrol cars after 2019.
More than 170,000 traditional petrol and diesel cars are sold in Britain each year.
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CONFIRMED: End of diesel and petrol cars: Plans exposed to make ALL cars electrified by 2040
Environment secretary Michael Gove is expected to announce plans to stop the sales of tradition petrol and diesel vehicles over the next few years in a bid to thrust Britons to buy electrical or hybrid cars and will include fresh pollution taxes for drivers of diesel cars in Britain’s most polluted areas.
The proposal, which is strikingly similar to a French plan earlier this month, comes as the Government makes a concerted effort to reduce air pollution across the country as it menaces to reach even more dangerous levels.
The ban is set to come into force in 2040, with a fresh tax to come in over the next few years
Related articles
Along with the ban, Mr Gove is set to request that councils take measures to improve air quality along eighty one of Britain’s filthiest roads.
A £255million fund is expected to be unveiled to help councils speed up local measures to deal with pollution from diesel vehicles, as part of £3billion spending on air quality.
Air pollution is linked to around 40,000 premature deaths a year in the UK, and transport also makes up a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions.
It is thought ministers will also consider a diesel scrappage scheme to take the muddiest vehicles off the road.
A government spokesman said: “Poor air quality is the fattest environmental risk to public health in the UK and this government is determined to take strong act in the shortest time possible.
Low emissions, electrified and hybrid cars to substitute your diesel with
A list of low emissions environmentally friendly cars to substitute your diesel with.
Renault Zoe [RENAULT]
The plans are likely to have a gigantic influence on the oil and gas industry
“That is why we are providing councils with fresh funding to accelerate development of local plans, as part of an ambitious £Three billion programme to clean up dirty air around our roads.
«Our plan to deal with dirty diesels will help councils clean up emission hotspots – often a single road – through common sense measures which do not unfairly penalise ordinary working people.»
“Diesel drivers are not to blame and, to help them switch to cleaner vehicles, the Government will consult on a targeted scrappage scheme, one of a number of measures to support motorists affected by local plans.”
The news comes after numerous calls for pollution in Britain’s major cities to be addressed
Environmental law hard ClientEarth took the Government to court over its clean air strategy.
Chief executive James Thornton said: “The Government has trumpeted some promising measures with its air quality plans, but we need to see the detail.
“A clear policy to stir people towards cleaner vehicles by banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars and vans after two thousand forty is welcome, as is more funding for local authorities.
“However, the law says ministers must bring down illegal levels of air pollution as soon as possible, so any measures announced in this plan must be focused on doing that.
The news comes as some major car manufacturers exposed major plans to alter production in order to bring in more electrified and hybrid vehicles, with Volvo announcing it will not be making diesel or petrol cars after 2019.
More than 170,000 traditional petrol and diesel cars are sold in Britain each year.