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LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to announce this week a ban on the sale of new gasoline 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 gasoline and diesel cars from 2040, as part of efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and in February Johnson advanced this to 2035.
Citing unidentified figures from industry and government, the FT said Johnson now intended to push the date forward again to 2030 in a speech on environmental policy expected this 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 schedule was not expected to apply to some hybrid cars that use a mix of electric and fossil fuel propulsion and could still be sold until 2035.
The end of the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars would mark a big change in the British automotive market.
Industry figures show that gasoline and diesel cars accounted for 90% of new car sales so far this year, while only 1.4% of sales were for pure electric vehicles, which are typically more expensive. Hybrid vehicles of various types made up the remaining sales. – Reuters
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