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The intent to ban vehicles powered by fossil fuels is attractive to governments as it offers a simpler compliance target, [9] compared with a carbon tax or phase-out of fossil fuels. [10] A BMW i3 being charged in Amsterdam. Electric cars had a world market share of around 5% in 2021. [11] [12]
The European Union will, in 2035, ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in its member states. Norway, which is not part of the EU, has an ambition for no new petrol or diesel cars to be sold ...
The EU executive, the European Commission, proposed a 55% cut in CO2 emissions from cars by 2030 versus 2021 levels, much higher than the existing target of a 37.5% reduction by then.
The European Parliament and EU member countries have reached a deal to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars and vans by 2035. EU negotiators sealed on Thursday night the first agreement of ...
While crude oil and natural gas are also being phased out in chemical processes (e.g. production of new building blocks for plastics) as the circular economy and biobased economy (e.g. bioplastics) are being developed [16] to reduce plastic pollution, the fossil fuel phase out specifically aims to end the burning of fossil fuels and the consequent production of greenhouse gases.
COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea. South Korea approves the SKYCovione vaccine, their first domestically produced COVID-19 vaccine, for use in people over the age of 18 years. Phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles. The European Council broadly agrees on several measures to combat climate change.
Lawmakers in the European Union voted Tuesday to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars and vans by 2035, effectively requiring all new cars be electric in Europe in 12 years. EU bans sale of ...
Nine EU countries—Italy, France, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and Luxembourg—called for "corona bonds" (a type of eurobond) to help their countries to recover from the epidemic, on 25 March. Their letter stated, "The case for such a common instrument is strong, since we are all facing a symmetric external shock."