http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40518293
France is set to ban the sale of any car that uses petrol or diesel fuel by 2040, in what the ecology minister called a "revolution".
Nicolas Hulot announced the planned ban on fossil fuel vehicles as part of a renewed commitment to the Paris climate deal.
He said France planned to become carbon neutral by 2050.
Hybrid cars make up about 3.5% of the French market, with pure electric vehicles accounting for just 1.2%.
It is not yet clear what will happen to existing fossil fuel vehicles still in use in 2040.
(Score: 3, Funny) by takyon on Friday July 07 2017, @07:25PM (2 children)
La révolution sera télégraphiée.
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(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 07 2017, @08:44PM (1 child)
> The revolution will be telegraphed.
At first I thought you had a translation of, "The revolution will not be televised."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGaoXAwl9kw [youtube.com] "The revolution will be live."
(Score: 1) by Acabatag on Saturday July 08 2017, @04:33AM
The revolution will be on vinyl: 33-1/3 revolutions per minute.
And for the impatient, on acetate: 78 revolutions per minute.