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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.
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday July 07 2017, @10:54PM
> France, the country whose car companies don't really export much (and pretty much nothing outside the EU).
May want to check that again
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_manufacturers_by_motor_vehicle_production [wikipedia.org]
France's two manufacturers rank 10th and 11th (2015). or a combined 6th globally, right in front of ... Nissan, which is controlled by Renault.
The fact that the French can't sell in the US doesn't mean they aren't in major developing markets, outside of the EU.
Obviously, a ban would only affect the much lower local sales.
Now, that whole ban is a pie-in-the-sky thing which could just be realistic enough considering that the EU allows anyone to go buy their car next door if they want a gas one. 23 years is a really long time (who was talking about mainstream electric 23 years ago?), and prohibitively expensive gas and taxes mean that people don't buy more car than they absolutely need (and rent when they need).
Charging stations in dense historic urban centers is pretty much the biggest problem electrics will still have in 20 years, in places with good public transport network...