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China, the world's biggest car market, plans to ban the production and sale of diesel and petrol cars and vans.
The country's vice minister of industry said it had started "relevant research" but that it had not yet decided when the ban would come into force. "Those measures will certainly bring profound changes for our car industry's development," Xin Guobin told Xinhua, China's official news agency China made 28 million cars last year, almost a third of the global total.
Both the UK and France have already announced plans to ban new diesel and petrol vehicles by 2040, as part of efforts to reduce pollution and carbon emissions.
Chinese-owned carmaker Volvo said in July that all its new car models would have an electric motor from 2019.
Previously: France to Ban Petrol and Diesel Vehicles by 2040
France Plans to End Oil and Gas Production by 2040
(Score: 3, Touché) by realDonaldTrump on Monday September 11 2017, @08:11PM
I've said all along, the concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive. And a big, big product we manufacture is gasoline. I want the U.S.A. to be refiner to the world. Including China. Especially China. For China to ship gasoline to us, it's very rare. Hardly any of those shipments. But the U.S.A. ships a lot, a lot of gas. You look at Houston, it's one of our biggest cities. And a lot, a lot of the #jobs are in refining. And pipelines. There's a tremendous number of jobs right now, fixing up all the refineries and the pipelines. Because of Harvey. The petroleum industry gives a terrific "boost" to our economy. It's a huge, huge part of our economy. Our manufacturing. If China cuts back on the gasoline, they won't be importing it from us. Very, very bad for our economy! 🇺🇸