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: 2) by Grishnakh on Saturday July 08 2017, @04:54AM (1 child)
I think it's safe to assume that their foreign subsidiaries/partners aren't going to be subject to this French law.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday July 08 2017, @05:01AM
I think is safe to assume that even the plants in France will be allowed to continue producing Diesel cars as long as they are meant for export.
Besides, I don't think we are going to see a tank or any military vehicle in eV style - unless electricity storage will evolve quite a lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford