UK Government brings forward ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035

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The selling of diesel, petrol and hybrid vehicles will be banned by 2035, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced.

In order for the UK to reach its goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, an original target for the termination of diesel and petrol car sales had been set for 2040.

However, fears this would be too late for the deadline has prompted the Government to bring the target forward by five years – or even earlier, if possible – and include hybrid vehicles within the ban.

The Committee on Climate Change, a Government advisory body, has called for the goal to be set as early as 2030.

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