France moving to all electric cars by 2040

Tony Hall (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Source: Tony Hall (CC BY-ND 2.0)

France has announced an ambitious plan to ban all petrol and diesel cars by 2040. It comes as Sweden's Volvo pledges to go all-electric and become the first major car-maker to phase out production of petrol-only cars from 2019. Analysts say more consumers are demanding low-emissions vehicles but it will not mean the end of combustion engines - for now.



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