Gasoline, diesel and hybrid cars will be relics by 2035 if U.K. lawmakers get their way.
5 min readPrime Minister Boris Johnson, speaking at a launch event for a United Nations climate summit, said new sales of these vehicles will end over the next 15 years.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte shakes hands during an event to launch the United Nations' Climate Change conference, COP26, in central London on Feb. 4, 2020.The U.K.'s Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said in a statement that the government's nearly $2 billion strategy to convince consumers that owning an electric vehicle was easy"is working," adding that in 2019"a fully electric car was sold every 15 minutes.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson sits with British broadcaster and conservationist David Attenborough, during an event to launch the United Nations' Climate Change conference, COP26, in central London on Feb. 4, 2020.Johnson's office said in a statement that the government will"continue to work with all sectors of industry to accelerate the rollout of zero emission vehicles.
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