France to ban petrol and diesel engines by 2040

France has pointed to the end of the century-old dominance of the internal combustion engine by announcing a ban on petrol and diesel powertrains by 2040.

Swept up in a global campaign to reduce carbon emissions and aware that its capital is one of the world’s most polluted centres, the French government this week said there would be no sales of petrol or diesel vehicles after two thousand forty in what it called a “veritable revolution”. …

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