Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040 in an attempt to reduce air pollution, a move that will spell doom for oil producers such as Nigeria.

The measure, 23 years away, could herald the end of over a century of the popular use of the fossil fuel-guzzling internal combustion engine.
Britain’s step, which follows France, amounts to a victory for electric cars that could eventually transform the wealth of major oil producers, car industry employment and one of the icons of 20th-century capitalism: the automobile itself.
The mayors of Paris, Madrid, Mexico City and Athens have said they plan to ban diesel vehicles from city centres by 2025, while the French government also aims to end the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2040.

The British government has been under pressure to take steps to reduce air pollution after losing legal cases brought by campaign groups, and in May set out proposals for a scrappage scheme to get rid of the most polluting vehicles.
“Today we are confirming that that means there should be no new diesel or petrol vehicles by 2040,” environment minister Michael Gove told BBC Radio.

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives had pledged to make “almost every car and van” zero-emission by 2050. The Times newspaper said the supply of hybrid vehicles which have both an electric and petrol or diesel engine would also end.
There is a mountain to climb, however.

Electric cars currently account for less than 5 per cent of new car registrations in Britain, with drivers concerned about the cost and limited availability of charging points and manufacturers worried about making expensive investments before the demand is there.
“We could undermine the UK’s successful automotive sector if we don’t allow enough time for the industry to adjust,” warned Mike Hawes, chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

While many automakers may find it hard to countenance the end of the combustion engine, some have embraced a future where electric vehicles, or perhaps even driverless vehicles, ultimately win the race.

Earlier this month, Volvo became the first major traditional automaker to set a date for phasing out vehicles powered solely by the internal combustion engine by saying all its car models launched after 2019 would be electric or hybrids.
Renault-Nissan in 2009 announced plans to spend 4 billion euros on electric car development.

But until Volkswagen admitted in 2015 to cheating on U.S. diesel emissions tests, most mainstream auto manufacturers had been slow to sink serious investment into battery cars.
The backlash against diesel, without which carmakers would struggle to meet CO2 targets, has since refocused minds and produced a flurry of new commitments.

Volkswagen (VW) itself unveiled ambitious plans last year to roll out 30 new battery-powered models that it expects to account for 2-3 million annual sales by 2025 – or as much as 25 per cent of its vehicle production.
Toyota, which pioneered gasoline-electric hybrids but had long resisted battery-only cars, changed tack last year and has since unveiled plans for a new range of pure-electric models.
In Europe, so called ‘green cars’ benefit from subsidies, tax breaks and other perks, while combustion engines face mounting penalties including driving and parking restrictions.

China, struggling with catastrophic pollution levels in major cities, is pushing plug-in vehicles, though in the United States there is much less appetite so far.

Germany, the home of major carmakers such as VW, Daimler and BMW, should soon start phasing out petrol and diesel too, said Oliver Wittke, a transport expert in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU).
But there is likely to be resistance in Europe’s biggest car market. More than 600,000 jobs could be at risk in Germany from a potential ban on combustion engine cars by 2030, the Ifo economic institute said earlier this month in a study commissioned by

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That should be Era of 6HD.....but our leaders ain't even seeing the future!

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If i am in dis country by 2040
Den know dat my village people hav succeeded


#Eco99#

Well the earlier they begin to see it the better. Because things are not going to remain the same.

Green world

Once Britain starts, other countries will follow suit.
The last recession was 'testing testing'.. The main one will flush Nigeria down the drains if we don't start an effective full scale diversification plan asap.

Fact is that the demand for crude oil products will decline incredibly due to many factors, this is just one.

ecoeco:
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If i am in dis country by 2040
Den know dat my village people hav succeeded

#Eco99#

If i am in dis country (USA) by 2040
Den know dat my village people hav succeeded

Egun Agba, please let me remind you that back when you were vested with full traditional powers as the Baale of San Fernando Valley, the implied understanding was that this esteemed post is a LIFETIME honor that cannot be taken lightly, meaning of course that your presence in Nigeria can only be accommodated in the context of a State Visit, whereby you would disembark from your aircraft onto the Red Carpet, while the honor guard stands at attention, before transferring to the helicopter that will convey you to meet with the head of state for the usual exchange of pleasantries, and formalization of trade deals between Nigeria and the USA.

Openly stating in this forum that you are nursing plans to reside in Nigeria on a full-time basis before the year 2040, amounts to a brazen breach of protocol and a hurtful betrayal of the trust reposed in you by your loyal subjects in the San Fernando Valley, and by your ancestral spirits in Africa, who as you know are monitoring your every utterance and action with keen interest, on their smart-phones.

I hereby respectfully petition that you amend, and re-publish your earlier erroneous suggestion that you may willingly abdicate your rightful lifelong royal calling, to pacify and reassure Nairaland readers that you were in fact only speaking in humorous parables, when you made reference to the notion of willingly abdicating your divinely ordained throne as The Always Mighty, Ever Popular Baale of San Fernando Valley , in prelude to abruptly departing American shores on a semi-permanent basis, before the year 2040.