Paris to ban all gas-powered cars by 2030

October 12, 2017 Associated Press, cbc.ca The noise of car engines revving around the streets of Paris might become just a memory. In its latest initiative to reduce air pollution, Paris City Hall wants gasoline-powered cars off the roads by 2030. The controversial move announced Thursday follows Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s plan to ban all diesel cars from the city by…

UK to follow France in banning petrol and diesel cars by 2040 – going all electric

Fred Lambert, Electrek.co July 25, 2017   After France announced earlier this month that it plans on banning new petrol and diesel cars by 2040, now the British government is about to announce similar measures this week. The move is in reaction to increasingly poorer air quality in the country and especially in urban regions – like London. A government spokesman…