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Discussions taking place to make 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars voluntary

Published 08 August 2023
By James Fossdyke
The government is looking at relaxing the 2030 target after poll for showed support among Tory voters has more than halved.
Michael Matheson, Holyrood

Holyrood blames typo for petrol ban delay stories

The Scottish government’s planned ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 has not been pushed back to 2032.
Published 12 January 2023
The Duke of Norfolk in the Queen’s funeral procession

Duke of Norfolk gets six-month driving ban

The Duke of Norfolk, the peer responsible for organising the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth, has been handed a six-month driving ban.
Published 28 September 2022
2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars: meeting deadline will be "enormous" task, says industry

Meeting 2030 ban is "enormous" task, says industry

The car industry has reacted to the news that the ban on new petrol and diesel cars will be moved forward by five years to 2030.
Published 18 November 2020
California to ban internal combustion cars from 2035

California to ban new petrol car sales from 2035

Californians will not be able to buy new internal combustion engine (ICE) cars from 2035 after Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order.
Published 24 September 2020
Bristol city aerial view Clifton Suspension Bridge

Bristol council approves plans to ban diesel cars

Bristol is on track to become the first place in the UK to issue a blanket ban on all diesel-powered cars entering its city centre.
Published 07 November 2019
Mackinac Island horse-drawn carriage

Why are cars banned from Mackinac Island?

US vice president Mike Pence brought a cavalcade to Mackinac Island over the weekend — even though cars have been banned there since 1898.
Published 23 September 2019
UK road pavement parking

MPs call for ban on pavement parking

A cross-party group of MPs has called on government to ban drivers from blocking footpaths by parking their cars on the kerb.
Published 17 September 2019
Petrol and diesel should be phased out by 2035 "at the latest", advisers argues

Petrol and diesel 'should be phased out by 2035'

The UK government should outlaw new petrol and diesel car sales well before its current target of 2040, say climate advisers.
Published 03 May 2019
UK Government confirms ban on conventional petrol and diesel cars in 2040

2040 petrol and diesel outlined by Government

The UK Government has confirmed it will ban new conventional petrol and diesel car sales by 2040, as part of its 'Road to Zero' policy.
Published 11 July 2018
UK mayors call for petrol and diesel car ban by 2030

UK mayors call for petrol and diesel ban by 2030

UK mayors will call upon the Government to introduce a ban on petrol and diesel cars by 2030 — a decade earlier than originally planned.
Published 19 June 2018