Petrol And Diesel Cars To Be Banned In Five Countries By 2050

While Australia doesn’t exactly lead the world in terms of electric vehicle adoption, five countries are leading the charge (pardon the pun) to a full-scale adoption of electric and alternative fuelled vehicles.

So far Germany, the United Kingdom, the Canadian province of Quebec, Norway and the Netherlands are all looking at moving to zero emissions vehicles within 35 years, with the UK having set an even earlier target of 2040 for the changeover.

Initially the Netherlands and Quebec, along with the US state of California announced a Zero-Emission Vehicle Alliance to speed up the adoption of battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles.

Despite the take-up rate for zero emissions vehicles sitting at just five percent of new vehicles sold in the Netherlands, and a more encouraging 16.6 percent of sales in California, those two jurisdictions lead the world in terms of take up.

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