Ban of sale of new petrol & diesel cars now back to 2035

[Carloss Fandango]

Richie Rich just announced that the date for stopping the sale of new petrol and diesel cars is now 2035 instead of 2030. He also said secondhand petrol and diesel cars will be allowed to be sold after 2035.

IIRC, it was originally 2035 until a former PM moved it to 2030. I don't recall which PM it was - we've had so many in the last few years, I've lost track who did what, tbh.

Personally, I will delay moving from petrol to electric as long as possible. I'm a bit of a dinosaur who prefers to drive on dino-juice.

[Carloss Fandango]

oldagepensioner said:

It was the blond buffoon but i don; t think banning the sale of secondhand combustion engined cars was ever on the cards.I think he just hoped they would fade away quickly.

No, I didn't believe the ban on selling new petrol/diesel cars was ever proposed to also apply to used cars. Presumably, Rishi included this in his announcement for the avoidance of doubt.

Meanwhile, Labour have promised to stick to 2030. So if they get in at the next election, we could see it reverting to 2030. Car manufacturers are getting irate and I don't blame them.