Many governments are moving to push hard to reduce sales of diesel and petrol cars, the European Parliament has officially approved a law banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in the EU from 2035
The landmark law will require carmakers to cut down CO2 emissions by 100 percent.
The 100 percent cut in CO2 emissions from new cars sold would make it impossible to sell petrol or diesel-powered cars in the 27-country bloc. The law that comes into effect in phases that will require a 55 percent cut in CO2 emissions for new cars starting 2030, which is a much higher target in comparison to the current 37.5 percent.
Some reports indicate that the costs of running an electric car are actually lower than the costs of running a car with an internal combustion engine.
So, will this goal be achieved by the year 2035? Will the cars be more efficient and at a good price compared to current prices, or is it a policy that may take decades?
We should all hope the trend towards electric vehicles continues and accelerates even faster, because there will be a lot less pollution around when the majority of the world makes the major transition. It seems like an inevitability that will benefit everyone, almost at the level of transferring from horses into motorized vehicles, it is a natural progression. While we should never forget that a lot of dirty and toxic materials can be created during the extraction process to get the necessary metals and minerals, it should theoretically be easier to manage those in the more limited locations, instead of emitting poisonous gases by millions of cars on the roads every single day.