All new cars sold in Ireland will have to be electric from 2035 onwards.
On Tuesday, the European Parliament formally approved the ban which will mean that all new cars sold in the bloc will have to be electric.
The legislation aims to reduce Europe’s carbon footprint and Green MEP Ciarán Cuffe said the move has “been in the pipeline for some time”.“We do this incrementally and banning the sale of high emission vehicles from 2035 is a start,” he told“But clearly, there will still be petrol and diesel vehicles on the road long after we ban the sale of them.”“huge switch” towards electric vehicles
but Kerry TD Michael Healy Rae believes the Government is unlikely to be much help facilitating the switch. “Well, I think that forward planning is what all this is about and, unfortunately, the present Government haven’t exactly shrouded themselves in glory in forward planning,” he said. “We’ve seen themselves the mess they’ve made of, for instance, the energy crisis that we have in Ireland.”
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