How EU prepares to send petrol cars to the scrap heap


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A plan to fight climate change involves ensuring emissions from motor vehicles fall by 55% by 2030 and drop to zero by 2035. Photo: AFP

The European Commission wants to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035, under a massive plan to fight climate change unveiled recently.

According to one of a dozen draft laws revealed in Brussels, emissions from motor vehicles must fall by 55% by 2030 and drop to zero by 2035.

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