German parliament supports proposal to ban new combustion-engine cars by 2030SEAN GALLUP/GETTY A year after the Volkswagen diesel scandal became public Germany is beginning to register a sudden, and sharp drop in the registrations of diesel cars. A proposal to stop sales of new combustion-engine cars by 2030 has gained cross-party support in Germany's upper house of parliament. German lawmakers will now urge their counterparts at the European Union in Brussels to push incentives for only zero-emission vehicles to be registered by 2030, German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel reported. The magazine said Germany's Bundesrat - the country's federal council - had made the decision in a meeting. But it comes a year after the diesel scandal became public, at a time when Germany is beginning to register a sudden, and sharp drop in the registrations of diesel cars.

Source: Stuff October 08, 2016 19:41 UTC