A customer drives away in a Mercedes-Benz after refuelling at an independent petrol station near Ely in Cambridgeshire, Britain, Oct 20, 2016. (Reuters file photo)LONDON -- The UK will ban sales of diesel and petrol cars by 2040 to combat air pollution, becoming the latest European country to embrace that the future in transportation will be electric vehicles. Car manufacturers are already adapting to the new reality. In what critics are already flagging as a concern, it will be up to local authorities to impose tough levies on the most polluting diesel vehicles as soon as 2020. The plan is to urge local jurisdictions to reduce emissions first, by fitting diesel vehicles with filters, changing road layouts and removing speed humps.

Source: Bangkok Post July 26, 2017 11:03 UTC