Banning Fossil Fuel Vehicles----EV Age Comes

NON-U.S. COUNTRIES/PROVINCES: GASOLINE PHASEOUT ADVANCES

1. Austria seeks to to phase out registrations of new gas vehicles by 2027.   

2. British Columbia: legislation passed to ban sales of new gasoline cars by 2040

3.  Denmark: plans to ban gasoline vehicles by 2030, and hybrids by 2035; has called on the European Union to expressly permit member states to enact 2030 bans.

4.  Egypt: working on plan to have only electric vehicles by 2040

5.  France: plans to ban sales of gasoline vehicles by 2040

6.  Germany: Bundesrat (upper house of legislature) passed resolution to only approve emission-free cars for use on the roads by 2030.

7.  Iceland: plans to ban registration of new fossil fuel vehicles starting 2030; Reykjavik is eliminating half its gas stations by 2025.

8.  India: set a target of 100% electric vehicles by 2030, and is considering a ban on gas-powered 2- and 3-wheeled vehicles by 2025.

9.  Ireland: legislation proposed to only allow sales of zero emissions vehicles starting 2030

10.  Israel: plans to ban sales of new gasoline vehicles after 2030

11. Japan plans to ban sales of new gasoline vehicles by 2035.

12. Korea: contemplating banning sales of new gas vehicles by 2035

13.  Netherlands: all new cars must be emissions-free by 2030; Amsterdam is banning all gasoline/diesel vehicles from its streets by 2030

14.  Norway: plans to ban sales of gasoline vehicles by 2025 (currently 60% of new car sales are electric)

15.  Portugal: plans to stop selling new gasoline vehicles by 2040

16. Quebec: phasing out sales of new gas cars by 2035

17.  Slovenia: plans to ban sales of new fossil fuel vehicles by 2030

18.  Spain: plans to ban the sale of vehicles running on fossil fuels by 2040

19.  Sri Lanka: plans to ban all fossil fuel vehicles from the roads by 2040.

20.  Sweden: plans to ban sales of gasoline cars after 2030

21.  Taiwan: plans to ban sales of new non-electric vehicles by 2040

22. Thailand: plans to phase out sales of new gas cars by 2035

23.  UK: plans to ban sales of purely gasoline or diesel vehicles by 2030; Scotland: plans to phase out sales of new gasoline vehicles by 2032.

Non-US Cities

Amsterdam: no internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles will be allowed in city center after 2030.

Brussels: planning to largely ban gasoline powered vehicles from operating in the city by 2035.

Bristol: may be the first city to ban diesel vehicles from entering the city center.

Hong Kong: plans to phase out all gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2030 or 2040.