Sales of fossil fuel vehicles, including hybrids, postponed in UK

In the statement made by the British government, it was reported that the date foreseen for the prohibition of the sale of new diesel, gasoline and hybrid vehicles has been withdrawn from 2040 to 2035 under the plan to combat climate change.

In the statement, it was noteworthy that the government included hybrid vehicles that run both electric and gasoline for the first time.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said at the introductory meeting of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26), scheduled for November 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland, "We take action as a country, as a society, as a planet, as a species. we know it should. " had used the expression.

The British government had previously committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the country to zero percent by 2050.