The government of Ireland is reportedly drafting new laws that will ban new petrol and diesel car registrations in the country by 2030.
Ireland’s Minister for Climate Action, Richard Bruton, is already working on the draft, which is set to be brought for approval early in the new year, according to RTE.
The final bill will be drafted in conjunction with other departments, banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by the end of next decade, as the government aims to have around 1 million electric cars on the country’s roads by 2030.
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The law will be included in the Climate Action Amendment Bill 2019 and will be introduced at the same time with Ireland’s announcement of a major investment in EV infrastructure across the country, which is said to double the number of home chargers available and launch a street charging network on public roads.
Ireland has already said that it aims to reduce emissions and become carbon neutral by 2050, and means of transportation account for 20 percent of the country’s total carbon emissions.
Banning new petrol and diesel vehicles is drastic on its own, but the switch to electric vehicles alone requires some pretty extensive infrastructure changes that will ensure a smooth transition.
More and more countries in Europe are preparing for the inevitable lately, including France and the UK whose goal is to ban new petrol and diesel cars by 2040, Sweden by 2030 and Norway by 2025, as well as individual cities like Amsterdam.
