General Motors flags end to petrol, diesel cars in bid for carbon-neutrality

US automotive giant General Motors plans to stop producing petrol and diesel-powered cars by 2035 and will make 40 per cent of its model range electric within four years, as it sets a target to be carbon-neutral within 20 years.

UK to ban new petrol-fuelled cars from 2040

Britain will ban the sale of petrol- and diesel-fuelled cars from 2040 when all vehicles must be fully electric as part of a plan to clean up air pollution, UK news sites are reporting.