EU to drive petrol cars from cities by 2050

Will Nichols
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Transport roadmap plans to replace conventional fuel with low carbon alternatives and shift road journeys to rail and waterways

Conventionally-fuelled cars will be phased out from European cities by 2050 under radical new plans unveiled by the EU today. Its new Transport 2050 Roadmap white paper, leaked last week, targets a...

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