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The 2035 headache

May 28, 2024 · 19 min · Ep 5

Europe and the UK are set to ban petrol/diesel cars in just nine years' time. But with electric-vehicle sales falling - and production-capacity inadequate - the deadline looks increasingly unachievable. So what happens now? And why have policy-makers pushed the ban so aggressively?

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