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For environmental reasons, the UK will ban all new petro－and diesel－powered vehicles from its roads beginning in 19 years，a government report says.
The plan aims to start removing petrol and diesel engines in 2040.It follows a similar official statement in France and comes after the British government was ordered by the High Court to develop new plans to reduce NO2 in the air.Judges ruled that previous clean－air plans were not enough to meet European Union pollution limits in the coming years.
The British government has said the poor air quality has an unnecessary and avoidable negative effect on citizens’ health, and costs up to $3.5 billion in annual lost productivity.
Part of the new plan involves an offer of $260 million to local governments to change rules where vehicle emissions (排放量) are over EU standards.Ideas so far include changing road layouts, reprogramming traffic lights and charging a fee for the oldest and most polluting cars on the road.
The plan also includes $1.3 billion for government purchase of extreme－low－emission vehicles, nearly $130 million to improve infrastructure for electric vehicle charging stations and $378 million for remodeling existing vehicles.
Climate change is also a reason for the plan to get these vehicles off the road.“ We can’t carry on with petrol and diesel cars，” Envir