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EU lawmakers vote to support ban on fossil fuel vehicles by 2035

Volkswagen employees mount the lower body that includes the battery and charging port of the ID.3 electric car at the factory in Zwickau, eastern Germany. © Ronny Hartmann/AFP

European lawmakers have voted to support a proposed ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035 in a move to speed up the shift to electric vehicles.

The European Parliament narrowly voted to support a proposal made by the European Commission last year that would require car manufacturers to produce vehicles with no CO2 emissions by 2035, effectively making it impossible to make and sell cars with combustion engines after that date.

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