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South Korea’s autoworkers support banning petrol cars: poll

Eight out of 10 South Korean autoworkers support a ban on internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035, according to a new survey [File: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg]

Eight out of 10 autoworkers in South Korea support banning sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by the middle of the next decade, a survey has found.

More than 82 percent of employees in the industry believe vehicles with internal combustion engines should not be sold after 2035, while nearly 64 percent say a ban should be introduced by 2030, according to the survey released on Thursday by Greenpeace and the Korean Metal Workers’ Union.

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