The UK has announced that new sales of petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2030.

The ban doesn't affect second hand cars, but the only cars which can be sold new are full electric or hybrids which can travel "a significant distance" in zero emissions mode - presumably meaning plug-in hybrids which can be operated as electric vehicles. There's a bit more info here:

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/108960/uk-2030-petrol-and-diesel-ban-what-it-and-which-cars-are-affected

2030 is looking an incredibly ambitious deadline, especially as it's five years ahead of the EU's deadlien. The saving grace may be that adoption has already started - 23% of new cars sold in the UK in 2022 were pure EVs or PHEVs meaning that the ban might affect a relatively small proportion of the potential market by 2030.

Will the ban be delayed?

Resolution criterea (let me know if you'd like more clarity or info on any other cases);

• If it not possible for a normal person to buy a new petrol or diesel car in January 2031, this market will resolve to NO

• If the ban is delayed past December 2030, this market will resolve to YES

• If the ban is so watered down that non-EV/PHEV cars can be sold in 2031 (eg. if a non-plugin hybrid is treated as a zero emission vehicle), this market will resolve to YES

Edit 20th September - the government has announced a delay to 2035.

Once this has been formalised (either by an Act of Parliament or through the use of ministerial power) I will resolve this market to YES.

If some future government move the deadline forward again after this market has been resolved, that does not change the fact that the current government delayed it and will not change this market.