UK joins France in bidding goodbye to fossil-fuel cars by 2040

London

THE UK became the latest European country to mark the end of the line for diesel- and gasoline-fuelled cars as carmakers such as Volvo race to build electric vehicles or face the consequences of getting left behind.

In London, the government said it will ban sales of the vehicles by 2040, two weeks after France announced a similar plan to reduce air pollution and become a carbon-neutral nation. For the car industry, the end of an era for fossil-fuel cars poses a challenge not everyone is welcoming.