Global Phase-outs of Gasoline Cars 🚗

⭕ As of 2024, 60 countries and territories around the world have set targets, signed pledges, or announced plans to phase out gasoline and diesel cars by a specific date.

"Asian nation Sri Lanka has been setting the toughest goals of any country, issuing not just a phase-out of new gasoline car sales, but a full road ban for combustion engine cars, tuk-tuks, and motorcycles by 2040." - https://t.co/5j9IObUHfL

⭕ This was set in 2017, during the era of Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera.

In the same announcement, Sri Lanka pledged to:

- Phase out the government's fleet of diesel and petrol vehicles, including buses, by 2025, switching to electric or hybrid models.

⭕ We are 5 months away from 2025, and the EVs in the government vehicle fleet are almost non-existent.