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Norway Denies Plan to Ban Piston Engine Sales by 2025
Norway’s transport ministry denies a fresh media report that the country aims to prohibit the sale of piston-powered vehicles by 2025.
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Norway’s transport ministry denies a fresh media report that the country aims to prohibit the sale of piston-powered vehicles by 2025.
The notion that Norway intended to ban such vehicles was first mentioned in June by Dagens Naeringsliv. This week German news agency DPA has reported the same thing, claiming that Norway’s latest National Transport Plan mentions the ban.
The ministry tells Reuters the plan includes suggestions and recommendations for “ambitious goals” to reduce emissions from the transport sector. But a spokesperson says the plan, which is updated every four years, contains no suggestion to ban piston-powered vehicles.
Norway is targeting a reduction in average carbon dioxide emissions from new cars to 85 grams per kilometer by 2020. The European Union has mandated that average CO2 emissions for cars drop from a reported 120 g/km last year to 95 g/km by 2020.
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