As the push for a greener future intensifies, the Department for Transport (DFT) wants to take it up a notch by proposing to end the sale of petrol-powered motorcycles and scooters by 2035.
- The proposed plan is to end all sales of combustion engine motorcycles by 2035.
- Part of the UK effort for a sustainable future.
DFT puts out the fresh proposals at the end of the first year of the Transport Decarbonisation Plan.
According to MCN, the dialogue will run until 21 September this year and will gather opinions on the motion to end the sale of all non-zero emission (L-category) vehicles by 2035.
The L-category vehicles include mopeds, motorcycles, three-wheelers and quads.
However, in the proposal, sales of motorcycles that makes less than 14.8hp will end five years earlier.
Also, Transport Minister Trudy Harrison announced funding to boost the development of zero-emission motorcycles in the UK.
Despite the effort, the Motorcycle Industry Association criticised the plans instead of insisting that learner vehicles are more environmentally efficient than electric cars.
