Electric cars, CNG buses and trucks are expected to fill the space left by internal-combustion.
srael plans to ban new internal-combustion car and truck sales by 2030, citing health concerns as the main reason.
Dr Yuval Steinitz, the energy minister, said the country will make “a gradual transition to electric cars and [compressed] natural gas trucks” with “an absolute ban on the import of cars with polluting fuels” starting from 2030.
“This is a plan to save Israel, which, if not implemented, is facing a catastrophe. It’s all about health, and we must not delay it,” Steinitz said in a prepared statement.
Steinitz told Reuters the country will encourage the adoption of electric cars by reducing taxes on EVs to “almost zero”, and funding 2000 new charging stations.
Oil companies will also be made to shift their focus from petrol stations to charging stations. The minister expects the government to approve the plan by the end of the year.
Read the article by Derek Fung in CarAdvice.