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Weird, I don't know a single country on the planet where customers are forced to buy electric cars.

The EU's and China's fleet emissions standards are forcing manufacturers increase their electric car sales. All manufacturers need to sell enough EVs (BEV, FCEV, and plug-in hybrid) to avoid fleet emissions fines.

And future bans on new car sales of petrol and diesel cars have been announced in various states and countries.

Norway by 2025: https://www.thedrive.com/news/7917/norway-doubles-down-on-pl...

The UK by 2030 (but plug-in hybrids still allowed): https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54981425

California by 2035: https://www.npr.org/2020/09/23/916209659/california-governor...

Also London's Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) that is going to be expanded to most of Greater London, and where non-EVs, including hybrids, will have to pay £12.50 a day. That will immediately make an ICE car unaffordable compared to a low-cost BEV like the Kia e-Niro, VW ID.4 or Renault Zoe.

Stopping production of petrol/diesel cars and lowering carbon taxes on electric cars is pretty strong encouragement though.

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