How Many More Years Can Fuel-Powered Sedans Be Driven?

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VanKeegan
07/30/25 7:27am
Fuel-powered sedans are expected to phase out of the market by around 2045. Below are the timelines announced by major automakers to discontinue fuel-powered vehicles: 1. Volkswagen plans to electrify all its models by 2030, ceasing sales of traditional fuel-powered vehicles; 2. Toyota aims to reduce its lineup of traditional fuel-powered vehicles to zero by 2025, offering only hybrid and pure electric versions; 3. Mercedes-Benz announced that Smart will gradually transition to pure electric models; 4. BMW has set a strategic goal to electrify all its core products. Here is additional information: Due to the urgency of environmental and low-carbon initiatives, many countries have announced timelines to ban fuel-powered vehicles. Among them: 1. Norway has the shortest timeline, implementing a ban on traditional fuel-powered vehicles by 2025; 2. The Netherlands initially set 2025 but later revised it to 2030; 3. California, with independent legislative authority in the U.S., has set the ban for 2030; 4. France and the UK have postponed the ban by a decade, planning to prohibit traditional fuel-powered vehicles by 2040, with the UK including hybrid vehicles in the ban.
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