The decision was made just one day after Swedish automotive company Volvo announced that they would only be producing electric and hybrid vehicles starting in 2019.

According to Good News Network, in order to encourage the conversion to clean energy vehicles, poorer French citizens will be given premiums that will allow them to trade their petrol-powered car for a cleaner alternative.

France is one of several countries that have already announced plans to ban the use of petrol and diesel cars in accordance with the Paris Agreement. Norway, whose automotive market is already occupied by 36% electric vehicles, plans on exclusively selling clean vehicles by 2025.

India has also decided to eliminate petrol and diesel cars by 2030. In order to ensure the automotive electricity is coming from a clean grid, the nation’s government is investing in the construction of ten new alternative energy plants to replace their heavy dependence on coal.

The initiative is just one of the green energy solutions employed by Nicolas Hulot – France’s new ecology minister – to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement. 

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