12 oct 17
Fil d'Actus

Copenhagen may ban diesel from 2019

Yet another major European city announces it may ban diesel cars. Frank Jensen (pictured), mayor of the Danish capital, has said he is considering a ban on diesels entering Copenhagen from 1 January 2019. 

In contrast to bans proposed elsewhere, notably by Stuttgart and Munich, the ban would only apply to new diesels; older diesel cars already on the road would still be able to access the city. The underlying aim of the (proposed) measure is to slow the sale of new diesels. 

A related proposal would see Copenhagen's bus fleet converted from diesel to electric at a faster pace than currently planned. 

Denmark has a complex history of promoting electric mobility. On the one hand, the country already has more EV charging stations than petrol stations, writes Autovista Group. But EV demand crashed after the government phased out tax credits for electric mobility earlier this year. 

In compensation, Denmark increased the tax surcharge for cars with poor fuel economy from DKK 1,000 (€134) to DKK 6,000 (€806) and raised the eligibility of deductions for good fuel economy. Those measures have yet to compensate for the negative effects of the ending of the aforementioned tax credits. 

Image: Leif Jørgensen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Authored by: Frank Jacobs