Sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2030.
It's one part of what the government is calling a 'green industrial revolution' - driving the transition to electric cars.
It wants to cut levels of greenhouse gases to zero by 2050 - and say the plan will create thousands of jobs.
Report by Blairm.
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