Slovenia to Ban Sale of Petrol and Diesel Cars by 2030

The Slovenian government has recently adopted a strategy on alternative fuels where the registration of new diesel and petrol cars would be prohibited after 2030. The government expects that by 2030, 17% of the fleet in Slovenia, roughly 200,000 cars, will already be either electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids. The strategy extends to cargo transport as well, but the goals are more modest.

The government did not opt for an outright ban, instead putting a ceiling on a car's carbon footprint of 50 grams of CO₂ per kilometer. Currently, only electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids conform to the ceiling. Latest data from car dealers show that 900 electric or hybrid vehicles were sold in the first eight months of this year, almost triple the number sold in the same period in 2016.

Slovenia has one of the highest car ownership rates in the world, 523 cars per 1,000 population as of last year.