DEATH IS UPON US! SAY BYE BYE TO PETROL

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Red lights for motorcycling as we know it.

TT’S A DATE THAT WILL live in history: for good, or for evil. The 29th of June 2022 marks the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine (ICE). Environment ministers from the 27 countries of the EU have agreed to sign the ICE’s death warrant. The ban refers to sales of new cars and vans powered by gasoline and diesel engines, although you can bet that they will add motorcycles when they remember that such things exist. It took more than 16 hours of negotiation to reach an agreement at the meeting in Luxembourg, but the result is crystal clear.