Petrol and diesel cars set to ‘disappear’ from UK roads by this date

EXCLUSIVE: Experts have suggested that petrol and diesel cars could “disappear” from UK roads in the not too distant future.Traditional petrol and diesel cars could be completely off UK roads within 20 years, according to a stunning new prediction. Dr Leah-Nani Alconcel, University of Birmingham professor and planetary exploration engineer, has tipped combustion models to “disappear” around the “mid-to-late 2040s”.