At the Glasgow World Climate Summit, 33 countries and six automakers on Wednesday, November 10, announced a complete phase-out of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles for the next two decades, DW reports..

Thus, the participants in the joint statement joined the initiative of the UK presidency of the summit, according to which the sale of cars and minibuses with internal combustion engines should end no later than 2040.. It is expected that in countries with advanced economies, the abandonment of internal combustion engines will be achieved by 2035.

The joint statement was signed by such automakers as GM, Ford, Mercedes, Volvo, Jaguar / Land Rover and the Chinese concern BYD, as well as the UK, India, Austria, Poland, Canada, Turkey and other countries..