COP27: France, Spain latest to pledge halt to gasoline-driven vehicle sales

FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a cable to charge a Renault Kangoo ZE electric utility vehicle at a Renault automobile dealership in Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France, October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo/File Photo

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, (Reuters) - France and Spain on Thursday joined a pledge to stop sales of gasoline-driven vehicles by 2035, five years earlier than previously planned, part of efforts to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.

The countries made their pledges at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh, among a group of new signatories to the Zero Emission Vehicles Declaration (ZEVD), launched at last year's conference in Glasgow.