A diesel truck drives on the motorway through central Stockholm in this picture taken March 11, 2011. Stockholm will ban petrol and diesel-powered cars from key parts of the city centre from 2025 as it seeks to improve air quality and reduce traffic noise, the Swedish capital's vice mayor for transport said on Tuesday .
The Green Party, part of the Stockholm City Council's ruling coalition of left-wing and environmentally-focused parties, hopes this will boost the speed at which people exchange combustion-engine cars for electric ones. A so-called class-three environmental zone primarily allows fully electric cars to drive. Exceptions apply for bigger vans, where plug-in hybrid vehicles will be allowed under the regulation.
The plan is to further expand the environmental zone after the initial introduction, the Green Party said.