--- description: The European nation eventually wants all the vehicles on its roads to be completely electric. title: Netherlands Passes Motion to Ban Petrol, Diesel Cars by 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ab8fecb9746ae1/69888fabcf40a819fec42df1/115266868.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Netherlands](/tag/netherlands/) ## Netherlands Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Netherlands Just Got One Step Closer to Eliminating Polluting Vehicles by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 19, 2016 5:48 AM CUT  A Mitsubishi i-MiEv drives past Dutch windmills in the 2011 Electric Car Rally as part of World Environment Day activities on June 5, 2011 near Zaandam, The Netherlands. A Mitsubishi i-MiEv drives past Dutch windmills in the 2011 Electric Car Rally as part of World Environment Day activities on June 5, 2011 near Zaandam, The Netherlands.Michel Porro—Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 19, 2016 5:48 AM CUT Lawmakers in the Netherlands on Monday passed a motion that would [ban sales](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/18/netherlands-parliament-electric-car-petrol-diesel-ban-by-2025 "undefined") of petrol and diesel cars from 2025 onwards, as the European nation attempts to make the vehicles on its roads fully electric within the next decade. The motion has only been adopted by the lower house of the Dutch parliament and still needs to pass the senate, the _Guardian_ reports. The Labour Party, a junior member of the country’s ruling coalition which brought the motion before parliament, wanted a ban on all petrol and diesel vehicles from 2025, but the language was reportedly dialed back. As it stands, the resulting law would allow existing petrol and diesel vehicles to stay in use in 2025 and beyond but halt new sales. \[[_Guardian_](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/18/netherlands-parliament-electric-car-petrol-diesel-ban-by-2025 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4298742/netherlands-petrol-diesel-vehicles-ban-pollution-electric/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4298742/netherlands-petrol-diesel-vehicles-ban-pollution-electric/"},"headline":"The Netherlands Just Got One Step Closer to Eliminating Polluting Vehicles","datePublished":"2016-04-19T05:48:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:51:07.557Z","description":"It wants every car on its roads to be electric by 2025","url":"https://time.com/4298742/netherlands-petrol-diesel-vehicles-ban-pollution-electric/","keywords":["Netherlands","Senate","cars","Law","Parliament","Vehicles","Diesel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ab8fecb9746ae1/69888fabcf40a819fec42df1/115266868.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9ab8fecb9746ae1/69888fabcf40a819fec42df1/115266868.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dutch Electric Car Rally","caption":"Dutch Electric Car Rally","creditText":"Michel Porro—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/netherlands/","name":"Netherlands"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4298742/netherlands-petrol-diesel-vehicles-ban-pollution-electric/","name":"The Netherlands Just Got One Step Closer to Eliminating Polluting Vehicles"}}]}] ```