'Apart from the active replacement of existing diesel fleets with cleaner alternatives, city authorities have further noted that Seoul will be cooperating with carmakers to speed up the development of zero-emissions fire trucks, ambulances, and cleaning vehicles. By doing this, the city would be able to retire its existing fleet, which mostly runs on diesel.
This is not the first time that South Korea has taken a strong stance against the internal combustion engine. Back in 2015, the city opted to replace its diesel buses with compressed natural gas variants. Plans are also underway to introduce about 4,000 electric and hydrogen buses by 2025, according to city officials. Furthermore, Seoul announced this year that it is sponsoring up to 700 electric taxis. And as noted in an Electrive report, models from foreign automakers like Tesla would be eligible for the program first time.'
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South Korea accelerates EV adoption with diesel ban for public sector fleets by 2025, August 7, 2025
Context'..phasing out the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles to 2032 at the very latest.''Clean Hydrogen Alliance of companies, industry experts, national governments' - '..decarbonise industrial processes and economic sectors.''Most countries don’t take it seriously enough and aren’t doing enough given the scale of the harm that air pollution is doing to all of our health.'