From October 1, four service stations located on the outskirts of Paris and on the ring road will no longer have the right to sell diesel. A measure initiated by the Paris town hall which wants to reduce air pollution in the capital.
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“I work with a diesel vehicle, I have to use one. It will be complicated but we will find other solutions”explains a worker interviewed while filling up.
Because from October 1, four Parisian TotalEnergies stations will no longer have the right to sell diesel. They are located: Porte d’Aubervilliers (two on the ring road), Quai d’Issy-les-Moulineaux and Porte d’Orléans.
It was the elected representatives of the Paris Council who voted at the end of last June to modify the concession contracts of these four stations still offering diesel. “of the 15 in the City”recalled the assistant (EELV) for mobility David Belliard.
For TotalEnergies, “this stop is likely to result in a significant shift of vehicles to neighboring stations, which are not designed to handle this new influx of customers. The company is doing everything it can to welcome its customers in the best possible conditions.”
For a mother interviewed in a station near Paris, the news resonates like an injunction to change vehicle: “When I got my license 5 years ago, I bought a diesel vehicle because we were looking for a 7-seater car for our family. It was really cheaper. But our car dates from 2006, we I’m going to have to change it and go electric.”
The end of diesel in the capital is a long-standing commitment of the mayor (PS) Anne Hidalgo, who has continued to reduce the place of the car in the capital since her first election in 2014.
“Diesel emits micro-particles, it contributes massively to air pollution in Île-de-France”which makes “8,000 deaths per year”underlined Mr. Belliard.
According to him, Paris town hall has no longer had diesel vehicles since 2020. This is not the case for other state services, such as the police or firefighters for example. The emergency services have a large fleet of large vehicles, which often run on diesel.
The timetable for the Low Emission Zone (ZFE) of the Greater Paris Metropolis (MGP) has been modified and the ban on the circulation of 380,000 polluting vehicles (Crit’Air 3) in the largest ZFE in France has been postponed to early 2025.
