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The new date for a ban on new petrol and diesel cars is five years earlier than the 2035 pledge made by Johnson in February.

The reported move follows a similar announcement earlier this month by the French government.

Berlin was planning to allow car makers to shut off emission control technology once outside temperatures fall below 10 degrees.

Volkswagen has won German regulatory approval for technical fixes on another 460,000 diesel cars with illicit emissions control software, it said on Sunday.

Volkswagen has agreed to a record $15 billion US payout over its emissions-cheating diesel cars, pledging to buy back or fix vehicles that tricked pollution tests.

The US government sued Volkswagen Monday for installing equipment on nearly 600,000 diesel cars that intentionally subverted clean-air regulations, resulting in excess harmful emissions.

Volkswagen faced more pressure on Thursday from officials in Washington and California to buy back older diesel cars.

Volkswagen of America said on Wednesday that 120,000 owners of diesel cars that have violated U.S. emission standards will receive $500 gift cards and $500 toward vehicle repairs.

Porsche said its decision came after the US Environmental Protection Agency accused Volkswagen of fitting illegal "defeat devices".

German authorities have given scandal-hit Volkswagen an October 7 deadline to set out a timeline for bringing all its diesel cars in line with national pollution guidelines.

Volkswagen has been accused of designing software for diesel cars that deceives regulators measuring toxic emmissions.