http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/2013/4/24/only-greenest-vehicles-to-be-exempt-from-london-congestion-charge/46870/ [image] Only ‘greenest’ vehicles to be exempt from London congestion charge 24/04/2013
[image http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/Images/vauxhall/19782_300.jpg ] Changes to the congestion charge scheme from July 2013 will mean that only pure electric vehicles or vehicles that emit 75g/km or less of CO2 and meet the Euro 5 emission standard for air quality will qualify for a 100% discount. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson confirmed the changes following a 12-week consultation on the proposals, which sought the views of Londoners, businesses and key stakeholders. He expects the changes to help spur the use of the cleanest possible vehicles in the capital. The new Ultra Low Emission Discount (ULED), which takes effect on July 1, will replace the current Greener Vehicle Discount (GVD) and the Electric Vehicle Discount. Anyone registered for the Electric Vehicle Discount will automatically be transferred to the new ULED. Cars currently registered for GVD will not meet the criteria for the new ULED. However, the Mayor and TfL recognise that many drivers made the decision to purchase a low emission car in order to benefit from the existing discount. Therefore, in response to a number of comments made during the consultation, the current owners of cars registered for the GVD will continue to receive a full discount for that vehicle for a ‘sunset period’ of three years – an increase from the two years proposed in the consultation. The sunset period for the owners of vehicles currently registered for the GVD will end on June 24, 2016. The Mayor also announced two further changes to the scheme - the removal of the option to pay the charge in shops (which is now used for only 6% of payments) and an increase in the level of penalty charge from £120 to £130. The increase in the penalty charge will take effect on May 20, 2013. TfL said that it will "bring the penalty charge in line with other moving traffic, bus lane and parking penalty charges within London". The option to pay the congestion charge by cash in shops will be removed from July 26, 2013. Drivers will still be able to pay the congestion charge using a wide range of other means including online, by phone, by text message or by CC Auto Pay. Commenting on the new ULED, Matthew Pencharz, the Mayor of London’s advisor on the Environment, said: “These changes are in line with the Mayor’s aim to improve air quality in London by reducing emissions from private vehicles and promoting the further development of low emission vehicles. "We want to encourage the continued development of these technologies, while also protecting the benefits to traffic flow in the centre of London that the charge provides.” ... John Mason, Transport for London’s director responsible for Congestion Charging, said: “We were pleased with the level of response from Londoners, businesses and stakeholders which has helped us and the Mayor shape our decisions. We’ve listened to the responses and have decided to extend the sunset period for current GVD registered vehicles by an additional year. We are confident that these changes will make the scheme greener and more efficient.” [© 2013 Bauer Automotive] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: Electric bus charges up BARTA EVLN: Electric Street-Racing Coming to Downtown Los Angeles, CA EVLN: Leaf & Tesla-S lead top 10 green Kelly Blue Book cars EVLN: 'Weirdest part of the Leaf is how normal it looks underneath' EVLN: CA Bill To Cut EV Sales-Tax & License Fees + EVLN: Spark's AC L2 or DC L3 ccs charging, Cleanest Car in America? {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-EVs-exempt-in-London-s-new-congestion-charge-tp4662742.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
