EVs To Pay Congestion Charge

[irc]

Seems fair to me. It wasn't brought in as a clean air charge. Now that EVs are a significant part of the traffic mix they will need to pay like anyone else to be part of the traffic.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y92rdqe9eo

[ThingsBehindTheSun]

irc said:

Seems fair to me. It wasn't brought in as a clean air charge. Now that EVs are a significant part of the traffic mix they will need to pay like anyone else to be part of the traffic.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y92rdqe9eo

Totally fair enough as despite being an EV it is still causing congestion. As you say, they are not in traffic they ARE traffic.

[captain_cynic]

Erm... ULEZ is about clean air.

The congestion charge is about reducing the numbers of vehicles in an area during peak times... To reduce congestion as the name suggests.

Hence it only operates Monday to Friday 7 am to 6 pm where as ULEZ is 24/7.

EVs still cause congestion, so no reason for them to be exempt.

[Spare tyre]

I assumed evs payed the congestion charge already

So much so,that I drove my wifes ev around the congestion zone to avoid paying it

Tell me I am due a whoosh budgie please

[sjg]

This was announced in 2018. As said, ULEZ has taken on the cleaner air part so the congestion charge can be just for its original aim, of dealing with congestion. They just phased this change over several years with the requirements tightening until now where it's just BEVs.

EV cars will still get a 25% discount as long as you're on autopay, EV vans and trucks get 50%. I believe that's to be in place until 2030.

Spare tyre said:

I assumed evs payed the congestion charge already

So much so,that I drove my wifes ev around the congestion zone to avoid paying it

Tell me I am due a whoosh budgie please

It was never an exemption, but a 100% discount that you had to register for (and pay £10 a year admin fee) similar to residents discounts. Without doing that, yes you'd have to pay the congestion charge.

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sjg said:

This was announced in 2018. As said, ULEZ has taken on the cleaner air part so the congestion charge can be just for its original aim, of dealing with congestion.of extracting cash from Londoners

FTFY