Congestion charge 'discount' removal

[AndyWarrington]

I guess this comes as no surprise following on from EV's being subject to 'car tax' next year....

EVs forced to pay London's Congestion Charge from Christmas 2025

One expert dubbed the decision 'puzzling' while others suggest the London Mayor Sadiq Khan is attempting to make up for a shortfall in revenue generated by ULEZ.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The motorist continues to be a repeatable 'spankable' object

 

[M1tch]

Another government backed scam to steal money from the pocket of the driver!

We are just a cash cow. I wish everyone refused to pay it and there would then be nothing they could do but sadly the iron fist of stealing money continues.

 

[SR-Plus]

Maybe they shouldn’t have issues all these temporary incentives in the first place because at the time, they seemed “permanent” and some people made some bold decisions to move electric.

 

[boombap]

Another government backed scam to steal money from the pocket of the driver!

We are just a cash cow. I wish everyone refused to pay it and there would then be nothing they could do but sadly the iron fist of stealing money continues.

Nonsense,

There is zero reason for EVs to be exempt from a congestion charge anyway, they cause exactly the same amount of congestion as ICE cars and the charge is very effective in preventing unnecessary driving in the city. Nobody in their right mind drives in to central London anyway unless unavoidable.

The only reason the discount ever existed was as a carrot to encourage more people to buy electric, which kinda made sense when EVs were mostly Nissan Leaf or Renault Twizzy sized things and there weren’t many of them anyway.

 

[btc1k]

Another government backed scam to steal money from the pocket of the driver!

We are just a cash cow. I wish everyone refused to pay it and there would then be nothing they could do but sadly the iron fist of stealing money continues.

Well, a labour mayor thing, not a conservative government thing. Until Thursday of course.

 

[Overworked]

Well, a labour mayor thing, not a conservative government thing. Until Thursday of course.

I think you are a bit premature with your presumption about the government of the UK.

No change possible before a trip to the palace on Friday morning…