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London driving charges
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Yachtsman
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Cardo
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If driving tomorrow, you’ll need to pay the £15 congestion charge, if you enter the zone. The ULEZ is not an issue as it uses the DVLA data and electric cars are automatically exempt.
annoying admin but if you register in advance with the £10 charge then there is no charge for central london. Just you won’t have time to do that now
It’s to get your details/card on file ready for 2025, when EVs will no longer be exempt
Cardo
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83 pence for 10 minutes paid charge covers you for four hours in Westminster for an electric vehicle, no return for one hour, hours covered are 0830 -1830 Monday to Saturday. £5 per hour for petrol and £7.42 for diesel...
That seems like another backwards step so I'm sure fewer people will then be incentivised to buy a pure ev
But why would they close people are still buying petrol cars in 5 years time?
They will probably close in about 10-15 years but removing incentives like that will only make it longer before they do. Guess the government will be missing out on road tax and petrol fuel duty so trying to get money another way!
MrBadger
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Lots of info already
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teslamotorsclub.com
The incentives are early days to get those early adopters like us in. As that builds momentum and becomes more mainstream (plus with the 2030 ICE ban looming by 2025), it makes sense to start to roll some of that back. If you already have an EV just enjoy the benefits while they’re available.
ACarneiro
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The current system is an incentive, a bit like free charging. Incentives rarely last forever. I suspect they may revisit it depending on the uptake of EVs in 2025, but by the looks of it they'll be far more common.
More common but unfortunately still won't be over 50% of vehicles by then. Will be interesting to see how people's views change the closer we get to 2030 and if that deadline gets pushed back...
ACarneiro
Active Member
I suspect the only reason the deadline may be pushed back is if they don’t get significantly cheaper, but that seems unlikely.
A decade of battery tech improvements will see EV prices on par with ICE cars, maybe even cheaper (although I doubt that last bit).
A decade of battery tech improvements will see EV prices on par with ICE cars, maybe even cheaper (although I doubt that last bit).
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