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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jonathan Prynn

Scrapping congestion charge exemption for EVs is huge threat to London's clean air gains, warns report

EV drivers will have to pay the congestion charge from December 25 (Philip Toscano/PA) - (PA Archive)

Green electric vehicle drivers face paying thousands of pounds a year in congestion charges from December in a huge threat to efforts to clean up London’s air, a new report warns today.

It says that the capital’s global reputation as a world leader in leading EV adoption is a risk from City Hall’s decision to abolish the Cleaner Vehicle Discount (CVD) later this year.

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