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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Jess Denham

ULEZ: Can London homes cope with the rise in electric vehicles and which new builds are already delivering?

Bishop’s Gate by Meyer Homes was the first in London to offer every home an EV charging point

(Picture: Meyer Homes)

London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) is to be expanded across the entirety of the capital by the end of 2022, in a move that is hoped to encourage more Londoners to trade in their air-polluting, fossil fuel cars for a ‘cleaner’ alternative.

Drivers of the worst offending vehicles – most diesel models more than seven years old and most petrol models more than 16 years old – will soon have to pay £12.50 a day to drive anywhere in Greater London, plus the £15 congestion charge when entering the central zone.

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