Driving an EV into Central London

[CooperS]

I’m driving into London tomorrow with my EV (BEV) (parking near Soho)

It’s a company car so I haven’t been able to apply for the Cleaner Vehicle Discount.

Question is whilst I know I don’t have ULEZ to pay for do I have the Congestion Charge to pay (£15). I think I do just wanted to check!

Thanks in advance.

[df76]

If you drive in the zone between 12:00-18:00 tomorrow, you need to pay the charge.

[TuftonStreet]

This, unless you have registered for the TFL cleaner vehicle discount you still need to pay congestion charge even though it’s an EV.

There’s a £10 per year fee to register it.

[CooperS]

df76 said:

If you drive in the zone between 12:00-18:00 tomorrow, you need to pay the charge.

Thanks and yep I missed that - going for lunch so will be right slap bang in the middle of it

[CooperS]

TuftonStreet said:

This, unless you have registered for the TFL cleaner vehicle discount you still need to pay congestion charge even though it’s an EV.

There’s a £10 per year fee to register it.

I had it on my i3 years ago - my company won’t give me the v5 to send across to TFL so it’s a non starter

[Rough101]

You’re still contributing to congestion

[CooperS]

Rough101 said:

You’re still contributing to congestion

Ah thanks morality police

[Rough101]

CooperS said:

Ah thanks morality police

Only messing

[CooperS]

Rough101 said:

CooperS said:

Ah thanks morality police

Only messing

[okgo]

Get the train

[Crook]

CooperS said:

I had it on my i3 years ago - my company won’t give me the v5 to send across to TFL so it’s a non starter

Pretty sure you don’t need it; I didn’t and from memory (someone on the PH forum kindly advised me) you take a screenshot / pdf of the tfl page that shows your car is zero emissions and send that instead of the V5.

Hopefully someone will confirm or correct this information.

[Kermit power]

Why on earth would you ever want to drive into Central London???

I had to drive a 42 mile round trip today because I had to take more kit with me than I could take on the train...

Four hours and twenty seven fking minutes behind the wheel!!!

[wyson]

At least you will get discounted parking in council bays.

[raspy]

CooperS said:

TuftonStreet said:

This, unless you have registered for the TFL cleaner vehicle discount you still need to pay congestion charge even though it’s an EV.

There’s a £10 per year fee to register it.

I had it on my i3 years ago - my company won’t give me the v5 to send across to TFL so it’s a non starter

You don’t need the V5 in order to claim the discount.

You just send a copy of the DVLA vehicle check that shows your car is zero emissions and you’ll get approved by TFL.

[survivalist]

Kermit power said:

Why on earth would you ever want to drive into Central London???

I had to drive a 42 mile round trip today because I had to take more kit with me than I could take on the train...

Four hours and twenty seven fking minutes behind the wheel!!!

Weekends tend to be a bit quieter.

We always drive into London when doing stuff with the children. It’s cheaper, easier if the weather is rubbish and often a bit quicker as we’re not waiting around for trains, tubes etc

That said I used to live in zone 1 and still drive places - not having to sit next to someone with questionable personal hygiene is a big benefit.