{"id":243745,"date":"2023-12-14T12:28:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T12:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=243745"},"modified":"2023-12-14T12:28:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T12:28:22","slug":"diesel-drivers-pay-15-times-more-to-park-in-london-than-electric-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/diesel-drivers-pay-15-times-more-to-park-in-london-than-electric-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Diesel drivers pay 15 times more to park in London than electric cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Diesel drivers are paying 15 times more to park in London than electric vehicle owners as council is accused of &#8216;punishing&#8217; motorists whose vehicles emit more CO2<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Greenwich council charges up to \u00a3825 for annual parking permits for diesel cars<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drivers of diesel cars in a London\u00a0borough have to fork out as much as 15 times more to park than those with electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Borough of Greenwich charges residents with zero-emissions cars just \u00a320 a year for a parking permit, but owners of the most polluting vehicles will have to fork out a massive \u00a3300.<\/p>\n<p>Annual business parking permits are also 15 times more expensive for diesel vehicles with the highest emissions, being \u00a355 for non-polluting cars and \u00a3825 for those emitting more than 255 grams of CO2 per kilometre.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme, which builds on Mayor of London Sadiq Khan&#8217;s Ulez scheme, is part of the council&#8217;s plans &#8216;to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality in the borough&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>And hourly rates across the borough&#8217;s car parks vary wildly depending on emissions too, from as little as 70p per hour for a zero-emission car in a Band A car park, to as much as \u00a37 for the most polluting vehicles in a Band C car park.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/11\/78955779-12863219-image-a-5_1702551718357.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Greenwich council annual parking permit prices by emissions levels<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/12\/78957623-12863219-image-m-35_1702555829270.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Royal Borough of Greenwich charges residents with zero-emissions cars just \u00a320 a year for a parking permit, but owners of the most polluting vehicles will have to fork out a massive \u00a3300 (stock photo)<\/p>\n<p>An hour of parking at a Band A car park is just 70p for an electric car, but \u00a32 for a car with an emissions rate of more than 255 gCO2\/km.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Sadiq Khan&#8217;s hated ULEZ expansion generated \u00a35.3million in its first week after another 300,000 drivers were hit with fines<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/11\/75169135-12863219-image-a-4_1702551641471.jpg\" height=\"187\" width=\"274\"><\/p>\n<p>For Band B and C car parks these charges are \u00a31.75 against \u00a35 and \u00a32.45 against \u00a37 an hour, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>An MP on the House of Commons transport committee branded the scheme, introduced in July this year, as &#8216;bonkers&#8217;, saying it punishes locals and businesses in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Smith told The Telegraph\u00a0that local authorities need to &#8216;understand the real world&#8217; of how and where people get to work, go shopping and take their children to school.<\/p>\n<p>He added that policies designed to punish those driving what a &#8216;bureaucrat deems the &#8220;wrong sort&#8221; of car&#8217; negatively impacts residents and businesses that need affordable and access to parking.<\/p>\n<p>Tory leader of opposition at Greenwich council, Matt Hartley, told The Telegraph that he was &#8216;deeply concerned&#8217; that the rise in parking costs will have on high streets and household finances already battered by the cost of living crisis.<\/p>\n<p>A dozen London boroughs, including Hackney, Kensington &amp; Chelsea and Lambeth have introduced similar schemes, basing parking charges on emissions levels.<\/p>\n<p>Brighton and Hove City Council has also this month announced charges based on vehicle emissions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/12\/78957657-12863219-image-a-34_1702555825278.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Hourly rates across the borough&#8217;s car parks vary wildly depending on emissions too, from as little as 70p per hour for a zero-emission car in a Band A car park, to as much as \u00a37 for the most polluting vehicles in a Band C car park (stock photo)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/11\/74679193-12863219-The_Ultra_low_emission_zone_expanded_to_cover_all_of_London_on_T-a-3_1702551638874.jpg\" height=\"614\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>These schemes come after it was revealed that Sadiq Khan&#8217;s controversial ULEZ expansion generated \u00a35.3million in its first week with 300,000 extra drivers charged for driving non-compliant vehicles within Greater London.<\/p>\n<p>More than 425,000 ULEZ charges were paid in the week following the extension, compared to just 140,000 the week before.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme, branded a &#8216;war on motorists&#8217;, is designed to limit harmful pollution and means that anyone with a non-compliant vehicle has to pay a daily \u00a312.50 fee to drive within London &#8211; or a larger fine if this is not paid.<\/p>\n<p>MailOnline has contacted The Royal Borough of Greenwich for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12863219\/diesel-drivers-expensive-london-parking-council-punishment-electric-vehicles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diesel drivers are paying 15 times more to park in London than electric vehicle owners as council is accused of &#8216;punishing&#8217; motorists whose vehicles emit more CO2 Greenwich council charges&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Diesel drivers pay 15 times more to park in London than electric cars - lovemainstream.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/world-news\/diesel-drivers-pay-15-times-more-to-park-in-london-than-electric-cars\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Diesel drivers pay 15 times more to park in London than electric cars - lovemainstream.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Diesel drivers are paying 15 times more to park in London than electric vehicle owners as council is accused of &#8216;punishing&#8217; 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