Millions of drivers face a £18 charge. Drivers and road users face a hike in London’s Congestion Charge as EVs lose the long-standing exemption from the daily fee next year.

A public consultation for the proposed changes that closed earlier this week featured plans to end the EV exemption so the discount falls from 100% to 25%, before reducing it again to 12.5% after 2030.

The charge would also increase by a fifth from £15 to £18 for general users. From 2 January 2026 there will be 50% discount for electric vans, Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs), light quadricycles and heavy quadricycles registered for Auto Pay and 25% discount for electric cars registered for Auto Pay.

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Richard Dilks, chief executive of CoMoUK,

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