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Clean Green Cars suggests partnership for a sensible Congestion Charge

With pro-congestion charge London mayor Ken Livingstone on the way out, there are a lot of questions about what happens next regarding the city's vehicle laws. At least one company, NICE, thinks electric car sales will increase under incoming mayor Boris Johnson, who is against the C-charge. In this time of flux, the UK-based website Clean Green Cars is offering Johnson ideas on how to "help frame a revised Congestion Charge that will be both fairer to motorists and more effective in reducing overall pollution." CGC is against Livingstone's ... Read more →

What will Ken Livingstone's defeat mean for London Congestion charge? Sam Abuelsamid

The man who brought the congestion charge to London England has lost his bid for re-election as Mayor of England's capital. Ken Livingstone has always been a controversial figure in British politics ...

London's Congestion Charge will increase CO₂ emissions? Jeremy Korzeniewski

We don't want to take sides on London's Congestion Charge, but we are keenly interested in what the charge will mean for the environment and motorists. Ken Livingstone claims that the charge is ...

UK road tax scheme appears to lack any logic Jeremy Korzeniewski

So much has been written already regarding London Mayor Ken Livingstone's new road tax that we never really spent too much time analyzing the plan itself. Fortunately, though, Clean Green Cars did it ...

61% of Londoners support congestion charge, says Mayor Livingstone Jeremy Korzeniewski

By now, you're surely aware of the efforts of London Mayor Ken Livingstone to increase London's congestion charge. You're also likely know about the distaste that Porsche feels regarding these ...

Ken Livingstone might have "doctored" bus lane report 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Lately, London Mayor Ken Livingstone has seen a great deal of press coverage regarding his efforts to increase the congestion charges in London, which caused Porsche to vehemently disagree with said charges. This is not Livingstone's only legislative issue these days, though, as he is also opposed ...

London Mayor to Porsche: butt out of England's elections, make cleaner cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The war of words between the Mayor of London and Porsche is heating up. Thanks to Mayor Ken Livingstone (the guy in the black Prius), London's congestion charge will be increased, a move that sparked the threat of a lawsuit and even the creation of a website by automaker Porsche. At a news ...

Mayor of London bashed for new congestion charge 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, is being condemned by drivers' associations, residents, car companies and local business for the new plans for London's congestion charge, the £25 charge for drivers of cars with CO2 emissions over 225g/km (road tax band G). For some drivers, this could ...

London may abandon plan for CO₂ based congestion charge 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

A year ago, London Mayor Ken Livingstone announced plans to revamp the congestion charge system for the central part of the city. The heart of the changes was to go from a single £8 per day flat rate for all vehicles to a system where drivers would be charged an amount based on the CO2 ...

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