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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 →

Hacked! Porsche's lawsuit against London website taken over by 1923Turk - or something Sebastian Blanco

click screen grab to enlarge The Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923. If you think this has nothing to do with green cars, you're mostly right. Today, though, it does, if only because someone (or ...

London officials respond to Porsche's lawsuit threat Sebastian Blanco

Following Porshce's threat to start a legal process against the City of London for the city's upcoming increase in the congestion charge, a spokesperson for Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, has ...

Porsche officially starts legal process against London's congestion charge Sebastian Blanco

We've already seen Porsche make its case for an exemption from EU emissions rules. With the new, higher congestion charge announce the other day for London, it's no surprise that Porsche is fighting ...

Congestion charge up for gas guzzlers: 25 quid for a ride in Central London Xavier Navarro

Major Ken Livingstone has announced that gas guzzlers will have to pay £25 per day to enter Central London from October 27th onwards. That's a most remarkable change, because most drivers will ...

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 ...

Taxi!? London luxury car owners register Maseratis, Rolls Royces as C-charge-free private hire vehicles 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The website Cleangreencars.co.uk has an idea for you. If, say, you're a luxury car driver who doesn't want to pay the daily London Congestion Charge (currently £8, but it might be going up to £25 in a few months): tell the government you're offering a "private hire" (i.e., taxi) service ...

ABD says London C-Charge is "Britain's Most Unfair and Absurd Tax Proposal" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I always take announcements by the Association of British Drivers (ABD) with a few heaping teaspoons of NaCL. After all, the ABD is the group that said teaching kids about climate control harks back to Nazi methds not too long ago, and they're not exactly at the forefront of green driving advocacy. ...


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