> Otherwise, electric/hybrid cars wouldn't be exempt but charged the same amount! That's an anomaly I'd say. The congestion charge was introduced in 2003, at t

> Otherwise, electric/hybrid cars wouldn't be exempt but charged the same amount! That's an anomaly I'd say. The congestion charge was introduced in 2003, at that point electric cars were a curiosity, a fraction of a fraction of the market. I'd expect within 10-15 years the exemption will be removed. The purpose was partly to reduce pollution, but as a secondary effect of the primary aim to reduce traffic: https://londontransportdata.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/inner-and-outer-london-traffic-trend.png https://londontransportdata.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/inne...