Is your car compliant?

ULEZ stands for Ultra Low Emissions Zone - a scheme that came into operation in April 2019, designed to reduce toxic vehicle emissions by charging older more polluting light vehicles (such as cars, motorbikes and smaller vans) to drive through central London.
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The current ULEZ charges are as follows:

£12.50 for most vehicle types, including cars, motorcycles and vans (up to and including 3.5 tonnes)
£100 for heavier vehicles (such as mobile homes), including lorries (over 3.5 tonnes) and buses/coaches (over 5 tonnes)

The ULEZ is in operation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year (except Christmas Day).

If you drive into central London on the same day, you will need to pay the Congestion Charge as well as the ULEZ daily fee.

The ULEZ zone expanded on 29th August 2023, encompassing all London boroughs and the majority of the inner M25.

The emission standards, operating times and daily charge remains as they were.

Certain vehicles are exempt from ULEZ charges starting October 2021:

- Classic cars aged 40 years+
- Vehicles registered with a 'disabled' or 'disabled passenger vehicles' tax class
- London-licensed taxis (currently subject to a 15-year age limit, newly licensed taxis must be zero emission capable (ZEC) vehicles)
- Specialist agricultural vehicles
- Military vehicles
- Non-road going vehicles which are allowed to drive on the highway
- Certain types of mobile cranes

Visit TFL for full details.
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As a rough guide - petrol cars built after 2006, and diesel cars built after September 2015 are generally ULEZ compliant. To check if your vehicle is compliant, use our ULEZ registration checker above (results come from TFL). We'd also recommend checking the engine emission standard listed in your vehicle's handbook - and failing that, check direct with your manufacturer - just to be 100% sure.

Electric cars are considered to be zero-emission vehicles and therefore ULEZ complaint and face no charges.

And standard internal combustion engine vehicles must meet the following standards for ULEZ compliance:

Petrol cars (and vans, minibuses, specialist vehicles) must meet the Euro 4 emissions standard to be ULEZ compliant. Most petrol cars made after January 2006 will meet this standard.

Diesel cars (and vans, minibuses and specialist vehicles) must meet the Euro 6 emissions standard to be ULEZ compliant. Nearly all diesel cars produced since September 2015 meet the standard, but it's possible that a car sold prior to September 2016 could have a Euro 5 engine.

Hybrid vehicles with petrol engines must meet Euro 4 regulations to be ULEZ compliant. And Hybrids that use Diesel must meet Euro 6 standards to be ULEZ compliant.