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| Gas guzzlers facing £25 C-charge | Gas guzzlers facing £25 C-charge |
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| Plans to triple London's congestion charge for the highest polluting vehicles are expected to be announced by London Mayor Ken Livingstone. | Plans to triple London's congestion charge for the highest polluting vehicles are expected to be announced by London Mayor Ken Livingstone. |
| Transport for London (TfL) has been consulting on proposals to increase the charge for gas-guzzling vehicles from £8 to £25. | Transport for London (TfL) has been consulting on proposals to increase the charge for gas-guzzling vehicles from £8 to £25. |
| Cars emitting the lowest amounts of greenhouse gas emissions could be exempt from the charge. | |
| Mr Livingstone will deliver the plans at London's City Hall on Tuesday. | Mr Livingstone will deliver the plans at London's City Hall on Tuesday. |
| The proposals are being seen as a crackdown on the owners of 4x4 off-road vehicles. | The proposals are being seen as a crackdown on the owners of 4x4 off-road vehicles. |
| Small car discount | |
| If the £25 charge is introduced, it will take effect from October and be reviewed in 2010. | If the £25 charge is introduced, it will take effect from October and be reviewed in 2010. |
| The charge would be imposed for cars with CO2 emissions of 226 grams per kilometre (g/k) or above. Vehicles with 120g/k or less would get a 100% discount. | The charge would be imposed for cars with CO2 emissions of 226 grams per kilometre (g/k) or above. Vehicles with 120g/k or less would get a 100% discount. |
| It is estimated that the majority of cars would continue to be liable for the standard £8 daily charge under the new proposals. | It is estimated that the majority of cars would continue to be liable for the standard £8 daily charge under the new proposals. |
| Introduced in February 2003, the congestion charge was initially £5 a day and confined to an area of central London. | |
| Climate action | |
| Since then, the daily rate has gone up to £8 and an extension to the west added. | |
| Mr Livingstone's climate change action plan aims to reduce the capital's CO2 emissions to 60% below 1990 levels by the year 2025. | |
| In London, transport (excluding aviation) accounts for 22% of all CO2 emissions, with cars and motorcycles accounting for nearly half of this. | |
| The city won this year's Sustainable Transport Award from the US-based Institute for Transportation and Development Policy for its "leading role" in green transport initiatives and the congestion charge. |