A new £25 million scrappage scheme has been launched to take older cars and motorbikes off the streets of London.
The scheme has been launched by London mayor Sadiq Khan as part of a wide-ranging strategy to reduce CO2 pollution in the capital. It will be open to low-income and disabled car owners who live in Greater London.
It follows a separate £23m scheme for diesel vans launched last year and the city’s recently introduced Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), which pre-Euro 6 diesel and pre-Euro 4 cars are charged £12.50 to drive in.
Under the new scheme, eligible drivers can scrap vehicles in exchange for a cash grant; £1000 will be given for scrapping a motorbike or moped and £2000 for scrapping a car.
In order to receive the grants, the scrapped vehicles must not meet ULEZ emissions standards. Owners must live within either the City of London or one of the London boroughs and also receive benefits. Vehicles must have been registered to the applicant for at least 12 months, be insured and have a current MOT and road tax.
The grant money can be used only to buy a vehicle that meets ULEZ standards.
The new scheme extends another scrappage programme, introduced in February, that offers similar grants to owners of diesel vans and charity minibuses.
Khan said: “Air pollution is a national health crisis that is stunting the lung development of our children and leading to thousands of premature deaths. City leaders across the world are united in raising the alarm about the dangers posed by poor air quality.
“Our car and motorcycle scrappage scheme will enable low-income and disabled Londoners to scrap their older, polluting vehicles and switch to cleaner versions.”
Khan called on all drivers to “ditch their polluting cars” and “help clean [London’s] filthy air once and for all”.
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That's not quite correct. The payment is made for scrapping a non-compliant car or motorbike, to take them off the road. There is no requirement on the recipient to purchase anothe rbike or car. The payment is made directly to the recipient and is not necessarily to be used as a downpayment on another car. The vehicle to be scrapped must be taken to an approved scrap facility, by the owner, and they then must provide a certificate of destruction in order to receive the grant.
It's as much about changing attitiude to ownership, and modes of transport, than it is about simply replacing the car. So those that qualify will, for example, recieve £2000 of Zipcar credit, and free membership of the cycle hire scheme where all journeys up to 30 minutes are free. Both of these could help lead to an enduring change in attitude to vehicle ownership or use. For some.
Further, the vehicle must have been owned for 12 months, or more, as of today. You cannot scrap a car, buy another non-compliant car, and have another go in a year.
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Thanks for the breakdown on this London grant, I hope others will stop pillaring others who like me assumed it was a car replacement grant.
Do other UKL cities charge for congestion and pollution
like London residents have to endure. If not, then of course this should be rolled out in London first.
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Just one more comment - Autocar now appear to be on top of the scammers that plagued these pages. Who ever was responsible for resolving this - well done!
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Thanks buddy :)