ULEZ low
emission zones

Making the capital cleaner with low emission zones

The Low Emission Zone (LEZ) was set up to encourage the most polluting heavy diesel vehicles driving in the Capital to become cleaner. Sadiq Khan introduced it in April 2019; the zones cover all areas within the North and South Circular Roads. And is looking to be expanded to cover the whole of Greater London from August 2023.

The Low Emission Zone (LEZ) was set up to encourage the most polluting heavy diesel vehicles driving in the Capital to become cleaner. Sadiq Khan introduced it in April 2019; the zones cover all areas within the North and South Circular Roads. And is looking to be expanded to cover the whole of Greater London from August 2023.

ULEZ is a scheme that aims to improve air quality in London by discouraging the use of polluting vehicles. The charge applies to non-compliant vehicles, including cars, vans, motorcycles, buses, and lorries. If your vehicle is not ULEZ compliant, drivers must pay a daily charge of £12.50 to enter the ULEZ area. However, some vehicles are exempt from the ULEZ charge, including electric vehicles, certain classic cars and motorcycles, and vehicles with a disabled persons' badge.

ULEZ is essential because it helps improve air quality in London – a significant problem in cities- and this is one way to help reduce the pollution that vehicles produce. ULEZ-compliant vehicles have less pollution than non-compliant vehicles, so by restricting entry to the zone to these vehicles, the overall pollution in the city is reduced. In addition to improving air quality, ULEZ also helps to reduce noise pollution.

ULEZ-compliant cars must meet laid-down emissions standards. The current criteria for ULEZ compliance are that a vehicle must emit no more than 0.08g/km of NOx and meet the Euro emission standards.

Cars that meet these standards include:

All petrol cars registered after 1 September 2015: The engine must be Euro 4 compliant

All diesel cars registered after 1 September 2015: The engine must be Euro 6 compliant

The above rules apply to vans, minibuses, motor caravans, and ambulances. Other exempt vehicles include all-electric and hybrid cars with a Euro 6 engine.

If your current car is not ULEZ compliant and you want to change to one that is, then we can help you sell your existing car. Simply submit your vehicle registration into the field at the bottom of this page to get a pre-inspection quote from us in under 60 seconds. Then after a quick call with our booking team we could be visiting you very soon. Your non-compliant ULEZ vehicle could be sold in a matter of days and with same day appointments available maybe even sooner!

Doing Our Part

Webuyurcar is a nationwide car-buying service. We buy all cars and vans, makes, and models, with instant payment, at our customer's home or work addresses. Here at Webuyurcar, we take environmental issues very seriously; we aim to be as environmentally friendly as possible when providing our service. Therefore, we have established that all of our vehicle purchasers must use our company fleet vehicles, which are fully ULEZ compliant. Doing our part using low-emission vehicles is helping air quality, providing us with a better quality of living, not only in ULEZ zones but nationally throughout the UK.

We will buy any car today

If you are looking to sell your car, then we offer a fast and extremely straight forward solution. We have vehicle purchasers located throughout the country. Our purchasers will visit you at your home or place of work to inspect your vehicle and make you an offer so you don't even need to leave your home!

Appointments typically take less than one hour to complete and if you agree to sell your car to us then you are paid for your vehicle directly into your bank account before our purchaser leaves the appointment.

I wish to sell my car, what do I need to do

If you have decided that you would like to sell your car there are a number of ways you can go about this. We have outlined all the options that you have in our detailed car selling guide. However, by far the easiest, fastest and hassle-free way is to let webuyurcar do all the work for you!

In order that we can buy your car, you firstly need to submit your car registration details below and you will receive an instant online pre-inspection valuation. A member of our friendly team will then call you back to arrange an appointment to inspect your vehicle. With appointments available seven days a week we can arrange the visit to be at a time that best suits you.