ULEZ classic exemption confusion

From October 25, 2021, the existing central London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) will expand to create a single larger zone up to, but not including, the North Circular Road (A406) and South Circular Road (A205). Luckily for the owners of classic American vehicles, if your vehicle is classed as a historic vehicle, then it is exempt from the charge. However, there was much confusion initially as the Vehicle Checker page on the TfL (Transport for London) website was showing initially that historic vehicles weren’t exempt.

When Classic American spoke to TFL, they explained that at the final payment stage, historic vehicle owners would discover that in fact they were exempt. We pointed out that this seemed misleading and not very helpful – however, it seems that in the following weeks (no doubt following a barrage of complaints from other publications and historic vehicle owners) the vehicle checker algorithms have been adjusted so that the initial return on the vehicle checker for historic vehicles actually shows the exemption.