Only 200k green vehicles on roads

ONLY one in every 200 vehicles on UK roads emit ultra low levels of carbon dioxide, figures show.

Ultra low emission vehicles are defined as those that emit less than 75g of carbon dioxide for every kilometre travelled, which usually means a pure electric or plug-in hybrid model. An Ultra Low Emission Zone was introduced in central London this week.

Some 200,295 of the greener vehicles were licensed at the end of 2018, according to the Department for Transport. This was up from 144,000 in 2017.