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Driving into London for a day out with the family? Check if you need to pay ULEZ with Caura, ultra-fast.
Download the app, enter your number plate and pay with no extra fees. Done. Sort the charge for the trip you took yesterday or today, or the one you’ll take tomorrow.
To make London’s air cleaner, major measures have been put in place. The Ultra Low Emissions Zone (ULEZ) arrived in 2019 and applies to all vehicles that don’t meet required emission standards. The first expansion took place on October 2021, dramatically increasing the size of the zone.
The ULEZ expanded even further on August 2023, and now covers all London and Greater London boroughs. This means if you drive a non-compliant vehicle anywhere in London, you will need to pay the daily £12.50 charge. People are being encouraged to use public transport, cycle or walk, in the name of cleaner air and a greener future.
The emissions standards are (vehicles not compliant with these standards have to pay the charge):
The ULEZ charge costs £12.50 for everyone, with the same fee payable if you pay in advance, on the day, or the day after.
Pay the ULEZ charge within three days of passing through the zone, or you’ll be fined. Transport for London (TfL) cameras are placed at entrances and exits to the zone.
There’s a £160 fine if you don’t pay the ULEZ penalty charge within three days, and you’ve got 28 days to pay. It goes down to £80 if you get it to TfL in 14 days.
TfL sends you a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) if you’ve got a fine. If you don’t pay it in 28 days, then TfL issues a Charge Certificate for double the original fine: now £240. Let’s all steer clear of this.
Exempt from the charges are:
Signs let you know that ULEZ is coming up, and how long you’ve got before you cross into the zone.
It just takes a few seconds to pay the ULEZ charge with Caura. Two taps and you’re done. Download the app, find ULEZ under City Charges and pay. Stash all the receipts in the app, just in case you need to check back.
If you need to sort both ULEZ and Congestion Charge, you can pay for them in the same, single transaction. One app. Two taps. Save your time for doing things that are more meaningful.
If you’re a regular in the ULEZ Charge zone, you can set up AutoPay directly on Caura. It's free to set-up and means that Caura will take automatic payments each time you drive in the zone.
Caura is the only app you need. You can set-up AutoPay for all London emission charges (LEZ, ULEZ& Congestion Charge) or simply make payments in just two taps, all from one app.
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