Dear Mayor Khan,

Our businesses support your mission to build a fairer, greener city for everyone.

We have been working with you to clean London’s air and to tackle the climate crisis by ditching diesel and investing in electric and pedal powered vehicles. 

Your decision to exempt electric vehicles from the Congestion Charge has played a fundamental role at easing the cost of investing in environmentally friendly fleets. 

We are deeply troubled that this exemption ends next year. This will force leading businesses such as ours to pay up to £5,500 annually for every electric vehicle driven in central London, where air quality is the worst.

Many of us have taken on debt to invest in our children’s future and in the air that we breathe. If this plan goes ahead then it will bring an astronomical cost to our businesses at a challenging time. 

Worse still, you will hamper the efforts of many businesses transitioning to cleaner transport. Countless business owners wish to move away from dirty diesel vans and to electric alternatives, they should be supported and not hindered doing so. 

We urge you to do the right thing for us and for the health of all Londoners by continuing this exemption beyond next year.