Oxford City Council has today launched the UK’s first ‘Zero Emission Zone’ (ZEZ), which will force daily charges on drivers of all petrol and diesel vehicles as well as hybrid cars.
Unlike London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) and Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone (CAZ), charges will be enforced on all vehicles that have a combustion engine, with only 100 per cent pure-electric models exempt as part of efforts to reduce air pollution in the city.
The ‘pilot scheme’ introduced today