London tripling daily ‘gas guzzler’ fee to $49
Mayor cites CO2 emissions; move will affect 33,000 luxury cars
LONDON - Drivers of gas-guzzling cars will have to pay nearly $50 a day to enter central London, triple the current charge, while the most fuel-efficient vehicles will get a free ride, the mayor said Tuesday.

Mayor Ken Livingstone, who introduced the daily congestion charge on trucks and cars entering central London in 2003 to cut traffic and pollution, said the change is primarily aimed at the big cars owned by people in wealthy parts of the capital.

The mayor, who has the power to make the change without legislative approval, said it will go into effect Oct. 27.

The CO2 emissions from the most high-powered 4x4s and sports cars can be up to four times as great as the least polluting cars," he said, referring to carbon dioxide emissions, which are tied to global warming.

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