Clean air zones

Is the Volvo XC40 ULEZ compliant?

Name: Volvo XC40 MOT tests by fuel and first-use year, against clean air zone standards
Creator: VetTheCar
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It depends on the fuel and the Euro emissions standard of the car, not on the model. Here is how 229,237 DVSA MOT tests of the Volvo XC40 with a recorded fuel, from 2022 to 2025 on cars aged 3 to 25 at test, split by fuel and first-use year, and which of them generally meet the London ULEZ and clean air zone standards.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026 · Zone rules checked 22 September 2026

Short answer, by fuel

Petrol: petrol cars first used in 2006 or later generally meet Euro 4, the standard for petrol cars. All petrol XC40 MOT tests (n=119,252) were on cars first used in 2006 or later.
Diesel: diesel cars first used from September 2015 generally meet Euro 6; earlier diesels meet it only if built to Euro 6. At least 92.6% of diesel XC40 MOT tests (n=43,192) were on cars first used in 2016 or later.
Hybrid: a hybrid follows its engine: Euro 4 for petrol, Euro 6 for diesel. We count hybrids from 2016 because the data does not say which engine. All hybrid XC40 MOT tests (n=60,794) were on cars first used in 2016 or later, which generally meet both.
Electric: no tailpipe emissions, so an electric XC40 meets the standard in every zone (n=5,999). In Oxford’s Zero Emission Zone it pays £0.

Fuels and first-use dates

Share of Volvo XC40 MOT tests by fuel, and the share on cars first used late enough to meet the standard by date alone. We count by the car’s age at test, so cars close to a cut-off are left out of that share: it is a lower bound.

Volvo XC40 MOT tests 2022 to 2025 with a recorded fuel, on cars aged 3 to 25 at test (n=229,237). A fuel is listed when it has at least 1,000 tests.
Fuel	Tests (n)	Share	Meets by date if first used	Share that do
Petrol	119,252	52.0%	2006 or later	100.0%
Diesel	43,192	18.8%	2016 or later	at least 92.6%
Hybrid	60,794	26.5%	2016 or later	100.0%
Electric	5,999	2.6%	any year	100.0%

Hybrids are counted from 2016 because the data does not say whether the engine is petrol or diesel. Many petrol hybrids met Euro 4 from 2006.

By first-use year

Every first-use year of the Volvo XC40 with enough MOT tests, and what the date alone says for each fuel. We do not have the fuel split for each year. Cars under 3 years old have no MOT yet, so the newest first-use year here is 2022. A car first used in 2016 or later generally meets both standards.

Volvo XC40 MOT tests 2022 to 2025 by the year the car was first used, all fuels, cars aged 3 to 25 at test. A year is listed when it has at least 1,000 tests.
First used	Tests (n)	Petrol, by date	Diesel, by date	Hybrid, by date
2022	16,889	Generally Euro 4 or later	Generally Euro 6	Generally meets
2021	50,667	Generally Euro 4 or later	Generally Euro 6	Generally meets
2020	73,991	Generally Euro 4 or later	Generally Euro 6	Generally meets
2019	60,954	Generally Euro 4 or later	Generally Euro 6	Generally meets
2018	26,711	Generally Euro 4 or later	Generally Euro 6	Generally meets

Zones that charge or fine cars

What a car below the standard pays. Electric cars meet the standard in every zone.
Zone	Petrol	Diesel	Below the standard
London ULEZ	Euro 4	Euro 6	£12.50 a day
Birmingham Clean Air Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	£8 a day
Bristol Clean Air Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	£9 a day
Oxford Zero Emission Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	Every car pays except zero emission: £4 a day if it meets the standard, £10 if not
Glasgow Low Emission Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	No charge to pay: a fine of £60 (£30 if paid within 14 days)
Edinburgh Low Emission Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	No charge to pay: a fine of £60 (£30 if paid within 14 days)
Dundee Low Emission Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	No charge to pay: a fine of £60 (£30 if paid within 14 days)
Aberdeen Low Emission Zone	Euro 4	Euro 6	No charge to pay: a fine of £60 (£30 if paid within 14 days)

Compliance is decided for each car, not for a model. A zone checks the Euro emissions standard the car was built to, which is on the V5C log book or the maker’s certificate of conformity. The years here are a guide: many cars first used before a cut-off still meet it. Check one car with our ULEZ checker or TfL’s vehicle checker. Exemptions such as the disabled tax class or historic vehicles depend on the car and its keeper.

Other Volvo models

All clean air zones

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Sources

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025, on vehicles aged 3 to 25 at test. MOT data updated 28 September 2026.

Zone rules from Transport for London, GOV.UK, mygov.scot and council websites, checked 22 September 2026. London rules powered by TfL Open Data. Council figures come from each council’s website, linked on each zone page.

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