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Transport for London plans to close the ULEZ car scrappage scheme on 7 September.
The scheme for the expanded outer London area has now seen more than £186m committed to around 54,000 applicants.
This was on top of the £61m for the central and inner London ULEZ, which led to more than 15,000 successful applications.
It said most people with older, more polluting vehicles have already taken action and application numbers have dropped sharply in recent weeks.
It said with compliance levels in London now at over 96 per cent, the scrappage scheme has been successful in achieving its objectives.
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan said: “I am proud that the scrappage scheme – the biggest in the UK – has supported so many Londoners to switch to cleaner, greener vehicles. ULEZ compliance has now reached more than 96 per cent, bringing cleaner air to millions of Londoners.”
Christina Calderato, TfL director of strategy, said: ‘We have seen enthusiastic take up of the scrappage scheme after it was opened to all Londoners.
“With the vast majority of those needing support to adapt to the ULEZ having already taken action and nearly 54,000 thousand applications approved, demand for the scheme is now much lower.”