London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) is well known for its iconic London taxis, which are now electric. Based on that experience, the company has just rolled out an electric van as well. It has similar styling, but more cargo space and certain other modifications.
Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Motors, has purchased a 9.69% stake in Daimler worth $9 billion. The acquisition is further proof of how quickly consolidation in the auto industry is taking place.
The London Electric Vehicle Company came to terms with interested parties in Amsterdam (Netherlands) a couple of months back to sell and deploy some 225 units of the company’s new extended-range electric cab — with the deal set to represent the first deployment outside of London of the new electric version of the city’s iconic black cabs. That deal will see the electric cabs deployed as a component in a service to transport disabled and/or elderly people.
The final phase of the testing of LEVC’s electric black cab taxis has now begun in London — with 6 test vehicles now being put through the paces in real-world conditions in England’s capital — according to a new press release from the iconic taxi company.
The much-discussed London Taxi Company has relaunched itself as the London EV Company (LEVC), as part of its general transition towards the emerging electric vehicle fleet market.
Volvo has announced that every car it makes will come with a battery and an electric motor starting in 2019. It will also bring its first all electric car to market that year.
The London Taxi Company’s all-electric taxi has been tested intensely and over thousands of miles in both hot and cold climate endurance tests in the Arizona desert and Arctic Circle. This week, the zero emissions taxi prototype took on another first. On Thursday, June 29, one of London Taxi Company (LTC)’s all-new range-extended electric taxi test vehicles silently made the world-famous Goodwood Hillclimb.
London Taxi Company’s new range-extended electric black cab performs quite well in high heat conditions, as determined by recent comprehensive testing in Arizona, the company has revealed.
The UK’s first auto manufacturing plant dealing solely with range-extended electric vehicles was recently opened by the London Taxi Company in Ansty, Coventry. The new facility possesses an annual production capacity of more than 20,000 vehicles. Just before the opening, CleanTechnica recorded the following video at EV-Box’s rEVolution 2017. The video details the London Taxi Company’s new range-extended electric taxi as well as the company’s new manufacturing facility.
An early version of the London Taxi Company’s TX5, a range-extended electric car that will be rolled out en masse on London’s streets in a few years, was recently spotted in the wild.
