Beginning with 2018 , the new London taxi must be equipped with electric drive. The norm defines the distance 48 kilometers on a single charge.
The new Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants, that the city was clean air. On his appeal immediately reacted to the Chinese supplier of car Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. Который заявил что в реализацию проекта новых, environmentally friendly vehicles to invest 400 million dollars.
This amount will be spent on development work models TX5 plug-in hybrid, которая будет более современной чем в настоящее время предлагаемая TX4. Modern London taxi will replace the legendary Austin FX4, which was produced from 1958 to 1997 of the year.
In accordance with the new rules, beginning with 2018 year, London taxis can not be driven by diesel engines, they should replace the electric cars or hybrids, which will be able to using electric drive to overcome the minimum distance 48 km and dispose of not more than 50 г CO2/km.
It should be added, that the current taxi Geely TX4 driven by the diesel four-cylinder engine in volume 2.8 l, supplied by VM Motor.
New London taxi will be on sale at the end of 2017 of the year, and will be produced at the new plant of the company London Taxi Company in Coventry. Annual production capacity is estimated at 36 thousand cars, which will also be exported to other countries, in particular New Zealand and Australia.
