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Range-extended electric Metrocab licensed to carry fare-paying passengers in London

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The taxi is driven by two 50 kW (peak) electric motors, range-extended with a Euro-5 1-liter gasoline engine coupled with a generator to recharge the 12.2 kWh battery pack (which takes as little as 10 minutes while driving). Peak wheel torque is 2 x 1,400 N·m (1,033 lb-ft).

Frazer-Nash

Frazer-Nash London Taxi Range

Mayor of London: all new London taxis will need to be zero-emission capable from 2018

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2014

The Mayor confirmed his plan at Transport for London’s (TfL’s) “New Taxis for London” event, at which he met five manufacturers developing zero emission capable taxis—Frazer-Nash, Nissan, Karsan, London Taxi Company and Mercedes-Benz. Around 3,000 of the most polluting taxis have also been removed from the London fleet.

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London Taxi 2018 Frazer-Nash

EV Driven

Range-extended electric Metrocab licensed to carry fare-paying passengers in London

Mayor of London: all new London taxis will need to be zero-emission capable from 2018

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