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Thriev adding 20 BYD e6 electric cars to London fleet

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Thriev , a company offering zero-emission, chauffeured cars to corporate and private users in London, is adding 20. BYD e6 electric cars to the fleet. Last month, the Mayor of London announced that from 1 January 2018, all new taxis would have to be zero-emission capable in order to gain an operating licence. Earlier post.).

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London’s electric taxi fleet delayed by lack of charging points

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Plans to launch a fleet of fully-electric taxi cars in London have been delayed due to a lack of suitable charging points. Well-known environmentally-minded taxi firm, Green Tomato Cars had planned to have 50 of the BYD e6 cars, up and running as part of its fleet by the middle of the month. Latest News'

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City of Bogota, Columbia launches electric taxi pilot; part of C40-CCI EV Network

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Electric vehicle suppliers BYD and Mitsubishi have expressed their commitment to provide e6 and i-MiEV electric cars, respectively. The electric utility company, Codensa, will also support the pilot project by providing the required electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The C40-CCI Electric Vehicle Network.

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BYD to supply 50 e6 BEVs to greentomatocars for minicabs in London

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Under a newly signed a Memorandum of Understanding, BYD will supply greentomatocars with 50 of its battery-electric e6 models for trial use as minicabs in London. greentomatocars is London’s second largest quality minicab service, with a fleet of 300. —Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.

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BYD to provide 50 e6 EVs to Opoli’s San Diego ride-sharing fleet

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https://opoli.com , a ridesharing service and app based in San Diego, has partnered with China-based BYD Motors Inc, which will provide 50 e6 EVs to the Opoli fleet as part of a green initiative. Opoli has been allotted charging spaces at the docking station at the San Diego International Airport. Top speed is 87 mph (140 km/h).

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BYD India to launch electric MPV for B2B segment

Electric Vehicles India

The company in its greener initiatives had been testing its e6 electric MPV in India. The order has been placed by RATP Dev London, one of Transport for London (TfL)’s principal bus operators, for a total of 195 single and double deck vehicles. It has also tested its T3 cargo electric van in India.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

I have asked them to rework the fuel tank area and see if they can fit the charging cable in that slot. The charging port standard is also something that they can relook at. The jet routinely flies at an altitude of 50,000 ft - and can do Bangalore London non stop. As we just started our charge, another Tigor drove in.