Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Eco City Vehicles PLC (ECV), a developer and supplier of eco-friendly commercial vehicles and the London licensed taxi, launched an all-electric prototype of the London-licensed Mercedes Vito taxi, developed by a consortium of companies including ECV’s manufacturing partner Penso, Mercedes Benz UK and Zytek Automotive.

Taxi 210

Taxi London Mercedes Zytek 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

Accumulated fuel consumption over Cenex drive cycle for standard London taxi (TX2) and DuoDrive-equipped TX2 (blue line). In recent tests, the DuoDrive taxi demonstrated a 56% improvement in fuel economy compared to a standard London Taxi (TX2), and simulations predict that an improvement of 100% is possible with further optimization.

Plug-in 199

Plug-in Taxi Motors Motoring 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2009

300V, 16 kWh Li-ion pack. Less than 1% of the vehicles registered every year in the UK are electric and most of these are currently used in London. LTI (5 electric taxis). As well as being the largest, CABLED is the first consortium to begin vehicle trials and has recently gained further public backing thanks to £2.5

i-MiEV 210

i-MiEV Mitsubishi Electric Cars Land Rover 210