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

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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.

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New range-extended Metrocab could save cabbies up to £40 a day

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The new Metrocab taxi, built by UK firms, Frazer-Nash Research and Ecotive, was recently unveiled in London for the first time last month, when the city’s Ma[.]. Hybrid cars' More details of a new range-extended taxi cab for London have been released by the vehicle’s makers as the prepare for imminent road trials.

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Lithium Technology Corporation enters strategic alliance and investment agreement with FN Group for large format Li-ion packs for automotive applications

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Lithium Technology Corporation (LTC) ( earlier post ) has entered into a strategic alliance with Frazer-Nash Research Ltd. (FN The initial amount of cells will be used to build a test fleet of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles with range extender as well as a certain number of Electric Vehicles for an Asian vehicle manufacturer.

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