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

Green Car Congress

The range-extended electric Metrocab has become the first zero-emission-capable taxi to be licensed by Transport for London to operate on a trial basis as a London Hackney Carriage. The first few Metrocabs are already in operation on the streets of London. kWh battery pack (which takes as little as 10 minutes while driving).

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Elektromotive at Goodwood

Green Cars News

mile hill-climb, Brighton-based Elektromotive is supplying the event organisers with four Elektrobays, the world’s only electric vehicle charging station in widespread day-to-day use. Trial projects of 340 electric vehicles will be executed in the West Midlands, Glasgow, the North East, Oxford and London.