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 Motor Motors 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2009

300V, 16 kWh Li-ion pack. The consortium brings together the expertise of 13 West Midlands-based organizations within the engineering, automotive manufacturing, academic, public and infrastructure sectors, and is led by global engineering consultancy Arup. LTI (5 electric taxis). i-MiEV Quick Specs.

i-MiEV 210

i-MiEV Mitsubishi Electric Cars Land Rover 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2014

kWh, 323V Li-ion battery pack—318 kg (701 lbs), or 21% of the e-Golf’s DIN unladen body weight—with the component 25 Ah cells and modules (6-cell and 12-cell) provided by Panasonic. We tested several cells and several manufacturers of the cells and Panasonic was the best we could use for this project. The e-Golf.

Batteries 356

Batteries Battery MPH All-Electric 356