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Electric Black Cabs Hit London's Roads

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday December 05 2017, @09:03PM   
from the blends-in-with-the-soot dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

BBC:

Electric black taxis have hit London's roads under plans to improve air quality but critics say their cost will put drivers off "going green".

The cab costs £55,599 up from £45,000 for the newest petrol equivalent.

Chris Gubbey, boss of manufacturer the London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) insists the cab will "play a major role in helping to improve air quality".

The launch comes weeks ahead of rules requiring new cabs in the capital to be capable of emitting zero emissions.

More than 9,000 such taxis, roughly half the current black cab fleet, are expected on London's roads by 2021.

The £10K price difference should break even in two years of savings on fuel, less if maintenance costs are factored in. But will that make up for lost revenue from fares the cabs can't accept while recharging?

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• Re:Cost of vehicle (Score: 3, Interesting) by meustrus on Tuesday December 05 2017, @11:37PM

  by meustrus (4961) on Tuesday December 05 2017, @11:37PM (#605887)

  From Wikipedia: [wikipedia.org]

  In the United States, the "acid rain [wikipedia.org]"-related emission trading system was principally conceived by C. Boyden Gray [wikipedia.org], a G.H.W. Bush [wikipedia.org] administration attorney. Gray worked with the Environmental Defense Fund [wikipedia.org] (EDF), who worked with the EPA to write the bill that became law as part of the Clean Air Act of 1990. The new emissions cap on NO_x and SO₂ [wikipedia.org] gases took effect in 1995, and according to Smithsonian [wikipedia.org] magazine, those acid rain emissions dropped 3 million tons that year.^{[43] [wikipedia.org]}

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