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Ride-hailing app Gett is offsetting its emissions and encouraging electric vehicle adoption

The concept vehicle uses turbines to turn gas into electricity, which is used to power six engines

A study of driver’s brain activity shows they were calmer when driving the low carbon electric vehicles

A new electric taxi is now fully certified to carry its customers across London. The London EV Company (LEVC) celebrated the milestone at Circus West Village, the first phase of the Battersea Power Station regeneration, which is set up with a wide range of charging infrastructure. The firm’s TX vehicle is powered by an electric […]

The brand new design for London’s electric black cab has been undergoing tests in the harshest conditions in the Arctic Circle. According to London Taxi Company (LTC), the checks to the vehicle performance will get more stringent over the coming weeks, with the taxis set to be cooled down in giant fridges to -49°C. The […]

Four in every five London taxi drivers are interested in switching to electric taxis. A survey of nearly 1,200 London taxi drivers revealed 80% of them are either “interested” or “very interested” in buying a zero-emission taxi, according to black cab manufacturer London Taxi Company (LTC). If the ultra-low emission vehicles are as popular as […]

Taxi! How are London cabbies faring with biodiesel as fuel? Hit the back streets of London with ELN to find out.

Nissan is working on a black cab for London that is 100% electric. Today the Japanese car maker unveiled a new taxi design which will be petrol-fuelled rather than diesel – and announced the same model will be available with an electric engine. The style is based on Nissan’s van – the NV200 – and […]

Barcelona is set to become the “first city in the world” to roll-out an electric taxi fleet. Cabbies in the Catalan city will be driving the e-NV200 (pictured), which was unveiled by Nissan at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show and presented to the mayor Xavier Trias. The taxi is based on Nissan’s NV200 van but […]

Barcelona is set to become the “first city in the world” to roll-out an electric taxi fleet. Cabbies in the Catalan city will be driving the e-NV200 (pictured), which was unveiled by Nissan at the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show and presented to the mayor Xavier Trias. The taxi is based on Nissan’s NV200 van but […]