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- We take a look at a 100% electric taxi. Unlike the new London Black Cabs which are a plug-in hybrid with a 1.5L petrol engine, this Black Cab is pure electric. This London black cab has been given a second life by seamlessly integrating it with an electric drivetrain out of a Nissan Leaf. Now there's no need to scrap these great cars after 12 years purely because of emissions. If cities truly want to adopt low emissions public transport then THIS is the way. Not only is it 100% electric but it's also re-purposing and recycling what we already have. We talk to the company responsible for this amazing vehicle, take a look under the bonnet and pickup my first fare.
For more information on this car, and future electric black cabs, contact:
www.clipper.cab
The first things converted to electric actually should be taxi cabs in city centers. The faster this happens the better. Good job guys, Godspeed.
the range on these must be bad and if you are a taxi you kinda can"t stay and charge midday for two hours
Thanks 👍😀
There been electric taxi for a while. It but there not cheap.
@@damine4740 Maybe watch the video before commenting? It'll do 120 miles in the city and rapid charge in half an hour while the cabbie eats lunch.
@@damine4740 I don't think you've thought it through ... or talked with an EV taxi driver. They don't need to charge at midday for 2 hours. There are lots of EV taxis around these days. They start the day with a full charge and plug in for short top ups on their usual breaks.
That's just a win all round. Keeping a perfectly usable cab on the road with zero tailpipe emissions. Wishing Clipper success with this.
To be honest, some of the newer EVs are probably more practical due to regenerative braking & a few other features. But this has the cool factor. The drivers might have to spend a little more time not driving to charge (even with the 30-minute charge time), but they're also saving money on electricity vs gas.
There must be thousands of potential customers even just in London ... great business opportunity if they get their numbers and their manufacturing logistics well sorted.
Now this is what electric conversions should be about. Large numbers of vehicles (taxis, delivery vans, etc.) used in urban environments.
Would have far more positive environmental impact than converting classic Ferraris, Jensens, V12 Jaguars.....
As an ex black cab driver i would have loved one but i left 12 years ago, problem is the taxi plate system up here, been no more given out for years, same plates get transferred to new car and owners and infrastructure is very poor to get them charged.
Perfect idea! Can you continue to cover their story? Interesting startup.
Yep, we'll be sure to keep an eye on their journey. 👍
I’d love to see all-electric London cab in the U.S. Fantastic!
I think it's an absolutely awesome idea. There should be more like it everywhere.
i really hope the local councils get onboard with these! keeping an iconic piece of British culture alive, recycling and providing a cleaner future. to me its a no-brainer!
100% I think this is an amazing idea, especially in busy cities where pollution levels are naturally quite high.
I would hire one every day mate 👍🏼
That should not only be allowed but encouraged ! well done . let get Electric ! lets drop the burning staff and pick up a Cab.
Big fan of second “lifeing” the battery pack and the car. All you need now is an infrastructure of solar panels at home or where ever the cabbie stops for lunch/rest to recharge.
Grand idea I wish we could get some over here or electrify sime of the old checker cabs we used to have.
An obvious good idea. Well done Clipper. Big move in Aus to change the Toyota land cruiser diesel used in the mines to all electric. Jim Bell (Australia)
Great idea. The rest of the vehicle is built for a million miles anyway, so absolutely no reason why it can’t carry on with an electric drivetrain 👍
An electric London Cab. I'd rock that rig every day and twice on Sundays! One fine day, I would like to see YOUR rendition of such an icon, too. It's bound to be great. Mahalo!
The Gurus at Electron Garage have developed (in association with the Scottish Government) an EV conversion for the London Taxi but it utilises new Cells and Motors
Wichita Kansas USA has a Left hand Drive London Taxi, what a marvelous design. EV version is simply fabulous, however will probably need larger pack for cities that are more spread out distances.
The age limit regulations should only apply to ICE and ICE/Hybrid taxis. Or, once the full conversion to Electric has been completed the taxi should be inspected and a new certificate issued starting at year zero.
Completely agree. 👍
No brainer ! .... Well done.
I"m planning on restoring and electrifying my Datsun 280z.
What a brilliant concept to second life a perfectly usable vehicle. Well done Clipper for the foresight and the investment. Come on local authorities, get up to date and start licencing Clipper as an exception to the 12-year rule.
This seems more like proof that the first reason a ICE gets retired (with a good body) is cos the engine is knackered, and EVs get retired (but the drivetrain and maybe battery are fine) because the rest of the car is falling apart around it, or has been crashed. @ecocars refurbed an iMiev which had a good battery, good drivetrain, but the body was disintegrating.
Well said 👍👍
It’s not a great idea because the mileage a typical London taxi can cover would mean the electric battery would need replacing too often at great expense. Unlike Diesel engines evs are not built to withstand excessive amounts of mileage . A prime example is the Nissan dynamo all electric taxi where drivers are starting to encounter major problems
@@salibabathis is utter nonsense . Ev battery cannot withstand excessive mileage that a taxi would normally do. You’ve only got to look at a Nissan ev battery warranty that’s around 100k miles or 8 years whatever is first . A London taxi can do 100k miles in under 3 years !! In most cases the battery will need replacing around this mark and financially it’s not viable
@@jonbyrnes4349 you must be joking. Right? Abby Taxis in cornwall got Leaf taxis up to ice 100000miles, over 8 YEARS AGO! They’re all EVs
The taxi company local to me uses Leafs, MG5s, Ioniqs and Teslas.
They clock up plenty and save fortunes on diesel.
I’m currently visiting Dublin and there is literally hundreds of Atto3s and iD4s as taxis here.
Cleevley EVs have 5 MG5s converted as mobile servicing vans UK WIDE. They run high mileage and don’t blink
These are the best designed taxis in the world - great looking with seating for six if needed. They should export these electric versions world wide.
What a brilliant idea and probably cost-effective with the original Taxi being too old to use in most towns so should be cheap to pick up
Everyone around the world LOVES a Black Cab, (be it Red or Silver, I'vs seen).
So I see this as a Winner all round !
Don't know about the Crown Vic. in New York though ! Do you think we could get them to change to a Black Cab ? ?
Beautifully done conversion. Changing cabs (and buses) to electric should really be a breath of fresh air for city dwellers. 😀
We agree!
another awesome episode!!! Melbourne Australia could do with a fleet of these! "Nice one Harris!!!!""
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com on off course this is what must happen electrify public transport.
I'd love to have them in MAdrid Spain, but I have an even better idea for a delivery van
Brilliant idea. Love to see them in Munich ❤
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Great concept and it looks very nice. They need to make all the city cabs that way.
Absolutely the way forward. Great stuff. That truly makes sense. Let's hope more councils and the department of transport get on board. Perhaps you should start a petition?
Well done Clipper, betting other taxi companies around the world are watching closely.
Would have thought you'd want double that range, but that's influenced by the spread of the city, our Aussie city's have more space to spread out rather then up...
Most EV taxis (there are different models already in use) start with a full charge and then top up whilst the driver is on a break.
If you do 30,000 miles a year, take 6 weeks holiday and work a 5 day week that's 130 miles per day.
That's a lot in London!
20 mile each way commute?
9 hour shift at 10 mph average (London!!)
That's 130 miles.
Add some charging during the day......
Unless you're doing airport runs shouldn't be a problem.
Any form of fleet vehicle is an obvious choice for electric conversion. The commuter buses for hotels and motels to the airport are another obvious choice. Delivery vehicles in high urban areas as well. I have seen some emergency vehicles that have switched to electric, as well as "Meter Maid" vehicles for the police. If it spends it's whole day running short trips and always returns to a home base charging area, then there is absolutely no good reason not to convert.
Also, as companys like WiTricity start getting into alternative charging using magnetic resonance, you will see areas at airports and parking structures where you just drive over a pad and your vehicle starts to charge up. Anyplace where cars rest for any period of time can quickly become a charging station for your car.
It may take awhile, but the technology to make an all electric mass transportation system feasible is already here. We just need to do it!
And as self driving cars advance, your electric taxi may not even need a driver. Of course that will be a good reason for taxi companies to NOT want to convert. Oops. 😜
Yep get rid of the short trip high emmissions “granny mobiles” and the high usage stuff, deliveries, taxis etc on to electric ASAP. We’ve got the Enviro 400 double decker busses in Glasgow, there are dozens now on the route past my house, headed through the middle of town to the other side of the city. It’s a long jaunt and the service is about every 10 mins. Every one I see during the day 80% of the time it the electric one. Makes me so happy to think of the amount of diesel being displaced so effectively. Seeing more and more EV taxis from Glasgo cabs, Leaf’s and MG5s seem to be the favourites.
Great Stuff !!, Here in Australia (Sydney) there are mostly electric, or Hybrid cabs, Quiet comfortable, pleasant way to get places .. Maybe you can squeeze a Tesla plaid system in it & make it go sideways, I would still get in ... ;)
Wait Sydney has EV cabs? Don't think I've seen any in Melbourne yet. Hybrid Camrys yes, but no full electric cars....
@@ad_fletch Yes well here in Penrith Area NSW, Electric & Hybrids here, maybe cause the Cab Companies still operate in Western Sydney I presume, for getting those Green Rebates or Tax Credits ... ...
I think the overall concept is fantastic. I would love to see the cab companies in my city using them.
TBH i would have thought the DVLA would be the biggest hurdle as they refuse to change the emissions of any vehicle registered after 2001 😤 or were, has this attitude of thiers changed?
Thank you, well done!!
I would love to own a EV London cab here in the states.❤❤ I think they're a great car.
I was thinking the same. I've always wanted to see one in person, now even more so!
Awesome idea and delivery - let's bring this to market now!
Idea is great. How much Leaf components are there to supply such conversion? The whole idea of 2nd life + electric is simply great, more power to them :)
What can one say? It's a brilliant idea. Could it and should it be done with buses and coaches too?
Fantastic fantastic fantastic. 👏👏
Great to see both sets of previously used machines coming together to form something for the better.
I assume the “new” vehicle is still lumbered with the same gov rules that it’s still an ICE?
Does it cause a difference VED wise? Or licensing wise?
I know it can be an issue for folks converting classic cars to zero emmissions.
Yes! I was looking at a second hand taxi the other day and thinking it would be great to convert to electric! Environmentally this makes the most sense, along with vans and buses. The iconic shape and the relaxing quiet ride for the passengers makes this desirable too. Wishing Clipper all the success in the future
sadly you're looking at £20k plus to convert most ICE to EV as a limited run so costs are higher.
@@markreed9853 yes I know, it's these guys creating kits that will drive costs down though. Probably a bit dangerous to unleash me on an electric conversion kit tbh
Sounds Like a Plan Richard. all cabs in the cities should be converted or built pure electric now and main cab ranks should be fitted with fast chargers.
This is an ideal way to maximize use and amortise the vehicle cost over a much longer period - - not just how many miles.
I think Most Governments State and Local and have max age due to vehicle safety requirements but so long as the cab is clean and in great condition mechanically and safety wise there is no reason a cab cannot last 20 years.
Great plan. Perhaps the local councils will want assurances that a second-life taxicab has appropriate safety equipment. It might be helpful to draw up a proposed list of steps - like new suspension bushings, an undercarriage check for rust or damage, brake inspection, a failsafe method to hold the car still when parked, etc. (In case of a broken parking-brake cable)
Thats such a brilliant idea 💡 👏 👌
Living in Derbyshire when I go out on the mountain bike all I can smell is hot 🔥 brakes and clutches, then you see the electric vehicles laughing with the regen breaking 😆 🤟💯🇬🇧
This is brilliant on so many levels!
Love ur idea mate. Keep it up.thumbs up
I hope there are also still some of the previous / classic London Taxis out there that can be converted. Would be great to see them again.
Great idea. Only limited by how many broken Leafs they can acquire. I hope they have had more adoption from the city councils since this video was made.
Brilliant story Richard. Ticks so many boxes in the sustainability agenda. I reckon Clipper’s biggest problem will be finding enough Leaf motors and battery packs to satisfy demand? So nice to get into an ultra quiet black cab without the smog, and will keep many owner drivers on the road👍
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I reckon Clipper’s biggest problem in London will be Khan
Love your work 👍
Absolutely brilliant. My only gripe with the LEVC cabs was that there was no need for a hybrid structure when there was plenty of room for extra battery capacity. Converting original cabs into full electric is WAY greener than a ground up hybrid. It's good news for cabbies if for no other reason than they will not need to retire their cabs and get a new one. Also the all electric upgrade will be more reliable and should give them a second life as long as the first one. This is so spot on with what needs to happen. If only we could rely on this government to fund it.
Spot on, the coach building required, causing the high initial price tag for a new taxi makes this idea so simple, lucrative and just so obvious. The rest of the taxi design has been honed to perfection over the decades, they’re familiar to both drivers and passengers. What’s not to love.
Vehicles for city centers should be the first to go electric, good job! I really enjoy the new electric busses in my town, haven't seen an electric cab yet but I almost never ride cabs so maybe that's why I haven't seen one yet. Cabs tend to be big Volvo or Mercedes sedans here, no special taxi-vehicles here.
Absolutely 100% agree and it's a YES! All public transport should be 100% electric so this is a great start 👍🏻
Second life everything 👍
Great video guys
As wheezy asthmatic yes please 🙏 and for lots of other reasons...
A quick change battery would make it a no brainer!
Love the irony that its an 100% electric taxi, but the bureaucracy of the uk means that DVLA will not recognise a post 2001 vehicle can have its fuel type changed to electric (type reg number into government check-vehicle-tax website where its still diesel. but do love the concept of taxi ev recycling and i expect if they can generate enough interest the costs would come down by just productionising it
Fecking brilliant idea.
Bin bizy those words make me want to scream 😂 anyway as a taxi driver who is very interested in going electric I’m afraid to say that 120 miles is not anywhere near enough outside of London and I’m saying that as one of the laziest drivers in the country I could do 120 in 4 to 5 hours no problem at all and most drivers are out for between 10 and 12 hours realistically. Maybe it might be enough for a semi retired driver just looking to get out of the house for a few hours but they like nice cars that’s partly why they are doing it, a box on wheels isn’t going to cut it. Then we haven’t even talked about price and I can’t imagine it’s going to be much less than 25 probably closer to 30 for that money I can get a second hand model s no competition faster more range more comfortable better stereo and will hold its resale value a lot more. Sorry to be so negative on this but outside of London this just isn’t enough.
You would possibly be quite surprised how far that battery capacity could get you. It is not at all like 120 miles worth of fuel tank in an ICE vehicle.
For a start, an EV uses almost no electricity (outside of running ac or heating) when it is stopped at a light or in traffic. ICE does.
Next regenerative braking trickles a percentage of charge back into the battery every time you lift your foot from the go pedal.
As for the 120 miles in 4-5 hours most professional drivers in most countries are required to take regular breaks, every time you take your coffee break you plug the cab in. 15 to 30 min on a DC fast charge and your battery is at 80% or so which is in the region of 96 miles.
Say, for example, a lot of your fares come from sitting ‘on rank’ at an airport or hotel cab rank. With infrastructure in place you could get in a 5-10 minute charge while waiting for your next fare.
Add to that finding a vacant charger when you need it.....
Before the lock down was a heavy London taxi cab user. Even then cabbies said the range of the electric models was insufficient so although it is the right direction. More energy density is required to be a realistic option.
@@scraverX I understand everything you are saying but the reality of taxi driving is not what you think you ain’t taking a break you maybe get a couple of minutes when somebody’s train is late and if you do then it’s just happenstance and the chances of you being near a charger are zero unless again you are in central London which is of course a totally different country to what the rest of us are living in
I thought the point of these taxis was for inner city like London where taxi is the slowest form of transport but good for the tourists.
The 12 hour day without a break explains why the driver of every taxi I've ever been in is irritable and impatient.
I second life everything. I reused my old pre-fast charging power packs to build a custom large rechargeable battery for my t-shirt heater
T shirt heater ???????? That sounds great. 👍😀
@@spudproductions7606 It is. Just a small usb heating element modified to withstand higher voltages running on 8v from a custom made 30,000 mah battery pack where I can switch the batteries between series and parallel to switch between charging mode and 8v discharge for that extra bit of warmth when riding a motorbike in the colder winter months
First thing that made in to my mind was that engine isn't the only thing that needs to be replaced in old car, as basically all the metal parts on the bottom of the car needs to be checked and replaced after certain time. I've seen some 10 years old cars getting scrapped because the metal parts were too corroded.
As a London Cabbie my concern would be RANGE. 120 miles is actually 70/80 miles in the winter lights, air con, heater eats the electric. 200 plus range in London would be much better. As far as flyers drivers are concerned they would definitely need 200 plus miles.
All said and done, EXCELLENT START.
Thanks Martin 👍😀
Yeah all the cabbies I talk to drive in from out of town in the morning so you need more range or much faster charging
@@Hyfly13 If the battery was a Nissan 60 instead of a Nissan 40 this cab would smash it, the drivers would definitely go for it. RANGE IS PRIORITY. All the Cabbies are talking about this cab, everyone I have spoken to say RANGE is a problem.
All the best
Be Lucky.
Do you think sales of EVs of all kinds whether factory or conversions will slow down after the announcement that they will all have to pay VED as from April 2025?
What will they have to start paying next? Congestion Charges in city centres?
Nope. EV sales won't slow down in the UK because they have to pay road tax. That was always going to happen at some point. 👍
You'd think that a major vehicle manufacturer trying to transition to EV but having to battle the cost would see an opportunity to create a bolt on conversion kit for "cabs everywhere" (not just a London Taxi)
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They could sell the basic kit to third party builders or the specialist taxi garages.
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Easy money?
I thought London had introduced electric cabs a few years ago. Maybe not converted ones like this I suppose.
They have but it's a plugin hybrid with an 80 mile EV range before the petrol takes over. I think MetroCab were going to bring out a pure EV but not sure what happened to it, or them.
Nope, they market them as electric but they're actually a hybrid with a 1.5L petrol engine in.
@@ElectricClassicCars Ah, I stand corrected. Thanks.
It’s t the LEVC a Rex same as the i3 just a bigger petrol tank?
The main rationale for councils to limit the age of Taxis and PHVs is to do with vehicle safety!
Older cars are more likely to have hidden corrosion that could make the vehicle behave in a far more substandard way compared to when the vehicle was new.
Taxi / PHV inspections are far more rigorous than the MOT inspection, partly to adress some of these issues, but hopefully the authorities couls start recognising a certification, whereby a full structural assesment is carried out when a vehicle is repurposed, and thereby extend the age requirement.
Great idea for inner cities, I only hope that it can be made to work!
According to transport for London it’s to reduce emissions -
“The changes to taxi vehicle age limits and age limits follow a public consultation by Transport for London changes to taxi vehicle age limits and exemptions. These changes have been introduced in order to reduce harmful emissions from taxis and improve air quality in the Capital.”
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If all hackney carriages are converted to electric, then wireless charging at taxi ranks could make a great idea.Charge while you wait at the rank
Just a minor correction but we have the Nissan dynamo electric taxis in London which are 100% electric though no longer available to buy. The range on that is approx 150 miles in good weather and that is viable for some drivers though for most drivers we'd need a real life range and not WLTP of about 200 miles at least.
It's a great effort at repurposing old stock but currently TfL have the 15 year age limit imposed on all taxis including the fully electric Nissan so you'd need to overcome that hurdle initially and then face the biggest one which is convincing drivers like myself (and I'm pro electric) to buy one at whatever price point you decide to set.
Great job though and wish you guys the best of luck with it all.
Thanks for the comment 👍😀
Wel honestly i don't want to see a full electric cabby. I want to have that full electric cab! ;-) I like the odd look of those cars and living in Europe where we drive on the "wrong" or "right" side ( left side that is ), i don't know if there is any left hand drive cabs like those English cabs. Another thing, because i'm an audio and video technician, it's a nice car to build a small "Outside Broadcast Van" out of it. Screens and all in place of the back seat and de technicians with the backs to the separation wall.
É de mais esse Taxi elétrico
bring it on!
Electric Town vehicles have always made the most sense ...Trams and Milk Floats
Good point 👍😀
Isn't there already a 100% London Taxi based on the Nissan e-nv200? Great video too.
Nissan have taken the e-nv out of production. So London cabbies have only the one option. And that is the LEVC Hybrid
@@harrismedwell2386 the townstar is supposedly coming soon but I’ve not seen anything announced as to if there will be large crew versions or 7 seater variants. Here’s hoping 🤞
A great idea. Sadly a potential £50,000 price tag with a 120 mile city range, for a 12 year old chassis may be a hard sell. Dynamo make a fully electric Hackney vehicle based on the Nissan env200, which shares its platform with the Nissan Leaf.
Great idea!
It would be interesting to see Richards version of an electric taxi. More omph and a better range !
Fastest taxi in town 👍😀
Great idea, go electric on a 12 year old tired cab. Just make sure all the other parts are updated as well for safety and long life. Are parts for those cab parts going to be available for the next 12 years?
Remember, the 12 year limit is based on the emissions of the car not the general wear and tear. These cabs have to be maintained to a certain standard. They aren't driving around with wheels hanging off and drive shafts about to snap. As with many conversions there should be a minimal amount of restoration or repair required for the original parts.
Thats a great taxi
Holy shit …
I wanted to say something smart…
But a lot of folks already beat me to it 👇👇👇
Good job 👍
(15years if electric or 12 years if not euro6/electric)
- You currently converted a 62 plate which in general have a 12 year limit in London - considering it has now been converted to 100% electric. Will the taxi get an additional 15 years or just 3 years extra.
I generally believe this a brilliant idea.
Brilliant :)
This reminds me of the United States Postal Service. The delivery vehicles are nearing 40 years old and just junk. Why not replace them with electric point to point delivery vehicles?? Last year, they ultimately chose gas (petrol) but might be under investigation to force them to choose the EV route (I don't have time at the moment to dig more but please, someone fill in the details).
Check @TransportEvolved apparently they’ve “reconsidered” and added more the the order books, only after being strong armed kicking and screaming and handed more money to pay for them.
@@salibaba Thanks. I looked for a TE video on the post office but couldn't find one. Perhaps you could link it? If not, I'll look again later.
I love it
"where to, love?"
There's a company hear the east coast in Canada that converts used Corolla frames and suspension to light-duty electric trucks. (The climate there is pretty rough on the bodies.) Most of their customers are in the northeastern seaboard of the US. There isn't really a great ICE option for urban delivery vehicles in North America. Most of our vans are either too bulky, complete crap or both. My question with conversions is how easy will it be to convert to the next generation of batteries. From what I've seen on your vehicles, it looks like it will be a lot less work than the initial conversion.
I love the refurbing of these older taxis. They deserve an extended lease of life for sure. One quibble, what about the TX by LEVC? Isn’t that the first all new purpose built EV Taxi? It’s been on the market for a while hasn’t it?! One other question is what is the deal with road tax after the conversion? Some of the newer taxis from after 2006 are getting hit with very high road tax as diesels with the old 2.7 and 3.0 Nissan TDi. Can you update the registration and get EV tax rates?
Think I’ve just answered my own question re the TX. Didn’t realise it was a range extended hybrid! I guess it will only be a hop skip and a jump away from full electric as and when more taxi drivers get used to charging between fares and charging facilities improve. Charging either away from home or on street for those of us who can’t charge at home (and let’s face it that is most of us living in towns and cities across the U.K.) still seems to be the biggest unsolved hurdle!
You'll never make a real cabbie, Richard; you don't moan and complain enough! 😉👍
Thanks for the video.
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I think they missed a trick. Unlike the new LEVC TX these TX4's don't have the sunroof. So why not have a small peel and stick thin film CIGS PV panel to just trickle charge things up.
I have mentioned this elsewhere but why aren't the battery packs insulated against the cold? What aren't HVAC lines? If they're using a Tesla 11kw charger then why not use their heat scavenging system.
As a working vehicle they should be looking for every gain in efficiency that they can. But I'm an idiot so I'm probably wrong.
So everything concerning EV powertrain is from Nissan Leaf second generation not the Plus version with 60 kWh battery but rather regular versions starting from 2018 models including Chademo charging port? In the UK it makes sense since Chademo is extremely popular there. Since in London is never too hot air cooled battery is not an issue either.
Great idea but a 40kw battery won't cut it, not enough range and the infrastructure for street charging is way behind in terms of numbers.
What happens to the old diesel engines? I think it's a brilliant idea.
Could this technology be adapted to the Euro 5 Mercedes Vito Taxi ?
Will the insurance company pay for the full value of conversion in event of a write off??? Or will insurance company's pay market value for year of vehicle...
Or has that critical point been over looked?
My mind has seen to much,,,Bugger a Checker.
Could these converted and recycle electric Taxi idea, be carried out on an older FX4 Taxis?
Along with could these converted and recycle electric taxis, actually be modified into a private wheelchair accessible vehicle?
Maybe with a new wheelchair space, being located in the front passenger seat or luggage space area too?
As well as with the interior taxi petition behind the driver recovered totally, plus with a new built in remote operated power slide out or folding out, wheelchair ramp system fitted too?
Similarly with the option, of these old converted and recycled electric taxis, allowing for a disabled driver with hand controls.
Actually driving from their own wheelchair, or transferring from their own wheelchair, to the likes of a remote operated and rear and forward sliding transfer seatwhich
This would put to use old wheelchair accessible taxis, to a secondary use as fully electric privately own wheelchair accessible vehicles.
Especially as if the option was offered, that disabled drivers, could drive one of these converted and recycled electric taxis.
That is either from their own wheelchair, by interchanging the drivers / front passenger plug-in and lock-down seat, being taken out to allow a wheelchair to be locking in place instead.
With the vehicle having, standard disabled hand controls, fitted for the disabled drivers use too.
Or by the driver seat, modified and mounted on to a remote operated rear and forward powered sliding rail transfer seat system.
Where the disabled wheelchair user, basically just transfers from their own wheelchair, to the transfer seat in the rear position.
Then the transfer seat slides forward into the driver position for driving, while the wheelchair is stored in the rear large passenger access space area.
This would or could provide disabled drivers and disabled passengers, the chance of buying fully electric wheelchair access vehicles in the UK 🇬🇧.
As there are very, very few electric fully disabled accessible vehicle, avialable in the UK!
Maybe one or two new Electric WAV's, are currently available to buy in the UK 🇬🇧, for private owner disabled wheelchair passengers.
But nothing for disabled wheelchair drivers at presently, which these converted and recycled electric taxis, would fill a gap in the market here!
Namaste 🙏, Gurkhamum Wendy and Wheelchaircharlie39 David, 29.11.2022, time; 11.00.
PS; please past this on to Clipper Cab's too!