The Famous London Taxi Has Just Seen Its Biggest Update Ever
We all know the London Taxi, from personal experience or otherwise, but after decades of under-investment a new one is about to catapult the famous Black Cab into 2018.
The new TX, which hangs onto the name that has served it since the Old Testament, will use a petrol-electric range-extender hybrid drivetrain that’s good for 400 miles – including “well over” 70 miles on electric power alone, apparently. Its makers reckon it will save drivers an average of £100 per week on fuel versus the old diesel version.
It’s instantly recognisable as a black cab despite much-changed looks, although from some angles it could just as easily be a hearse. But this one should be cleaner, smoother, faster and a lot quieter than any of its predecessors.
Current TX taxis are among the dirtiest, most polluting cars on UK roads, using engine technology that was developed while Isaac Newton was still at school. Since being bought out by Chinese automotive giant Geely, though, the London Taxi Company has been renamed the London EV Company, or LEVC, bringing a new focus to its future activities as a maker only of hybrids and electric cars.
Order books will open on 1 August this year, just in case you’re thinking of switching careers to become a cabbie.
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When you want your FAKE TAXI videos to be quieter…
I thought it was an inflated Daihatsu Trevis!
1: Take old car
2: Add HID’s/LED’s
3: Update interior
4: ???
5: Profit
British engineering isn’t good and it’s absolutely looks like shiet here in mtl we have cabs chosen by the drivers. theres a lot of prius’s which is a very good car mind you haters because those prius can do 1million km with good maintenance and without changing any parts… We in montreal have something called pot holes the size of a moon crater. toyota is not messing around with their cars as specially the prius! skrew british cars ahah
its only in london having the black cab. everywhere else drivers pick the car they want.
can you repeat that in a form of English thats understandable please. I’ve seen 5 year olds that have better grasp of the English language.
Damn it Canada….
FakeTaxi vids are gonna be in the future now
Then why did my dad spend so much on an XC90 when he could have just got one of those and an Uber account?
God it looks ugly.
I just hope there more reliable than the current ones. I’m fed up of fixing them.
Quite CAPITALizing…
Saw one at goodwood
looks good as a zebra