The famous London taxi becomes 100% electric
- The London taxi is an institution in Britain. The first model (FX3) was manufactured from 1948 to 1958. The second (FX4) was manufactured from 1958 to 1997. In the meantime, the company Carbodies, which produced this vehicle, renamed itself LTI (London Taxis International). The third generation of the model (TX1-TX4), manufactured from 1997 to 2017, was equipped with a VM Motori diesel engine.
- LTI was acquired by Chinese company Geely in 2013 and became LTC (London Taxi Company). In 2017, LTC was re-baptised LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) which now produces exclusively electric taxis (called TX e-City).
- The Coventry plant that makes these taxis has a capacity of 20,000 units a year, but only 2,000 units have been assembled there since last year. Geely is counting on anti-pollution legislation in major cities in the coming years to grow its electric taxi volume.
- LEVC sells its models not only in London (a thousand units currently in circulation), but also in other British cities, as well as in Amsterdam, Oslo and Berlin. The company now wants to attack the Paris taxi market.
- The TX e-City can travel 150 kilometers in 100% electric mode or 600 kilometers with a range extender that comes in the form of a Volvo 3-cylinder engine (Volvo is part of the Geely group).
- LEVC is also working on a commercial vehicle project, to be built on the same platform as the TX e-City.
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