Black cabs go green as London Taxi Company rebrands
After 70 years as The London Taxi Company, the manufacturer of the UK capital’s iconic black cabs has changed its name to the London EV Company (LEVC).
Timed to coincide with the unveiling of the firm’s new TX low emissions taxi, which will take to London’s streets later this year, the rebrand follows huge investment by the firm’s owner - China’s Geely Group - targeted at reinventing the company as a leading developer of specialist lightweight, low-emission vehicles.
As previously reported by The Engineer, the company unveiled a new dedicated production facility for electric vehicles in Ansty, on the outskirts of Coventry.
The new taxi – which goes on sale next month (August 2017) has been designed to meet legislation due to come into force in 2018 specifying that all-new London taxis are zero-emissions capable. Transport For London has claimed that by the end of 2020, 9000 London taxis will be “zero emission capable” vehicles.
The company also has bold plans to sell the new vehicle to international markets, an ambition that received a boost recently in the form of an order for 225 vehicles from Dutch taxi-operator RMC.
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