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  • Nissan e-NV200 Taxi for London

    You might be unfamiliar with the name LTI TXII, but if you've ever visited London you've probably traveled in one at some point. It's best known as London's black cab or 'Hackney Carriage', and it's known the world over for its iconic shape. Nissan has incorporated the black cab's famous face onto its new London taxi--with limited success. But the real story is the electric version, which makes its debut in 2015. ALSO SEE: Norway's Electric Cars: Already Too Popular? Current London cabs already have a strong connection to Nissan. Towards the end of its life, the old Austin FX4 cabs used...

  • Metrocab range-extended London taxi unveiled by Boris Johnson
    New Electric Taxi To Make London's Black Cabs A Little Greener

    London's famous retro-style black taxis are as much a part of the landscape as Buckingham Palace or the Houses of Parliament, but so too is the pollution they create. The diesel engines used over several generations of taxi have been picked for their durability--racking up many hundreds of...

  • Tesla Store opening in Westfield Mall, London, Oct 2013
    Elon Musk Opens New Tesla Store In London Mall: Live Photos

    Last Thursday evening, Tesla opened another retail location in its push to expand electric-car sales outside the U.S. This one was in London's Westfield Mall, built along the lines of high-end U.S. malls west of the Notting Hill neighborhood. According to our man on the scene, the lighting was...

  • Cyclist in London looking at driver of Lamborghini Aventador [clip from video by SupercarsOfLondon]
    Cyclist Vs Self-Important, Entitled, Angry Supercar Driver (Video)

    Owners of supercars often seem to feel a sense of entitlement. So we had to chuckle at the outrage expressed by the videographer who posted a clip of a Lamborghini Aventador momentarily forced to slow down on a narrow London street as a cyclist pulls out. You'll note that the driver of the...

  • Car entering London's Congestion Charge zone [Image: Flickr user jovike]
    London Lowers CO2 Limit For Free Entry: Only Plug-Ins Exempt

    For several years, England's capital city has charged a fee for vehicles entering a center zone, under the guise of "congestion charging". In reality, it's a tax based on CO2 emissions, all vehicles emitting under 100 grams per kilometer of carbon dioxide allowed free passage into the center. Until...

  • Car entering London's Congestion Charge zone [Image: Flickr user jovike]
    London Tightens Congestion Charge Limits; Only Plug-Ins To Be Free?

    Imagine if you were being charged tens of dollars to drive into the center of your home city each day. Around Europe, many drivers already face such a charge. London is one such city, and residents have been paying to enter the center of the capital since 2003. Low-emission vehicles have commonly...

  • Formulec EF01 electric race car

    Olympic sports events leave a lasting impression on the countries they visit. Not just in terms of athletes, but in the facilities they leave behind. London's 2012 Olympic Games were no different, and several companies are attempting to find a use for the huge Olympic park specially constructed to host the games. One of those could involve electric cars--a race series, to be precise. According to businessGreen, former UK Science Minister and now race car builder Lord Drayson, has suggested the Olympic Park could be a venue for the upcoming Formula E series. Formula E is the touted electric...

  • BYD e6 electric crossover to be used by London taxi fleet greentomatocars
    BYD e6 Electric Crossover Will Be London Taxi, Still MIA In U.S.

    The city of London, England is set to have its first all-electric taxi fleet from the second quarter of 2013. Taxi company greentomatocars and Chinese carmaker BYD have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will see greentomato cars running a fleet of 50 BYD e6 electric crossovers...

  • Nissan NV200 London Taxi
    Nissan’s New London Taxi Cab Could Be Electric Too

    They’re as well-known as The Houses of Parliament or Harrods luxury department store, but soon London’s iconic black taxi cabs could be getting an all-electric makeover courtesy of an electric taxi being tested by Nissan. The news was announced at the London launch of the NV200 taxi...

  • London Taxi
    Hydrogen-Fueled Olympics Taxis Sent 130 Miles To Refuel--On Diesel Trucks

    The London Olympics now underway are a showcase for green cars. Automotive sponsor BMW is getting massive exposure for 4,000 of its greenest vehicles, including lower-emission ActiveHybrid models, fuel-efficient diesels, and much-anticipated i3 all-electric city car and i8 plug-in hybrid sports...

  • Nissan Leafs replace black cabs in London
    Londoners: Tweet Nissan, Go Green With Free Leaf Taxi Ride

    Let's play a word-association game. If we say "London", what do you think of? If you've not visited yourself and experienced the city's varied culture, chances are your first three answers would be "Big Ben", "red buses" and "black cabs". While the former is firmly rooted, the other two are common...

  • New Bus for London rendered images
    New Old-Style London Bus Hits The Streets--And It's A Hybrid

    "New Bus for London" doesn't have quite the same ring to it as "Routemaster", but the mission is the same - to improve London's busy public transport system, just like the original Routemaster did from its introduction in 1956. But while the original was revolutionary for its lightweight aluminum...

  • FedEx to use Nissan NV200 electric van in London

    This time last year, the Nissan NV200 delivery van wouldn't have meant much to many of us, sold only in Japan and Europe as a rival to models like Ford's Transit. Since Nissan won a $1 billion contract to supply New York City with NV200s as taxis though, the vehicle will be much more familiar, painted in the traditional bright yellow normally seen on Crown Vics. Some of those taxis will use an electric drivetrain, and now delivery company FedEx Express has announced with Nissan that it will trial a similar electric NV200 in London, England. The NV200 electric vehicle prototype uses the same...

  • Volvo 7700 Hybrid Double-Decker in London
    London's Famous Red Buses Going Hybrid Thanks To Volvo

    England: Tea, Big Ben, bowler hats and red buses. One of those things is about be be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the 21st Century. It's the famous red double-decker bus of course, much as we'd like to see today's young people going about their business in bowler hats rather than baseball...

  • 2011 Nissan Leaf
    At Heathrow, 'Free' Electric-Car Charging Costs $78.50 Per Day

    London's Heathrow Airport provides charging stations for electric car drivers. Accessing them, however, requires parking in the airport's most expensive lot.

  • BMW ActiveE
    BMW To Provide 4,000 Cars For 2012 Olympics, Electric Cars Included

    The 2012 Olympics to be held next summer in London may be the greenest yet, with spectators and many participants moving by mass transit among the various venues. Still, automotive partner BMW plans to provide up to 4,000 vehicles for use during the events. Now we learn that 200 of those will be...

  • Smart ForTwo Electric Drive at Urban Stage, London
    2011 Smart Electric Drive On The Streets Of London: Driven

    What makes the perfect city car? Compact dimensions are a good place to start, so you can sneak into small parking spaces on a crowded street and squeeze through gaps that would leave other traffic impatiently waiting. Nippy acceleration is useful too, so you aren't left lagging at the lights...

  • Eiffel Tower and green cars
    Electric Cars To Help 2050 Europe Goal Of Zero-Emissions Cities

    When looked at in pure dollars and cents, there are many cases in which electric cars don't yet provide a payback. But other forces will boost their chances of adoption beyond pure payback. And government regulations are one of those forces. On Monday, the European Commission will issue a road map...

  • Fuel price in London, shown in pence per liter, February 2011

    Turmoil in Libya is making global oil markets nervous. That means higher gasoline prices. Cue the creeping unease and outright fear that Our American Way Of Life May Be In Peril. Well, it's Monday morning, and we have a brisk message for our U.S. readers: Shut up and stop whining. So gas is over $3 a gallon, maybe even edging close to $4 (depending where you live)? Oh, you poor, delicate, oppressed things! Your brethren in England--you know, that country we revolted against 235 years ago?--are just about to pay $8 for each gallon of gasoline they buy. The signs in the photos were snapped...

  • THINK City on hire in the Alps
    Can Electric-Car Clubs And Shows Really Bring In Buyers?

    As an electric car enthusiast or recently-converted gearhead, you'll no doubt be aware of the huge variety of clubs out there for virtually any make and model or automotive scene you can think of. For many people, a thriving scene and great social network might be the difference between choosing...

  • Eiffel Tower and green cars
    Paris To Test Banning Gas-Guzzlers (Yes, SUVs!) In City Core

    Why are many European carmakers now planning to build electric vehicles? Because many European cities are widely expected to ban high-emissions vehicles from their city cores over the next decade--perhaps even vehicles with any emissions at all. Now, Paris may be the first city to experiment with...

  • 2010 Volkswagen Taxi Concept
    Moving On Up? Volkswagen Considers Producing Electric Taxi

    Whilst the 2013 Volkswagen Golf Blue eMotion might be responsible for many of the company's EV headlines, their smaller Up concept is possibly even more intriguing. The Wolfsburg maker has just revealed the third in a trio of electric taxi concepts. Following Berlin and Milano versions, the latest...

  • G-Wiz charging in the U.K.
    Fatal G-Wiz Crash: Confirmed - Another Car Was Involved

    Just over a week ago we discussed the aspect of electric car safety, specifically that of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles or NEVs, after 47-year old mother Judit Nadal was tragically killed in her Reva G-Wiz in an accident in London, U.K. Our earlier story was based on initial reports that Mrs Nadal...

  • Volvo C30 electric concept, 2010 Detroit Auto Show
    Could Your Car's Body Be Its Battery Too? Volvo Is Trying

    The biggest challenge for battery electric vehicles is clearly the cost and the weight of today's lithium-ion battery packs. Now Volvo is experimenting with a new composite material that can store and release energy more quickly than a convention lithium-ion cell and, it says, might one day replace...

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