The Electric taxi that never was.
The "Metro" electric London taxi was a range-extended electric vehicle developed by Fraser Nash and launched around 2014. Only a couple were licensed, but due to copyright issues, which they won, but financially ruined stopping production.
@michaelblackcab Selfish drivers are not looking to the future. What happens when the Vito goes. Who’s going to do the large jobs where they are essential. We will lose a lot of work. Everyone moans about the black Vitos knocking around the hotels We need a large vehicle with luggage space
@The_LCDC@TootlestheTaxi@taxi_leaks@azizbassman70@Sammyscarf It’s not you crying it’s the app mob. They shouldn’t have let the put it up in the first place. It’s like crying over spilt milk. I absolutely hate the apps end of. Leaches along with levc. When did any of them actually do anything good for the trade.
@john11428@TootlestheTaxi@taxi_leaks@azizbassman70@Sammyscarf I am not crying John, I attended every Demo going, whilst drivers worked. If you follow the Club on X, we are the only Org working on getting the Ford into London so before you have a moan……. i suggest you know the facts. What Org you a member of?..just asking
@The_LCDC@TootlestheTaxi@taxi_leaks@azizbassman70@Sammyscarf Imagine having to get your service done a couple of miles away. Imagine them having parts available They say it’s a van (the protectors of Chinese) but so was the merc and look how good they would have been if they were built properly instead of being bodged up.
@The_LCDC@TootlestheTaxi@taxi_leaks@azizbassman70@Sammyscarf I’ve seen the posts about the ford but genuinely how far away are you or the other orgs from getting it in or are the twats I’m with just holding it up. I’m all for changing orgs 100% but not for a wing and a prayer I believe the ford Would help the older drivers massively
@coltscabs@littlejohn50 I’m an older driver with one cab left in me but I have absolutely zero confidence in levc. I think this goes for a lot of older drivers. Ford have a vast network and can be trusted imho. The Vito was a van but it’s a fantastic vehicle no difference with the maxi.
It’s worsening…Another 32 cabs lost to ply and the phones ring and ring and no fleets are looking to invest . We need something solid from the regulator If the FORD MaxiCab is the only possibility it should be allowed to ply even without the turning circle . Any meter will do !
@The_LCDC Ideal replacement for the Vito which is 100 times a better drive than the shite levc. I would trust the yanks ford anyday over the piece of Chinese crap we’ve been dished up.
@The_LCDC You keep bigging it up but when are you and the rest of the so called orgs going to make it happen I presume the normal
Don’t talk to each other
He wants it she don’t
Make it happen and stop us older drivers from sliding into early retirement.
lEVC not fit for purpose.
@AlexWilsonAM@The_LCDC It’s a tool to tackle the odious companies they have allowed in on the apps. The only way they can force it on us is to lower the vat threshold. Grant scaremongering again
@CabdirectLondon I would get one. The Vito was the best cab I’ve ever had. Levc are a busted flush. They have rinsed our trade for years. The turning circle has been made obsolete by our wonderful regulator.
At a time of great uncertainty for the trade, it’s a real shame that London taxi drivers aren’t allowed to choose more affordable modern vehicles like they can in other major cities throughout the UK.
@kpmautos This is the reason we need another vehicle. The does is ready to go but khan knows he has the turning circle in his pocket to stop the demise of the trade. LEVC will not protect the trade alone and with the job losses their on the brink.
@FWyhowska Everywhere going down to one lane to facilitate the introduction of driverless vehicles as they wouldn’t cope with more than one lane. Bacckhanders all round
Ed MIliband, "Things are going to get worse.. This is the new normal.. But if we don't act things will get even worse"
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "But it's about everybody else. We can get to net zero. Unless the rest of the world does, things will carry on" #C4News
Ed MIliband, "We're 1% of global emissions, is there any point in our acting? Absolutely yes"
"Should we just stand aside, and say it's not up to us, its up to everybody else, and see what happens? I think that's a massive betrayal of future generations.. I think we should lead"
@PaulAtk58771353 The only thing possibly is they have either cladded the walls or more likely re tiled it in mosaics with 1 inch square tiles which considering the length of time it’s been closed is the more likely 🤷🏼♂️