Green cabs: is London ready for electric taxis?

Green cabs: is London ready for electric taxis?

London follows cities such as Amsterdam and Bangalore by introducing electric taxis next year, but some see problems on the road ahead

When John Dowd drives along the streets of London, schoolboys offer fist bumps and people wind down their windows to talk.

This 48-year-old from Sudbury, north-west London, isn’t part of some reality television show: he’s test-driving a new, electric version of the black cab.

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Source: Guardian Transport

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