Chinese Electric Taxis TAKEOVER London!

The electric London taxi is an example of how automotive tradition not only survives but also becomes more exciting once it transforms. Proof that the new doesn’t always kill the culture of the past.

00:00 London City Black Cab
00:08 Electric Taxi Driving Experience London
00:40 London Historical Places
01:18 Peter Powell, London Taxi Driver
02:03 Swab Diesel Car for Electric
02:16 LEVC Production Site, Ansty
02:29 Austin FX4 Taxi
03:20 Lloyd Bonson, LEVC
03:50 LEVC TX Electric Taxi
04:50 Wheelchair Accessible Taxi London
05:58 Savoy Hotel London
07:57 Glued Aluminium Chassis
08:33 London Tour Guide

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Report: Gerhard Sonnleitner
Camera: Peter Thorn, Mike Johnson
Editing: Manu Reuss

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[DWREV]

Tell us your Black Cab experiences below!

[jinsoonchin]

American will say that this will pose national security problems and British will be forced to ban this Taxi

[hermesliteratus]

As far as I know, Geely Group, the Chinese automotive company responsible for producing this Taxi, also owns Volvo and Lotus.

[ellashy]

I applaud this episode no politics just keeping it grounded about what matters to local needs in fact Geely has really defined value for money for their vehicles

[mariomastadon]

I live in Shanghai and we've had electric cabs for almost a decade already. I loved them from the start with their smooth, quiets rides...

[jkuang]

I don't care how Western Media trash talking about China at every given moment. I see with my eyes and I have concluded that China is a positive force for human progress. Facts are facts.

[vrealzhou]

EV is very suitable as taxis, low maintenance cost and reliable. I’ve heard an interview of a Chinese taxi driver said he drove BYD e5 for 5 years with 1 million km distance. He only spend 400 CNY in total on service and repairs in the 5 years. Almost no service required. The breaks were barely used because of the energy recovery feature. Also BYD offers one battery replacement for free for the taxis on certain years. By law the car above 1 million kms will be forced recycled. So he changed another BYD EV again.

[rishisunak]

Proud to have worked for the company for a while and participated in the TX5 development process, really glad to hear ppl loving the end product

[patrickkaiserliew]

London cab really is an icon when it comes to taxis of the world.

[marvinfok]

Like it or not, China is going to dominate the global EVs industry. Even Tesla is working with CATL the biggest EVs batteries producer. MG which is another Chinese bought over British brand is producing EVs which is well accepted in the global market and is competing with another Chinese EV brand BYD.

[sobu_hasy]

London Taxis are basically base on Geely's platforms since Geely bought LTI back in 2007. The first London Taxi to include some Chinese R&D was the TX4 introduced in 2007 (the year when Geely bought most of LTI)

[TinLeadHammer]

Taxi, being a city transport with designated parking - and hence, charging - locations is the best use case for EV.

[furtado.g_]

The older black cabs look like the Chrysler PT cruiser lol.
The electric one looks so much better. What an update!

[stuartchong]

Fantastic 👍🇬🇧
This is what you can achieve when we all work together, a fusion of the old and new coupled with the East & the West, outstanding 👍

[dremc]

The commentator barley acknowledged all this was possible because of China EV industry. Just saying the designers (replicate old model) got lot more credit than the manufacturer (new tech). I am glad they stay with the classic look, its part of london's culture. Like yellow cabs in NY😂😂😂

[Jonathan_Doe_]

I hate riding in all the previous diesel black cabs. These are really nice to ride in. They actually remind me of being in the back of a newer rolls Royce with how silent they are and how smoothly they ride, the panoramic roof is a nice feature too.

[balkanleopard]

Great to see new world technology, from China this time, being adopted in London.

[BrandonPMotsilanyane]

This feels Bentley had a cullinan baby somehow 😂😂😂

[alsetalokin]

you can never go wrong with geely, byd or nio in ev

[lyndonthejohnson]

So glad to see this form being propelled into the future. My favorite feature is that with a built-in, fold out ramp, for a wheelchair the classic taxi is roll-on/roll-off. My last time in London, in 2017, it was pounding down rain and that ramp was a real lifesaver.