Manufacturer invites Birmingham cabbies behind the wheel of new electric taxi

Coventry-based taxi manufacturer London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC), which builds the famous black cabs, is inviting Birmingham cabbies to test-drive its electric TX Taxi for 48 hours.

LEVC is heading to Birmingham city centre today when it will have on display its new TX Taxi, the world’s first purpose-built electric taxi, which it says will meet the new Clean Air Zone (CAZ) regulations that are being introduced next year.

Drivers will also have the opportunity to ask the experts questions about the vehicle, which was introduced into London in 2018, the benefits of switching from diesel to TX, as well as speak to Octopus, about a new pay-per-mile finance deal.

The visit comes just a week after the Business Breathes website was launched – the one-stop, go-to site for fleet managers and self-employed drivers who need to prepare for January 2020, when the CAZ is introduced in Birmingham city centre.

The website, which has been launched as part of Brum Breathes, Birmingham City Council’s air quality campaign to reduce emissions of harmful pollutants, aims to encourage businesses to move over to cleaner vehicles.

Steve Cootes, commercial director of LEVC, said: “With the Clean Air Zone regulations coming into force in 12 months time in Birmingham, it’s the ideal time for Hackney cab drivers to explore what a green TX Taxi could mean for them.

“We’ve been overwhelmed by the positive response to the TX from drivers across the country and hope that Birmingham cabbies take the opportunity to find out why over a thousand of their fellow drivers have made the switch.”

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