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Taxis and private hire driver licences in London from 2010 to 2022 [21] The Taxi and Private Hire office is the body responsible for licensing taxicabs within Greater London. Taxi and Private Hire is part of Transport for London and is responsible for licensing the familiar London taxicab or "black cab" and also licenses private hire or minicab ...
The London Taxis fleet has been fully accessible since 1 January 2000, [28] [29] following the introduction of the first accessible taxi in 1987. [30] On 14 December 2010, Mayor of London Boris Johnson released an air quality strategy paper encouraging phasing out of the oldest of the LT cabs, and proposing a £1m fund to encourage taxi owners ...
The TX4 is a purpose-built taxicab (hackney carriage) manufactured by The London Taxi Company, a subsidiary of Geely Automobile of China. [5] From 2007 until their liquidation in 2013 it was manufactured by LTI. It is the latest in a long line of purpose-built taxis produced by The London Taxi Company and various predecessor entities.
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In October 2010 the London Taxis International was rebranded as The London Taxi Company. A joint venture with Chinese car maker Geely , who already held a 20% interest in the company through its Manganese Bronze shareholding, was formed to build a factory in Shanghai to manufacture London taxis for the export market and to supply components to ...
The LTI TX1 is a Hackney carriage (London "Black cab") introduced by London Taxis International in 1997 and designed to replace the ageing Austin FX4. It was designed by British product designer Kenneth Grange. [1] Most are powered by a diesel engine from Nissan, a relationship which began in late FX4s. [2]
The FX4 London taxi was the successor to the Austin FX3 (produced between 1948 and 1958). In its day the FX4 was the most widely used taxi in London.Like the FX3, the FX4 was designed by Austin in collaboration with Mann & Overton, the London taxi dealership that commissioned it (and paid for half of its cost) and Carbodies, the coachbuilder that built the body and assembled the cab ready for ...
The LTI TXII is a hackney carriage (London hail taxi) manufactured by LTI. It is the second model following the modernisation and redesign of the London taxi that began with the TX1 . The vehicle has a handful of differences from its predecessor including a change of engine from Nissan to the intercooled Ford Duratorq , which, according to the ...