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Basil Jet[_4_] · July 20th 16, 06:55 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2016\07\20 19:22, wrote:
In article , (Basil Jet)
wrote:

On 2016\07\20 06:47, Roland Perry wrote:

Would a pure electric taxi/private hire car be able to do the Heathrow
or Gatwick run on one charge?

LOL. London taxis get rides to Salisbury, Liverpool, Sheffield or
Hull with zero warning in advance.

Unlike London, Cambridge does not have a uniform taxi fleet. So there is
room for petrol and diesel vehicles as well as electric, together with
saloons and vans/London-type cabs.

But who would want to be the taxi driver that has to turn down every
long job because his vehicle is not fit for it? It could work for a PH
company to give the drivers a rota in the different vehicles, but taxis
can't operate like this. Every taxi has to have enough range for any
conceivable job.

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