VW lunch electric taxi concept in london

Major cities in the world continue to improve the environment cleaner and more energy efficient by introducing vehicles that do not cause pollution.  Vehicles are not only targeted at private users, as well as the leased fleet, such as taxis.  One of the major cities of the world are aggressively improving the environment right now is London, England.  In addition, the compact size of the cab or practical.

Kamarin in the city, VW launched a Taxi Concept is created based on the Up or Lupo city car, produced in the future.  More precisely, it is Milan's taxi Taxi VW Concept that was introduced in Germany in April.

Taxi Concept with two-box body structure - like a minibus - the brainchild of Klaus Bischoff, VW boss on the design team.  Bischoff also launched a taxi directly at the heart of downtown London.


VW Taxi Concept is driven by electric motors powered 115 PS (85kW), which obtain energy from lithium-ion battery capacity of 45kWh.  With pengecasan (content) for one hour, enough to fill 80 percent of the total capacity of the battery.

He further, taxi munggil with dimensions: length 3.730 mm, width 1680 mm and 1600 mm high, once the contents of the batteries can make a distance of 300 km.  Ability dikebut, 119 km.  As a typical London taxi, on both the front door-mounted Union Jack small flag.

source : worldcarfans