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Mercedes interested in producing low-CO2 blackcabs

by Xavier Navarro on Jun 19th 2008 at 12:24PM



EcoCity Vehicles has announced that it has signed an exclusive contract with Mercedes Benz to launch a new Mercedes "London cab" through its KPM-UK Taxis subsidiary. The cab offers low-CO2 emissions, can seat 6, is ready to accept wheelchairs and - thanks to its rear wheel transmission - can comply with London's famous statutory 25-foot turning circle. The cab is based on the Mercedes Vito Traveliner (pictured above). The new vehicle is aimed at London's approximately 25,000 licensed taxi drivers and will be introduced June 26th.

[Source: Autoindustry]

Tags: british-taxi, london-taxi, mercedes-taxi, mercedes-vito, taxi, vito-traveliner

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