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China’s Geely planning for a makeover of London’s iconic black taxis to all-electric brand

by Meghana Kandra
January 23, 2023
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Geely plans to turn maker of London black cabs into EV powerhouse
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China’s Geely is working on a big investment in a makeover of London’s iconic black taxis. These taxes are going to be turned into a high-volume, all-electric brand with a range of commercial and passenger vehicles, as announced by the executives at the unit. The London Electric Vehicle Company (LEVC) also aims to expand its suite of services.

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Geely plans to turn maker of London black cabs into EV powerhouse
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The services by LEVC include cars arranging their own maintenance and recognizing their owner’s interests to help them book activities. “We need a developed product portfolio. We need to make big investments in terms of the technology and infrastructure,” LEVC Chief Executive Alex Nan said at the taxi maker’s headquarters in Coventry, central England. “Geely will make consistent investments into LEVC because this is a very unique project.”

LEVC builds a hybrid taxi model that starts at around 66,000 pounds ($81,500), which has a battery providing 64 miles (103 km) of range and a petrol range-extender giving it a total range of over 300 miles. The company’s business was hit hard by the pandemic and it laid off 140 staff in October. Nan said LEVC and Geely would seek to attract other investors to their zero-emission portfolio and would look to partner with other carmakers to develop new technology.

Transition

Executives said the size of Geely’s investment would be disclosed later. So far the Chinese group, which took full control of LEVC in 2013, has invested 500 million pounds in it. “Geely fully supports the new transition strategy laid out by LEVC’s board and executive team,” Geely said in a statement.

In 2021, Geely launched a 2 billion pound investment in another unit, niche British luxury sports carmaker Lotus, to massively expand production of its sports cars and build high-end SUVs and sedans in Britain and China. Geely is following a similar path in its plans to grow LEVC, executives said. Britain’s EV ambitions were dealt a blow last week when startup Britishvolt, which had planned to build a major battery factory in northeast England, filed for administration. “We need to make sure the UK environment as a whole is competitive and has its position on the world stage,” said LEVC managing director Chris Allen.

Geely owns multiple brands including Volvo and via a joint venture with Volvo – Polestar. Zeekr, another brand in the group, filed for a U.S. initial public offering last month. As such, Geely faces a complexity that larger EV makers BYD and Tesla have avoided. Allen said LEVC was exploring a range of commercial and passenger car models on a common electric platform. It can lean on other group brands that already have EVs to “move forward in a fast, agile way”.

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Meghana studied PGD in Journalism, open university. She has more than five years of experience in content writing, from creative content development to online journalism. Electric vehicle enthusiast, engineer, and feminist.

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