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A council spokesperson added that roughly a third of licensed Hackney Carriage taxis in the city had already moved to electric vehicles.
And two-thirds have got to find £70-80,000 plus interest charges in the next year or so.
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| Author: | Sussex [ Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Oxford taxis must be ultra low emissions by 2026 |
Taxis must meet ultra-low emission target by 2026 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51w95rd2jgo Proposals to further delay the introduction of low emission taxis on a city's roads by an extra year have been rejected. Oxford City Council agreed to delay the plan until the start of 2026 at a meeting in February. But the City of Oxford Licenced Taxicab Association (COLTA) wanted the policy to come into effect in January 2027. The new policy will require taxis and other private hire vehicles in Oxford to meet an ultra-low emission standard. COLTA secretary Sajad Khan said: "As a trade, we don't think the one year compromise was a balanced judgment of the facts available to all of us." He highlighted the impact of COVID-19 on the city's taxi drivers, saying they had "lost four productive years". Mr Khan added that since the pandemic, the trade had "suffered due to the unimaginable rise in living costs due to the financial crisis and very high interest rates". The taxi association also argued that the introduction of LTNs and closure of Botley Road "created a huge disruption" and caused many drivers' earnings to "drastically" reduce. Last month, at a general purpose licensing committee meeting, councillors agreed to delay the planned introduction in January 2025 by a year. Louise Upton, who is the cabinet member for planning and healthier communities, said that the council had to balance "the very real needs of the taxi trade against the health needs of our residents", and that the original extension of one year was a "compromised solution" that "seemed about right". A council spokesperson added that roughly a third of licensed Hackney Carriage taxis in the city had already moved to electric vehicles. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oxford taxis must be ultra low emissions by 2026 |
Quote: A council spokesperson added that roughly a third of licensed Hackney Carriage taxis in the city had already moved to electric vehicles. And two-thirds have got to find £70-80,000 plus interest charges in the next year or so.
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| Author: | edders23 [ Thu Mar 21, 2024 11:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oxford taxis must be ultra low emissions by 2026 |
electric vehicles are not selling because the depreciation on them is horrific. The cost of batteries is coming down but once they need replacing they still cost a fortune and battery life is very dependant on the duty cycles etc. |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oxford taxis must be ultra low emissions by 2026 |
edders23 wrote: Electric vehicles are not selling because their depreciation is horrific. The cost of batteries is coming down but once they need replacing they still cost a fortune and battery life is very dependent on the duty cycles etc. I'm also not sure how negative an effect super-fast chargers have on those batteries, and that's really the only way a 100% electric car can be effective in our trade. |
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| Author: | edders23 [ Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oxford taxis must be ultra low emissions by 2026 |
Sussex wrote: edders23 wrote: Electric vehicles are not selling because their depreciation is horrific. The cost of batteries is coming down but once they need replacing they still cost a fortune and battery life is very dependent on the duty cycles etc. I'm also not sure how negative an effect super-fast chargers have on those batteries, and that's really the only way a 100% electric car can be effective in our trade. they increase the fire risk I believe because the batteries are much hotter when rapid charging |
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| Author: | XH558 [ Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Oxford taxis must be ultra low emissions by 2026 |
Charging cost is also a factor. Access to cheaper at-home charging (ie driveway parking) seem to be the preference here - using high speed is too expensive. |
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