Taxi Driver Online

this is going to be interesting,186 miles between charges (normal car figure the roof sign/meter/radio/computer plus the heater on constantly will obviously reduce this figure)Saturday night is the only night we are making money in Dundee and all the cabbies expect to put in a decent amount of hours,i usually clock up 210-240 miles ,these cars wont be able to do this so you are looking to lose a couple of hours work ,then the driver will have to spend 30 mins at the council recharge point, I bet the drivers will be fighting to drive these cabs

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/ ... e-1.125172

Electric cars won't work in the taxi trade. Occasionally you get the long out of town job and are unable to do it as the battery doesn't have enough charge. A hybrid electric/fuel motor would be a lot better

Theoretical question
Electric car does 186 miles and your cab on a Saturday does 210 miles. 24 miles more. £40 or £50 in fuel for the shift.

How much extra do you expect to make in those 24 miles? £40? Less £5 fuel = £35 better off
Is it not financially better to work an electric car, do less miles and hour/hour and a half less work but would be saving £50 in fuel over the course of the evening?

Plus Wipers dealing with Snow and rain and Headlights that will have to Burn all winter from 4pm to the following 9am as Dundee is beyond the Arctic Circle and slightly further north than Archangel..

Man that wee leccy motor would be lucky to make it from one power point to the next...

If there were thousands of Convenient rapid charging points that you could use without fear of having to queue to use then it might just about be worth a punt in a city..but it would be waste of time in the sticks where everywhere is just so far apart.