Why big fleet buyers are going into reverse on electric cars
Three years ago, London’s biggest taxi company reached a fork in the road.
Regulations announced by Transport for London meant all private hire vehicles registered in the capital would have to meet tougher green emission standards by 2023.
For Addison Lee chief executive Liam Griffin, it meant a choice: invest in plug-in hybrid cars, or “go full electric” and stump up millions for a new fleet of electric cars.
5 Year plans didn’t work well in the Soviet Union either.
