Uber struck a deal with London’s famed black cab fleets to list 15,000 drivers in its app. Its a major win for the ridehail company, which aims to list all the world’s taxis in its app.

There are some 54,000 taxis in Britain, 28,000 of them purpose-built. Of the 16,000 black cabs in London, 15,000 are FX4s. In 1990, FX4 production at Carbodies peaked at 75 per week.

Officials hope the number will increase rapidly, with a target of 9,000 electric black cabs by 2020, and that the changes will significantly reduce pollution in London -- reducing taxis ...

London’s black cab industry is dying. That is the stark warning from a recent report by the Centre for London, which predicts that the traditional London taxi trade could be dead within two decades.

Dr. Sharon Raymond with one of the London Taxi cabs being used as a Vaxi Taxi on Feb. 28, 2021. AP A recent national survey found that just 72.5 percent of Black people in England either have ...

London Taxi Company is now London Electric Vehicle Company, and they've unveiled the TX -- an electric version of the black cab.

London’s black cabs, also known as hackney carriages, have traversed the capital in one form or another since 1634. When Uber came to the city more than a decade ago, the company rocked the ...

“It’s simply unthinkable for London taxis to become extinct by 2045. Government must step up to support the black cab industry and turn this declining trajectory around, before it’s too late.” ...