Addison Lee said it is investing £160m in switching its 4,000 cars to EVs. This will require rolling out an average of 200 Volkswagen ID.4s – the company having already partnered with the German automaker – every month from this coming November. The commitment marks the single largest order of EVs in the UK’s private hire industry, the company said.
At present, it has 650 zero-emission taxis in its fleet, having purchased ComCab earlier this year.
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