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• Reference: 2017/3474
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

Why have TfL ignored the conclusions of the Jacobs Report which states that: "Virtually all taxi drivers are self-employed and would therefore have to bear the cost of a new vehicle themselves while at the same time seeing the value of their present taxi diminishing. With a new zero emission vehicle costing approximately £40,000, and a high proportion of drivers over the age of 50, there is a risk, even with mitigation, of an exit of drivers and vehicles from the market. Taxi drivers with older vehicles can: invest in new vehicles, including second hand that meet the age limit...

• Reference: 2017/3478
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

The New ZEC Taxi is going to cost significantly more than the estimated £40,000 quoted in the Jacob's Report: the new TX5 ZEC taxi is £55,600, and even the Dynamo Electric Taxi is priced at £46,000. How can taxi drivers expect to purchase a new ZEC Taxi and compete with a Toyota Prius in the same market without additional help?

• Reference: 2017/3479
• Question by: David Kurten
• Meeting date: 14 September 2017

Even with additional fuel savings (a Prius is capable of the same, if not greater savings) a new ZEC Taxi is going to be double, if not treble, what a typical PHV costs to operate in the same Market. The £7,500 grants that are rumoured to be available to Cabbies are clearly not going to be enough. Will the Mayor be looking to find more funding, or is the intention to price taxi drivers out of the market, as was warned by Jacobs in October 2014?