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Originally Posted by Kal
Regarding an earlier comment in this thread rubbishing the ability of BEV's in taxis, they are actually the perfect vehicle to use, and some chinese cities are already almost 100% EV taxis, Shenzen had 22000 electric taxis at the end of 2018 |
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Originally Posted by JeniSkunk
With how short their range is, right off the bat, would an EV be able to be used as a taxi, considering how many KM they do every day?
With how short battery life is, and how heavy a daily workload a taxi has to do, could you see a taxi EV managing even half the distance it could do new, 5 years after purchase?
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In my thinking BEV taxis would not be viable, I was looking 2 points.
How far a taxi would drive over the course of a day, and have to do so on a single overnight charge. And that's if the taxi was being run by an individual owner/license holder. Most taxis are run by license holder investors, who hold a bunch of licenses and taxis, and run them 24/7, with maybe 15 min between shifts and driver changes. So how would those taxis get enough time to be charged when there's never enough time for that even on a fast charger?
How much shorter a distance the same taxi would only be able to manage, 5 or more years down the track, as the battery is less able to manage a full charge?