TfL to spend £18m on preparing London for new electric black cabs
by Adam Vaughan from Environment | The Guardian on (#2MDQZ)
Upgrade of capital's power grids will enable energy companies to install 300 fast-charging stations by 2020
Transport for London is spending 18m on upgrading the capital's power grids to charge the first generation of battery-powered black cabs.
From 1 January 2018, all new black cabs will have to be battery-powered electric models by law as part of TfL's effort to reduce toxic pollution from diesel engines.
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