Flat fare? Dodgy meter blocks rollout of London's electric cabs

Zero-emission TX eCity cab can't ply for hire until problem is sorted " and don't get cabbies started on the lack of charging points

State-of the-art electric taxis that London's transport authorities hope will replace diesel black cabs have yet to enter service on the streets of the capital - because the meter does not work.

Only one zero-emission taxi has so far been licensed in the capital with none yet to carry a paying passenger - two weeks after rules came into force banning any other new black cabs.