LEVC MANCHESTER are closing down. Staff only told this week.
According to our Manchester correspondent, sales have been extremely poor, those few that have arrived in Town (around 10) have been sold here from the Birmingham Franchise.
The difficulty with the vehicle is that in the provincies like MRC, vehicle need to be Double Teamed (day and nights) in Liverpool much the same except, they call it 'short collar/ long collar'.
Electric vehicles cannot really work here, example, when I get the Cab n the morning, I need it to be fully charged. Then before I hand the Cab over at teatime I need to have charged the Cab fully, and SO DO MANCHESTER'S OTHER 1100 cabs.
How many charger's does anybody expect to find EMPTY at exactly the same time?
Interestingly enough LVEC have abandoned support for Diesel Cabs in the City, anyone with existing warranties on Euro 6 TX4s, will have to travel the 35 miles to Liverpool to have issue's dealt with.
TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT
London Mayor Sadiq Khan stated on Sky News broadcast yesterday: "The Extinction Rebellion protests are “inadvertently” driving people away from using public transport to use Minicabs and other things".
It would seem the Mayor, not satisfied with refusing to meet the Taxi trade and excluding us from his Transport Strategy....now finds it hard to utter the word TAXI. Is "OTHER THINGS" the new Mayoral term for the worlds best Taxi service?
However, it's alleged the Mayor's office recognising the gaff, contacted press agencies that farms out stories to all the national and local press to get the word changed before it went on line or into print.
Most local papers changed Khans word in their online site to "Taxi"