Chinese carmaker with St. Louis ties is betting billions on global push From the St Louis Post-Dispatch  SHANGHAI • Li Shufu, chairman of Chinese carmaker Geely, is making waves in the global auto market after buying a $9 billion stake in Germany’s Daimler AG. Li, 54, the son of a farmer from China’s eastern Zhejiang province, […]

A personal view of the current state of the London taxi trade from Peter Bond For any trade to continue and prosper it needs two essential, fundamental ingredients: tools of the trade renewed and modernised, and the workforce replaced when the incumbents leave or retire. TfL have overseen a drastic reduction in the numbers of […]

  THE WORLD’S MOST ADVANCED TAXI IN THE WORLD IS NOW READY FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET FRANKFURT INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW, SEPT 2017 Exclusively appearing in the ‘New Mobility World’ section at Frankfurt International Auto Show, TX is the first purpose-built green taxi in production Sophisticated eCity technology, passive and active safety systems, six passenger seats […]

Unite the union press release  Tomorrow’s (Wednesday 22 March) launch of a new state of the art plant in the West Midlands to produce the world-famous London taxi is ‘a great turnaround success story’, Unite, the country’s largest union, said.   The £300 million investment by the Chinese company Geely will see the emphasis at […]

By Peter J Rose This past week, Unite the union Cab Section held its annual conference at the union’s brand new Coventry building. Those familiar with Coventry will know that the old building was looking rather the worse for wear. The new building has a new fresh look, meeting rooms with plenty of natural light […]