Nissan has revealed ADV producing will be accountable for the final assembly of the NV200 London taxi at a devoted new plant in Coventry. The two firms have invested around £6 million for the advancement of the new devoted producing facility.
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The petrol versions of NV200 taxi are set to hit the streets of London by the end of the year, with an all-electric variant to introduce by 2015. The base automobile is shipped from Nissan’s Barcelona factory where engineers at the Coventry plant will in shape new bodywork, interior trim in addition to tuning the suspension as well as steering.
Its boxy style was penned by Nissan’s European style centre in Paddington – the studio accountable for the for Juke as well as Qashqai. Nissan plans to create around 140,000 NV200 taxis per year worldwide.
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Petrol versions will be fitted with a 113bhp 1.6-litre engine, coupled with a CVT gearbox. economic climate is declared to be around 38mpg, with CO2 emissions of 179g/km – much improved over the specified 32mpg as well as 233g/km of the present 2.5-litre diesel TX4 London taxis. Nissan is still yet to reveal any type of details of all-electric e-NV200 design however tech is likely to be embraced from the Nissan LEAF.
“We are delighted to be reinforcing when once again our commitment to the British automotive industry,” stated Andy Palmer, chief planning policeman as well as executive Vice president at Nissan. “Our new Taxi for London is part of a wider, worldwide taxi programme that develops a crucial part of Nissan’s worldwide strategy, so we are naturally being extremely prudent in choosing our partners.”