Soon Taxis will be of this kind.
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Taxicabs are expected to be quite popular pitch in places like
New York City, Cape Town, Milan, Berlin, Tokyo and Moscow.
The exterior color was chosen Volkswagen Milano Taxi
Concept is a combination of green and black. This
application is undoubtedly show some resemblance to the
old model VW Samba bus. The most striking exterior is a single
sliding door that opened on the sidewalk.
VW said that several DNA-concept design future is already
visible in Milan, including the abolition of the classic radiator
grille and replace it with a transparent barrier between the
headlights. A sign taxi sat in a panoramic glass roof and can be
illuminated in one of three different colors, depending on whether
the cars have them or not.
Like the production electric vehicles that Volkswagen will
start building from 2013, the Milano Taxi uses lithium ion
batteries. A 45 kilowatt-hour pack is mounted in the floor and
provides a claimed 186-mile driving range on the EU driving cycle.
The Milano Taxi is purely a concept at this point, but since it
appears to be based on Volkswagen's "New Small Family" of low- and
zero-emissions vehicles, we wouldn't be surprised to see the German
automaker put this vehicle into production as an easy way to get
more electric vehicles into the field a few years from now.
The Milano Taxi, with its top speed of 120 km/h is driven by an
electric motor with a peak power of 85 kW (continuous power: 50
kW). The motor is supplied with energy via a lithium-ion battery
integrated in the concept car's underbody. Thanks to the
implemented battery storage capacity of 45 Kilowatt-hours (kWh) and
the relatively low vehicle weight (1,500 kilograms), despite the
battery, it is possible to cover distances of up to 300 kilometres
(per NEDC) depending on driving style. The storage battery can
readily be recharged to up to 80 percent of its total capacity in
just over one hour, the exact time depending on the available
recharging infrastructure and battery's momentary charge state.
