IN THE
NEWS...IN THE NEWS..
BELFAST-BASED FONACAB INVEST IN AN ELECTRIC FUTURE
FonaCAB, Northern Ireland’s biggest taxi company, has taken delivery of two new Tesla Model 3 fully electric cars worth more than £80,000. The cars will be ad- ded to the fonaCAB fleet and will soon be seen around the streets of Greater Belfast collecting and dropping off passengers. The same vehicle delivery included a
variety of new Toy- ota low emission petrol electric hy- brid Camry cars which will also be seen shortly sport- ing a fonaCAB roof sign. FonaCAB already has a fully electric Tesla Model S and several electric Nis- san Leafs on their fleet. This is comple- mented by an in- creasing range of hybrid
vehicles
including Toyota’s Prius and Corolla models. The Model S has completed over 100,000 trouble free miles with fonaCAB and this has encour- aged the company to invest further in
fonaCAB Managing Director, William McCausland, inspects the new Tesla fully electric cars
the marque. fonaCAB MD Will- iam McCausland commented on the
new additions say- ing: “At present, most taxis run on diesel and while they
are clean-
er and more efficient than ever, the car market
is
moving to- wards
an
electric fut- ure and we are investi- gating opt- ions for do- ing the same. These new Tesla Model 3
electric vehicles are
emission free and if they return the same economy as the Model S we have been trialling,
it
could save their drivers over £100 per week on fuel costs. This com-
bined with lower maintenance costs makes
them an
attractive proposi- tion for any cost conscious taxi driv- er. The Model 3 has a range of up to 348 miles but even in Standard Plus form will do up to 254 miles on a single charge – more than enough for most drivers’ days. Passengers will see the benefits as well. Electric
vehicles
have no exhaust resulting in cleaner air, and with virtual- ly silent running can make for quieter city centres – a bonus especially at night.”
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