Request ID: FOI-1751-2122 Date published: 02 December 2021
You asked
We would please like to request data on the number of Private Hire Vehicles registered in London currently that are BEV (Battery Electric/Full EV).
If you have any data on how this has changed over the past few years / months that would be hugely helpful.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-1751-2122/GH
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 5 November 2021 asking for information about Private Hire Vehicles.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy. I can confirm that we do hold some of the information you require. You asked:
We would please like to request data on the number of Private Hire Vehicles registered in London currently that are BEV (Battery Electric/Full EV).
If you have any data on how this has changed over the past few years / months that would be hugely helpful.
We do not hold information on the number of licensed Private Hire Vehicles that are full electric, however the attached spreadsheet of the Taxi & PHV fleet list might assist you in identifying makes and models of currently licensed PHV vehicles. Please note that the list is accurate as of 14 November 2021.
Separately, we can confirm based on September 2021 PHV licensing information 18 per cent of the PHV fleet are estimated to be complaint with the PHV ZEC requirement. This is around 14,000 vehicles.
To meet the PHV ZEC requirements a vehicle must:
• Emit no more than 50g/km CO2 and be capable of being operated with no (zero) exhaust emissions for a minimum range of 10 miles (16.093 km); or • Emit no more than 75g/km CO2 exhaust emissions and be capable of being operated with no (zero) emissions for a minimum range of 20 miles (32.187 km)
As a minimum, the vehicle must meet the Euro 6 emissions standard if an internal combustion engine is part of the vehicle specification (i.e. hybrid vehicles).
If this is not the information you are looking for, or if you are unable to access it for some reason, please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt FOI Case Officer FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
