Next London black cab confirmed for 2027 as the TX ends production

The next London black cab will launch in the second half of 2027, and the current TX, the electric taxi that has carried London since 2018, goes out of production this month.

London EV Company has confirmed the new model is engineered from the ground up to meet Transport for London’s Conditions of Fitness, the century-old rulebook that dictates everything from the 7.6-metre turning circle to wheelchair access. LEVC has released darkened teaser images rather than full designs, showing a silhouette that stays close to the shape Londoners know.

LEVC has sold more than 12,000 TX taxis worldwide since 2018. The company calculates the range-extended eCity powertrain has kept more than 450 million kilograms of CO2 out of the atmosphere and cut the London taxi fleet’s NOx emissions by 60%, figures based on comparing its own fleet against an equivalent number of Euro 6 diesel TX4s.

“Our next-generation taxi will honour everything drivers and passengers value about the current TX, while taking a significant step forward in design, innovation and sustainability,” says LEVC chief executive Tony Chi. “We know how important the future of the black cab is to our partners and we want to reassure them that LEVC is fully committed to the future of this sector.”

That reassurance is doing work. Final assembly of the TX concludes this month, which leaves a gap of roughly a year before its replacement arrives, and LEVC says its aftersales and parts operations will continue supporting the existing fleet through the transition. Full technical details, including whether the new cab keeps the TX’s range-extender layout or moves to battery electric drive, have not been released.

Geely has owned LEVC since 2013 and says it has invested more than one billion pounds in the company, including the Ansty factory near Coventry, the first UK plant built specifically for electric vehicle production. LEVC design director Brett Boydell describes the early sketches as familiar and purposeful, with a fresh character.

The TX has never been sold new in New Zealand, though the shape is familiar enough here through used imports and the occasional wedding car. Geely’s own brands are a different story: the EX2 we reviewed at $32,990 was China’s best-selling car in August, and the group is developing 1,000-volt charging architecture for its next generation of EVs.