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Robin[_4_] · March 7th 17, 02:40 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 07/03/2017 12:21, d wrote:
Seems they've been testing the next fugly, underpowered POS cabbies will be
forking out 40K for in the arctic. Obviously a representative test for life in
London.

It's bog standard to test vehicles in extreme climates (e.g. Artic
circle and Death Valley[1]). The Chinese may well be looking to sell
variants of the cab globally where they'll face extremes often enough.
Even if not, the cabs need to work in London during the extremes of
weather here and it'd be a bit daft to delay development until we get an
extreme cold snap and record heatwave.

[1] see e.g.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...e-testing.html

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