If you own a taxi business then you will know just how much it costs you to maintain a fleet of taxis. There is a significant amount of expenditure involved in keeping your taxis safe and roadworthy. For instance, you will need to have your taxis regularly serviced and things need replacing such as tyres and brakes.

An increasing number of owners of taxis are probably switching to driving electric taxis as opposed to petrol or diesel fueled taxis. He or she will be doing this for one or more reasons. For instance, it could be due to an electric taxi being environmentally more friendly than a petrol or diesel taxi. The taxi owner may be of the opinion that, overall, it is more cost effective to drive an electric taxi rather than another type of fuelled taxi.

You may find it of interest to read that the amount of brake wear on an electric taxi is, on average, less than that of say a diesel fuelled taxi. The reason for this is because of regenerative braking.

This will come as welcome news to those taxi business owners who have made the decision to invest a potential significant amount of money in replacing his or her existing fleet of diesel or petrol fuelled taxis with electric taxis.

You may have noticed that in the last couple of years there has been quite an increase in the numbers of electric taxis being seen on our road network system here in the UK. Demand would certainly appear to have gone up and it will be very interesting to observe if this pattern continues over the next few months and years.

As with most car parts, there tends to be a significant number of different manufacturers of brake pads and brake discs around the world. This means that you may have quite a bit of choice so you can often compare prices and quality by browsing the Internet.

With regard to brake wear on taxis may we suggest that you do your own research and due diligence. After all, it is a significant decision when deciding whether to purchase an electric taxi rather than a diesel or petrol taxi.