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0Supreme Court strikes down Bloomberg's hybrid taxi plan for NYC 1299417660
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has fought long and hard to uphold a local law requiring all city cab companies to replace their gas-guzzling Ford Crown Victoria sedans with more efficient livery vehicles. A noble goal, no doubt, but the Supreme Court is having none of it. The New York Post ...
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San Francisco's green taxi fleet and how it got there 1288026000
San Francisco is leading the way in reducing taxi greenhouse gas emissions, and part of the movement was spearheaded not by a politician, but by a taxi driver. Thirteen years ago, Paul Gillespie was the first cabbie to occupy the seat allocated to a driver in the newly formed 7-person San ...
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Hybrid hacks are a hit in San Francisco 1238610240
Creative Commons by Ian FullerWhile the use of hybrids as taxis has met with mixed reviews in New York, they seem to be something of a hit in San Francisco. Its first 15 Ford Escape hybrids have all clocked about 300,000 miles on their odometers which, in the City by the Bay, means they must be ... -
New MetroKing taxi could be equipped with hybrid power 1233436020
Click on the image above for a gallery of MetroKing's new taxiThe City of New York would like to improve the fuel mileage of its fleet of taxis, but the issue is proving more difficult than planned to implement. After the city announced plans to place fuel economy requirements on all taxis ... -
New York judge puts the brakes on hybrid taxi rules 1225584120
New York City's attempt to mandate an all-hybrid cab fleet have been put on hold thanks to federal judge Paul Crotty. A city taxi regulation that was scheduled to take effect on November 1 would have phased in fuel economy rules for new cabs operated in the city. A group of cab operators that ... -
Hybrid taxis in NY endangered? 1223654700
Let's get one fact straight right off the bat: no current vehicles on American roadways were designed from the start to serve as taxis. Sure, the Crown Victoria from Ford may be the most often used vehicle for taxi service around the country, but it and its Fox platform were not specifically ...
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Dubai public transportation to be all hybrid by 2012 1220370120
click to enlargeGM has been testing its hybrids as taxis in Dubai since January and the results so far have been so encouraging they feel they may be able to replace the emirates' entire fleet of taxis, government and emergency vehicles by 2012. Despite the heat, sand and humidity on crowded ...
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Nissan Altima hybrids have joined the New York City taxi fleet 1216303260
I was in Manhattan for a couple of days this week on a press event and noticed a new addition to the local cab fleet. For years now, the classic Crown Vics have been getting supplemented by Toyota Siennas, Ford Escape hybrids and the odd Prius. While cabbies love the mileage they get with the Prius ...
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Dubai starts testing 10 Chevy Tahoe hybrids as taxis 1212694200
While New York City is using Ford Escape Hybrids as taxis, that simply wouldn't do in the Middle East. General Motors has delivered ten of its Chevy Tahoe hybrids to the Dubai government for a taxi fleet test. The test program was kicked off by His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al ...
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New York City Councilman David Yassky one of the forces for NYC's hybrid taxis 1183154280
David Yassky has been a New York City Council member for five years. That means he is a 21st century politician. He is willing to go tilting after windmills that other, older politicians might be afraid to touch. One such area is New York Taxi Industry, 13,000 taxis mostly owned by fleet operators ...
