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The quiet green: new hybrid taxis in Iowa, Michigan

We've reported on hybrid taxis in NYC, Sydney and Dubai, but the trend isn't limited to places that also happen to be tourist hot spots. On my way to the airport yesterday, I tried a new taxi service in Lansing that exclusively uses hybrids in their fleet. OK, make that a hybrid in the fleet of one. Woodrow Campbel, the owner/dispatcher/driver, said that people don't call him because he's the green taxi in town, but he's pretty sure that his reputation will grow. In the meantime, weekend bar traffic is enough to keep his new business running; ... Read more →

Hybrids now approved for taxi service in Sydney, Australia Sam Abuelsamid

Hybrid vehicles have already proven their worth and durability in big city taxi service in Manhattan over the past two years. By 2012 all New York city taxis will be required to have at least hybrid ...

Dubai to test out GM Hybrids for taxi and limo service Sam Abuelsamid

Dubai may sit on some of the biggest oil deposits in the world, but that doesn't mean that they don't want to make them last a little longer by using less locally. To that end, the Dubai Roads and ...

The quiet green: new hybrid taxis in Iowa, Michigan 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've reported on hybrid taxis in NYC, Sydney and Dubai, but the trend isn't limited to places that also happen to be tourist hot spots. On my way to the airport yesterday, I tried a new taxi service in Lansing that exclusively uses hybrids in their fleet. OK, make that a hybrid in the fleet of ...

Hybrids now approved for taxi service in Sydney, Australia 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Hybrid vehicles have already proven their worth and durability in big city taxi service in Manhattan over the past two years. By 2012 all New York city taxis will be required to have at least hybrid drive-trains. In 2006, officials in Sydney, Australia started their own hybrid taxi test to evaluate ...

Dubai to test out GM Hybrids for taxi and limo service 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Dubai may sit on some of the biggest oil deposits in the world, but that doesn't mean that they don't want to make them last a little longer by using less locally. To that end, the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will be working with GM to start testing a fleet of Chevy Tahoe and Malibu ...


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