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New MetroKing taxi could be equipped with hybrid power

The 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 operating within its jurisdiction, a minor riot erupted among the drivers and at least one union sued to stop the law from taking place. Later, federal judge Paul Crotty ruled that the city must put the plan on hold. A new company called MetroKing has popped up with a potential resolution to the problem. Using a ... Read more →

New York judge puts the brakes on hybrid taxi rules Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

Hybrid taxis in NY endangered? Jeremy Korzeniewski

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 ...

Nissan, GM and Ford agree to build hybrid taxis for New York City Sam Abuelsamid

It's time to say adios to the classic yellow Ford Crown Vic. In May 2007, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced plans to transform the city's ubiquitous yellow cab fleet from the old school Ford ...

Nissan Altima hybrids have joined the New York City taxi fleet Sam Abuelsamid

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 ...

New York City Councilman David Yassky one of the forces for NYC's hybrid taxis 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

All tomorrows taxis: New York fleet will be all hybrid by 2012 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

It's not like there has been a lack of news about New York's hybrid taxis recently (see links below), but I think we're going to be seeing a lot more of it now: Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today that all of city's yellow taxi will be switching over to hybrid models within five years. The AP ...

Ford Escape hybrid taxis top 175,000 miles 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There have been eighteen Ford Focus Hybrids operating as New York City taxis for about two years now. Each of the vehicles in the fleet has now exceeded 175,000 miles in service. That's the equivalent of eleven years of typical driving for average customers. Since urban driving of the type done by ...


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