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    Official: Nissan Leaf to begin New York City taxi pilot progam     1319808300

    New York City streets are about to get a bit more... electric. Nissan and the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission plan to put six Leaf EVs in the hands of owner-operators for one year (a lease, free of charge) as part of a pilot program. The goal is to gain "valuable information" about ...

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    Official: Nissan will test Leaf as part of New York City "Taxi of Tomorrow" deal for NV200     1304596740

    The new New York City "Taxi of Tomorrow" has been decided. The announcement that the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission has awarded Nissan a 10-year contract to make the new taxis – based on the NV200 – came out this week, with the additional information that the automaker and ...

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    Three finalists in running for New York's "Taxi Of Tomorrow"     1293904260

    Ford Transit Connect Taxi – Click above for high-res image gallery
    A couple of years ago, the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) announced that it was searching for a new, more efficient vehicle to replace the taxis of New York City. The TLC created a website to submit ideas for ...

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    Surprise! New York cabbies prefer Crown Vics to hybrids     1280444340

    If it weren't for the somewhat obsessive and frankly narrow-minded love by taxi drivers and police officers for the body-on-frame Ford Crown Victoria, we'd imagine the old Panther platform would have been put out to pasture a very long time ago. As it stands, though, New York cabbies especially ...

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    New MetroKing taxi could be equipped with hybrid power     1233436020

    Click on the image above for a gallery of MetroKing's new taxi
    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 ...

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    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 ...

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    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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    Nissan, GM and Ford agree to build hybrid taxis for New York City     1216320960

    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 Crown Victorias to all hybrids. For the past couple of years, a variety of hybrid vehicles have ...

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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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    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 ...

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