[ausev] Can you rent a Prius Hybrid here ???

[Clendon Gibson]

Apparently Ford came around and told the Mayor how entirely swell a Ford Escape Taxi fleet would be.

http://www.articlesbase.com/article.php?aid=48243

----- Original Message ----
From: Mark Farver <mfarver at mindbent.org>
To: careyking1 at gmail.com; AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion <ausev at austinev.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 9:54:00 AM
Subject: Re: [ausev] Can you rent a Prius Hybrid here ???

Carey King wrote:
> Dan,
>
> I love your question. I kept wondering this same thing for cabs (in 
> terms of reducing the cost of operations by 30%-60% I'd say depending 
> upon the replaced/compared car). I asked my girlfriend in New York City 
> if she's seen any hybrid cabs. I think she finally saw one after 
> looking, but I don't know how many there really are.
>   

As I understand it, the Taxi commission in New York has to approve each 
vehicle model for use as a Taxi.  You cannot just paint a car yellow, 
stick on the required medallion and take it out.  It appears that they 
were approved in 2005, but uptake has been slow.  (Cabbies, like many 
industries, are slow to adopt new things)

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/27/nyregion/27hybrid.html

Mark


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