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Taxi World ViewBig Apple Goes Green
New York taxis are set to become an entirely hybrid fleet. The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission voted in December for a new regulation. It requires all new cabs to achieve a city mileage rating of 25 miles per gallon. The regulation, which will increase the minimum mileage to 30 miles per gallon a year later, does not apply to taxis designed for disabled access. New York, which already has 627 hybrid electric taxicabs following their introduction in late 2005, wants to replace all of its 13,000 cabs with hybrid vehicles by 2012. Savings for Drivers Gas electric hybrid vehicles approved for use in the fleet include SUVs such as the Toyota HighLander, and four-door sedans, including the fuel-efficient Toyota Prius. The Commission says that the new reg-ulation will save the vehicle owners up to $11,000 per year in petrol costs. It also claims better performance during the three inspections that each taxicab receives every year. Hybrid electric vehicles pass their initial inspections 85 per cent of the time, compared to 54 per cent for the traditional Crown Victoria vehicles. |
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