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BYD e6 Chinese Electric Car Won't Be Sold To Consumers In U.S.
BYD, a company struggling to sell its e6 electric crossover in its home market, has decided it won't be sold at all to private customers in the U.S. Instead, says the ChinaEV blog, the e6 will be a fleet-only vehicle in the U.S, as the company instead concentrates on its electric bus sales in North...
Japan's Electric Taxis Falling Out Of Favor With Drivers
All is not well with Japan's electric taxi drivers. Two years ago, in February 2011, the city of Osaka introduced a fleet of fifty Nissan Leaf taxis. The deal was a... February 22, 2013 by Antony Ingram 49
![Toyota Camry Hybrid NYC Taxi [Photo: Flickr user gomattolson]](http://static.hgmsites.net/images/cache/toyota-camry-hybrid-nyc-taxi-photo-flickr-user-gomattolson_100416921_151x113.jpg "Toyota Doesn't Seek Hybrid Taxi Sales--Cabbies Just Love Them Anyway")
Toyota Doesn't Seek Hybrid Taxi Sales--Cabbies Just Love Them Anyway
Taken a taxi anywhere recently? Nowadays, there's a pretty good chance that if you have, it's been a hybrid--low running costs and great reliability records are starting to... January 22, 2013 by Antony Ingram 12
Electric Taxis From Nissan, BYD To Serve Hong Kong's Smoggy Streets?
With Hong Kong's poor air quality responsible for thousands of deaths every year, the city is desperately seeking ways to curb escalating pollution. Plans to take many of the... January 4, 2013 by Antony Ingram 1
U.S. Taxis Get Greener; Hybrid & Electric Cabs Increasing
For decades, the stalwart of the taxi ranks has been the full-size sedan. Sturdy, simple and cheap to buy, cars like Ford's Crown Victoria have become part of the landscape... December 18, 2012 by Antony Ingram 6
NYC's Hybrid Taxis Stay On The Road As Sandy Gas Shortages Hit
As the U.S. East coast copes with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, and New York City breathes life back into its flooded 105-year old subway system, public transit is... November 2, 2012 by Antony Ingram 4
BYD e6 Electric Crossover Will Be London Taxi, Still MIA In U.S.
The city of London, England is set to have its first all-electric taxi fleet from the second quarter of 2013. Taxi company greentomatocars and Chinese carmaker BYD have... October 24, 2012 by Antony Ingram 1
Coda, Better Place Team Up To Make SF Electric Taxi Fleet
Back in 2010, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency was awarded a $7 million regional grant to oversee a fleet of 61 electric taxi cabs, complete with four... October 15, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 1
Nissan's Taxi Of Tomorrow Could Kill Off NYC's Hybrid Taxis
Just as London has its iconic black cabs, New York would be a distinctly different place without thousands of Ford Crown Victorias cruising its streets, in their distinctive... September 21, 2012 by Antony Ingram 2
Nissan e-NV200 Electric Van Headed To U.S. For Testing
Over the past year, we’ve seen quite a bit of Nissan’s e-NV200, an all-electric minivan, and its taxi-based variant. A cross between the gasoline NV2000, a... September 20, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
New York's City Council Wants Electric Taxis: Why?
If you want to change things in New York City, it pays to take the long view. Some real-estate deals take decades to assemble, with families hanging onto key development... September 5, 2012 by John Voelcker 3
UberX Service Offers Hybrid Cars, Lower Fares In NY, San Francisco
A car service, not for the rich, but for the rest of us. It’s a novel idea, and its time has come, thanks to on-demand car service startup Uber, which will soon start... August 10, 2012 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat 2
Nissan’s New London Taxi Cab Could Be Electric Too
They’re as well-known as The Houses of Parliament or Harrods luxury department store, but soon London’s iconic black taxi cabs could be getting an all-electric... August 8, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 3
Uber App To Connect Riders And Drivers Now Legal In D.C., At Last
Uber, a San Francisco-based startup company that provides on-demand private drivers to customers through its smartphone app, has had an especially bumpy ride since launching... July 12, 2012 by Talking Points Memo 1
2012 Nissan Leaf Becomes A Taxi In Sao Paulo City
It’s the largest city in Brazil, and the world’s seventh largest city by population, but now Sao Paulo can claim another first: it’s one of the few cities... June 7, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 6
Nissan e-NV 200 Concept Electric Minivan: NYC's Electric Taxi?
The vehicle in the photos is blue, but imagine it in New York City taxicab yellow, complete with a black checkboard stripe and mismatched fonts in the logo. The Nissan e-NV... January 11, 2012 by John Voelcker 3
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