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Green Taxi’s in Big Apple

A perfect way to get the greentaxi.com blog going is to bring up the news that New York City will change all of their taxi’s to hybrid’s by 2012, according to Mayor Bloomberg. 

Here are a few unverified stats:

  • Total NYC Taxis:    13,000
  • Current (July 2007) NYC Hybrid Taxis:    390
  • Main Hybrid:    Ford Escape Hybrid
  • Current # of Ford Escape Hybrids:    18
  • Total fuel savings from those 18 so far:    $250,000
  • Estimated fuel savings per hybrid to taxi operater:    $10,000/yr
  • Estimated Total Fuel Savings:   22,000,000 gallons/yr
  • October 2008 Target:   1,000 hybrids
  • Yearly Increase Target:   20%
  • 2012 NYC Taxi Target:  100% Hybrids

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