Automakers Warn Against Using Hybrids as Taxicabs
Two of the world’s largest automakers, Toyota and Honda, have issued outright warnings against using their hybrid passenger vehicles as commercial taxicabs. In addition, Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Nissan, have refused to certify the crashworthiness of their hybrid New York City taxicabs as modified with mandatory partitions. Instead, the automakers shift that responsibility [...]
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The cab drivers of Boston are up in arms over new regulations that say that the city’s entire taxi fleet has to be converted to hybrid models by 2015. The city’s “green” initiative has them worried about where the money will come from.
Since a new Prius hybrid would be estimated to cost almost $23,000, while [...]


