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Hybrids now approved for taxi service in Sydney, Australia

Posted Nov 29th 2007 at 11:43AM by Sam Abuelsamid

Filed under: Hybrid, Green Daily, Pacific Region



Hybrid vehicles have already proven their worth and durability in big city taxi service in Manhattan over the past two years. By 2012 all New York city taxis will be required to have at least hybrid drive-trains. In 2006, officials in Sydney, Australia started their own hybrid taxi test to evaluate the efficacy of their use. The Toyota Prius turned out to be a fine taxi and New South Wales Transport Minister John Watkins has announced it has been approved for use as a taxi in Sydney. Presumably other hybrid vehicles will be added to the approved list as they become available on the Australian market.

[Source: Drive.com.au]

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Tags: australia, hybrid-taxi, sydney

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Dubai to test out GM Hybrids for taxi and limo service

Posted Nov 15th 2007 at 7:36PM by Sam Abuelsamid

Filed under: Hybrid, Chevrolet



Dubai may sit on some of the biggest oil deposits in the world, but that doesn't mean that they don't want to make them last a little longer by using less locally. To that end, the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will be working with GM to start testing a fleet of Chevy Tahoe and Malibu hybrids for use as limos and taxis in the Persian Gulf emirate. For one year starting in January, the hybrids will be evaluated in service around Dubai to validate the durability for the application. If the program works out, the Dubai RTA may switch over their entire fleet beginning in early 2009.

[Source: General Motors]


Tags: dubai, Dubai-taxi-service, hybrid-taxi, mild-hybrid, two-mode-hybrid

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