Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

The city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) is launching an electric taxi program, through a partnership between the Rio de Janeiro City Government, Nissan do Brasil Automóveis (NBA) and Petrobras Distribuidora. In the first phase, two Nissan LEAF taxis will be available in Rio. By the end of the year, 13 more units will be added to the fleet.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The 100 Midi-E vehicles will be in service as taxis in the Yanqing area of Beijing in 2012. AC Propulsion began work with Foton Motor in early 2010 developing an EV conversion using AC Propulsion’s advanced Drive and Recharge system, along with an AC Propulsion designed and built battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

In addition, in New York and several major US cities, Ford is testing a fleet of 20 Transit Connect hybrid taxi and van prototypes in some of the world’s most demanding traffic conditions. Many Escape Hybrid taxis are still on the road, moving passengers for more than 350,000 miles each and still using their original batteries.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

The vehicle, which takes seven-nine hours to fully recharge and has a 250mile range, will be made available to “government agencies, utilities, and maybe some celebrities” as the company part-owned by Warren Buffet bids to raise brand awareness. Now, BYD is set to conquer America. Home field advantage. There are environmental incentives too.

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