The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It’s the end of an era that many of you probably thought ended years ago: The Ford Crown Victoria’s time as a taxi on the streets of NYC is coming to a close, as the last two cars still eligible for duty are aging out. New York City has a rule that taxis cannot be more than seven years old.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

Nissan NV200 NYC Taxi. The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has selected the Nissan NV200 as the exclusive taxi of New York City for a decade, beginning in late 2013. Fuel efficiency was not used as a specific criterion for evaluation; estimated 2014 MY EPA combined label fuel economy is 25 mpg US (9.4

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Singapore will implement a new Carbon Emissions-Based Vehicle Scheme (CEV) on 1 January 2012, providing rebates to qualified new cars, taxis, and imported used cars with low carbon emissions, and imposing an equivalent surcharge on higher emitting vehicles. CEV bandings (Singapore dollars). 101 to 120. 121 to 140. 141 to 160. 161 to 210.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Imagine it is 2013 in New York City. Last week, the Obama administration announced new fuel economy standards for automobiles that provides some incentives for electric cars. In 2007, the administration announced a plan to replace the city’s 13,000 taxis with conventional hybrid cars by 2012. by Lars Vercelli.

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JULY 21, 2013

The majority of those 1,000 cars will be available in Europe where the European Commission has established a number of schemes, such as the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), to promote the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier. Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell. Hyundai joined the LHP earlier this year. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 17, 2013

E-Thrust is a “series hybrid” electrical distributed propulsion system concept using one gas power unit providing the electrical power for six fans for lower fuel consumption, fewer emissions and less noise. Click to enlarge. and 1 hour, EADS said. An on- board 24 V electrical network supplies the avionics and the radios via a converter.

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