Green Car Congress
JULY 6, 2010
Accumulated fuel consumption over Cenex drive cycle for standard London taxi (TX2) and DuoDrive-equipped TX2 (blue line). In recent tests, the DuoDrive taxi demonstrated a 56% improvement in fuel economy compared to a standard London Taxi (TX2), and simulations predict that an improvement of 100% is possible with further optimization.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2017
Alternatively, they may choose to downsize their fleet from three vehicles to two. It is prudent to note that external factors such as ridesharing competition reducing end user costs, expanded availability and autonomous taxis, all have the ability to negatively affect consumers’ future purchase decisions.
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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 13, 2010
Another ideal application would be an all-electric taxi. The virtues of downsizing and de-speeding in pursuit of increased mechanical efficiency apply to electrical machines just as much as internal combustion engines. —Simon Roberts, Antonov’s chief commercial officer.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
In fact, the optimized PHEV is much more efficient as a long range liquid fuel vehicle, because the engine is downsized. In addition, the second car will likely be a conventional car burning more fuel and creating more CO 2 per distance traveled than a long range PHEV because of the greatly downsized and more efficient engine in the PHEV.
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