Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2016

One segment of the on-road fleet that is believed to drive more miles and consume more fuel than the average fleet vehicle is livery (for-hire) vehicles, such as taxis and limousines. Livery fleets have changed significantly in the past decade, with many city fleets now featuring large numbers of hybrid and alternatively fueled vehicles.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2012

An airport taxi service operating out of Bristol Airport has added four Toyota Prius to its fleet. Checker Cars believes the addition of the Prius will support its strategy to reduce vehicle emissions at all sites it operates from.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Frost & Sullivan, a global consultancy and market analysis firm, believes that there will three phases for the development of green cars in China: LPG/CNG and hybrids in the short term; electric vehicles in the middle stage; and fuel cell vehicles in the long run. The first hybrid in China, the Toyota Prius, was introduced in 2006.

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Green Cars News

JULY 27, 2009

Now it has been agreed by West Lothian Council that the Toyota Prius can be licensed as a private hire vehicle, West Lothian/Edinburgh based Calder Cabs have become the first company in Scotland to run a fleet of hybrid Toyota Prius. They chose the Prius because it is a hybrid car and has a 1.5-litre

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Green Cars News

JUNE 26, 2012

Hybrid taxi service Climatecars appointed Siemens to install its first charging post as the London-based firm expands its fleet to include new, rechargeable models. Two new Renault [.].

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex. Uber’s value proposition is that it is cheaper than using a taxi and much cheaper than using a personal car. A growing number of hybrid and electric cars are offered in the Hertz Green Travel Collection.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

The project will include 15 Nissan cars, 10 Smith electric taxis, five Smith people carriers, a Smith executive minibus, two AVID saloon cars and two Liberty urban Range Rovers, alongside a network of charging points. Newcastle University’s Transport Operations Research Group will monitor and model the performance and use of the vehicles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Cd of the 2010 Toyota Prius. The Prius engineers were celebrating a big victory when they managed to shave their cars Cd by 0.01 The initial funding has come from serious investors, including Idealab, the business incubator of entrepreneur Bill Gross, as well as google.org, the green-investments arm of Google.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYDs plug-in, called the F3DM (for "dual mode"), goes farther on a single charge - 62 miles - than other electric vehicles and sells for about $22,000, less than the plug-in Prius and much-hyped Chevy Volt are expected to cost when they hit the market in late 2010. Business of Green B.T.W.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYD’s conventional gas-powered cars are selling well these days in China, and his electric plug-in electric model looks like it will come to market with a longer range and a lower sticker price than the new Toyota Prius much-hyped Chevy Volt. Li Lu has agreed to come to FORTUNE’s Brainstorm Green conference next week to talk about BYD.

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