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Hybrid taxi green, clean

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Tideland Prius, Jun 12, 2009.

  1. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    GREEN is the way to go for taxi driver Phil Curtis.

    A Toyota Prius hybrid car is the newest addition to Tweed Taxis' growing fleet, bringing a bounty of economical and environmental benefits to the Tweed Heads business.

    Hybrid taxi green, clean | Local Faces | Tweed Daily News

    There you go Pat and Sleeka... another Australian Prius taxi.
     
    #1 Tideland Prius, Jun 12, 2009
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    That reminds me. I was going to post this picture I took as my wife and I were walking near Wrigley Field.

    It caught me off guard but if you look through the front of the bus you can see a Prius Taxi.
     

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    Careful, you will get Pat upset again. ;) As already mentioned in another thread, South Australia has not approved the Prius as a taxi. As far as I am aware, only Queensland, where Sleeka lives, and NSW, where I am, have approved the Prius. We now have a couple of them in Sydney, but they are hard to spot (we have 2,600 taxis in Sydney).
     
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    The city of Chicago had difficulty getting the Prius adopted for Taxi use because the city ordinance have a minimum cubic feet space requirement for taxi cabs that the Gen II Prius didn't qualified. But after gas price sky rocketed, they changed the rules to make the Gen II fit the new space criterias. But most cab drivers prefer to use Camry Hybrids since it is more comfortable for passengers.
     
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  6. Tideland Prius

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    lol ok.

    So the big cities basically?
     
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    i qoute

    The hybrid uses a combination of fuel and a 12 volt battery located under the boot to run.
    :D:D
     
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    Actually, I think that there are more in the country towns. I have seen several articles on cabs in country towns, such as Cairns (north Queensland), including this interesting article - Toyota Prius Taxi Cracks 550,000 km , and in Foster (north NSW) and Nowra (south NSW), plus now this one in Tweed Heads (on the border between Queensland and NSW). So the couple that we have in Sydney are the odd ones out.
     
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  9. Tideland Prius

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    Nice. It's the big cities for us in Canada. Victoria, Vancouver, Winnipeg and somewhere in the conglomeration they call Toronto.
     
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    I haven't experienced riding in a hybrid taxi yet, and it would be really awesome to see more hybrid taxis on the streets in the future.

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    #10 thomatt12, Jun 22, 2009
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