The fleet of yellow cabs in New York City will go entirely hybrid within five years, and all of the city's vehicles for hire will have to meet new emissions and mileage standards by next year, the mayor was expected to announce yesterday.
There are just 375 fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles among the 13,000 taxis rolling on New York's streets today. That number will increase to 1,000 by October next year, and will grow by about 20 percent each year until 2012.
Hybrid vehicles, which run on a combination of gasoline and electricity, require less fuel and emit less exhaust. Changing over the fleet is part of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's wider sustainability plan for New York, which includes a 30-percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030.
The hybrids tested in the city's taxi fleet over the past 18 months include the Toyota Prius, the Toyota Highlander Hybrid, the Lexus RX 400h and the Ford Escape.
Bloomberg was to discuss the hybrid changeover on NBC's Today show, on which Yahoo was expected to announce a donation of 10 hybrid Ford Escape taxis. The details were described to The Associated Press before the mayor's appearance.
Besides making the yellow cab brigade entirely green within five years, the city will require all new vehicles entering the fleet after October next year to achieve a minimum of 10km per liter. A year later, all new vehicles must get 13km per liter and be hybrid.
City officials said the new standards, when fully implemented, were expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 181,000 tonnes per year.
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