Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Mexico City Taxi Fleet Gets 100 Nissan Leaf EVs

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By AutoObserver Staff October 6, 2011 It has been said Mexico City's air quality has gone from among the world's cleanest to among the dirtiest in the span of a single generation. In an effort to help clean up the city, local officials have taken delivery of 100 Nissan Leaf electric vehicles as part of a taxi pilot program aimed at reducing the amount of tailpipe emissions from the capital city's enormous fleet of private taxicabs. The EVs were presented to Mexico City under the definitive agreement signed last November as part of the World Mayors Summit on Climate.

In Mexico City, a typical taxi with a conventional internal-combustion engine covers close to 180 miles per day. The Mexican government has estimated that with the substitution of these 100 Leafs, about five tons of carbon dioxide will not to be released into the atmosphere every day. However, the government did not mention the source of the electricity that will power the cars. Leaf taxis currently are in use in New York City, Toronto, Belfast, Osaka and other cities. AutoObserver Staff:  The best in the business.

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