Either this is the first actual commercial fleet exclusively using hybrids or the author was misinformed.
I disagree that hybrids don't make sense in this business. To the contrary, I think the fact that taxis rack up the miles so quickly (being used a great portion of the day, if not 24 hours) would make them very realistic. If the average driver goes 15,000 miles a year but only drives 1 or 2 hours a day, think about a car that drives 20 hours a day. They'd save one hekuvalot more money.
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