Hybrid Highway: Trailblazing Cabbie

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  1. bwilson4web

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    Hybrid Highway: Trial-blazing cabbie

    Way more than I can post, a fascinating story about a Prius trailblazing cabbie:

    Source: Vancouver cabbie reflects on operating the world’s first hybrid taxi | The Province
    An excellent read and great story about an early, Prius adopter.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    I didn't know that the car made it to 1.5 million Km. So close to a million miles!
     
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    Is there a link for this?
     
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    Canada article.
    I didn't realize that was such a big thing up there. But congratulatons!
    At L.A.X. they began using Gen II Prius as cabs in 2004 ( then again maybe that's just the first time I noticed them there as we got our first Prius in 2004) . I'd guess the Prius cab ratio there now is nearing 50% . . . . many are Prius V's too. I suspect some airport cab zones may add L2 spots for PiP's (in the handful of states that Toyota allows them to be sole) next.
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    I remember Andrew Grant. Good to know his Gen2 made it to 1.5 million kilometer miles.
     
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    Next time someone asks how long the battery lasts I'll have to tell them I'm not sure that they'll get 1,000,000 miles! :D
     
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    My one experience being in a Prius cab, the guy drove like it was stolen. Not sure how typical that would be.
     
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    Saw a few Prius cabs in the Baltics recently. Mostly v's. Not a lot of private Priuses there though. Nor Toyotas in general.
     
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