EV Calls New Taxi, the MV-1, a Winner!

Energy Vision presented testimony at the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission hearings on a new wheelchair accessible taxi for the City.

 

The MV-1 was designed from the ground up to meet the needs of the disabled and will benefit the city's 60,000 mobility-impaired residents.

 

“Compared to the city’s more than 8,000 gasoline‐powered taxis, the MV‐1 virtually eliminates the lung‐choking particulate (soot) emissions and cuts nitrogen oxide emissions by 60‐to‐80 percent,” said Joanna D. Underwood, President of the national environmental organization Energy Vision. "It will be good for the health of the drivers, those who ride in the cab and New Yorkers in general."

 

"A fleet of 1,000 MV-1s would reduce the City's dependence on foreign oil by five million gallons a year and will reap fuel cost savings of $5 million.”

 

See the Press Release. click here.

 

Read article from Transportation Nation - WNYC. click here.