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jmowreader

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8. An even more practical solution is to design a version of the Leaf that will hold three batteries

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 22, 2013, 12:21 AM

Aug 2013

The Nissan website claims the fast charge port on a Leaf will allow it to be recharged in 30 minutes of sitting there not making money. That's what, about 30 days to a cabbie?

Assigning one driver two cars means putting an electric cab on the road will cost $60,000 rather than $30,000.

Now...if they were to put enough battery capacity in a car to let it run 200 miles on a charge, their problems would be solved.

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Powering the Future: New York City's taxi of the future (includes video) [View all] Rhiannon12866 Aug 2013 OP

Very cool, but unlikely that they'd need "chargers throughout the city:... NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #1

Between the bicycles and now electric cabs, Bloomberg really is determined! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2013 #3

An even more practical solution is to design a version of the Leaf that will hold three batteries jmowreader Aug 2013 #8

Of course, fast charging cars w more batteries would be better, but then they'll do the 180 miles... NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #9

I hope they have leg room. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #2

When I first moved to NYC, most of the cabs were Checkers. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #4

They still had them in the 80's when i was a kid. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #5

They don't look very big, do they? Rhiannon12866 Aug 2013 #6

I was in them when I went to the UK and yes they have leg room. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #7

I think I was only in a New York cab once. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2013 #10

I get car sick so I take trains. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #11

That's how we'd get to New York for the horse show! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2013 #12

NY has a ton of trains all over the state. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #13

My NJ aunt would write down directions and I'd also take the trains to see my friend Rhiannon12866 Aug 2013 #14

Well the trains are safe for the most part at night. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #15

My aunt didn't seem worried about it and neither did my friend's mother Rhiannon12866 Aug 2013 #16