Nissan Leaf to add to the fleet of Taxis in New York EV [w/Video] Menghadirkan
Leaf from Nissan adds to the fleet of Taxis in New York EV [w/Video]
Nissan has just started a pilot program in New York City and will be testing it on six leaf EVs who must assume the role of taxis for the next year. It is a small action designed to give a prove of the sheet. However, the taxi drivers in London, Amsterdam and Sao Paulo, he was a companion of confidence for more than a year.
in fact, the Dutch taxi EV service has accumulated more than 155,000 miles (250 000 km) in its first six months of operation.
back in New York, the city is already try Nissan NV200 van as his " taxi of tomorrow ," and the pilot taxi Leaf "will allow to optimize the use of the technology of electric vehicles for future applications," according to the company.
in addition, in order to move things, DC CHAdeMO based several units of rapid charge is installed everywhere in the city, it will allow drivers recharge their batteries of cars up to 80 percent within 30 minutes.
according to the New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, the first concrete step they are trying to achieve is to have a third of their fleet of taxis go electric by 2020. If the program is successful, then will add more cars, and at some point in the near future, they stop calling it a pilot.
by Andrei hamid