New York City's fleet of yellow cabs will be entirely hybrid within five years, and all of its vehicles for hire will be required to meet new emissions and mileage standards by next year, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today.
Today, there are just 375 fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles among the 13,000 taxis rolling on city streets. That number will increase to 1,000 by October 2008 and will grow by about 20 percent each year until 2012, when every yellow cab will be a hybrid.
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