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- eatsushi, on 10/23/2008, -2/+11And the US falls behind even more...is Obama President yet?
- tbredofsin, on 10/23/2008, -1/+8It only makes sense that public transport would want to reduce operating costs as much as they can... I just don't understand why they haven't been moving over to more fuel-efficient vehicles sooner.
- montanask8, on 10/23/2008, -1/+7Hmmm... From the looks of it I think that this seems like a good idea.
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USA - 0 - inactive, on 10/23/2008, -0/+3Just enough time for a cup o' tea.
- hiPpymIck, on 10/23/2008, -0/+3Stephen Fry drives a black cab as his car
- inactive, on 10/23/2008, -0/+3Finally!
- EdThomson, on 10/23/2008, -0/+2No need to. Have a few depots scattered around and at each one there is a forklift driver that whips out the flat battery and places it on charge and puts in a new charged battery. 10-30 mins downtime max.
- inactive, on 10/23/2008, -0/+2It's nice to see tech news on the front page.
- financedude2, on 10/23/2008, -0/+2The savings on petrol, which is more than double than the price in the U.S, would offset the cost of gasoline. Not to mention that many people would pay a small premium for a green taxi service. Who knows, they could be subsidized as well.
- phreak79, on 10/23/2008, -0/+2That'll make me feel better the next time one knocks me off my bike :)
- jbond, on 10/23/2008, -0/+2I can't imagine a pure electric cab working. But a plugin-diesel-hybrid[1] either series or parallel would make a lot of sense. Given a London Cab's duty cycle, a series hybrid ought to work well.
BTW. They really should use the London Cab in some US cities, especially New York. They make look odd to your eyes but they're the product of 60 years of evolution as a single purpose vehicle and they work incredibly well.
[1] Where's my plugin-diesel-hybrid Prius? - inactive, on 10/23/2008, -0/+2First of all, does that cab they have pictured not look dope as hell? Its like a slightly warped Rolls Royce. I can only imagine how much more peaceful the city would be if noisy ass gas engines were all replaced with electric ones.
- ostracize, on 10/23/2008, -1/+2Swappable batteries?
- inactive, on 10/23/2008, -0/+1So long as they get rid of the riff-raff from using the cabs, I'm all in. Last time I visited my cousin in London there were some scary ho's riding in the back of a cab I was about to get into. I said to the driver "Hell no. I'll take the next one".
Scary london ho
http://www.icanhassex.com/content/i_get_paid_now - flidge, on 10/23/2008, -0/+1now they have even more excuses not to go south of the river
- freezerburn666, on 10/23/2008, -0/+1johnny cab :P
- jbond, on 10/23/2008, -0/+1All London cabs run on Diesel
- inactive, on 10/23/2008, -2/+2The cabs in London aren't public transport.
- phreak79, on 10/23/2008, -1/+1Think you'll find that was just for a tv show.
- maeon3, on 10/23/2008, -2/+2This will only work if they have enough time to recharge in between runs. If in constant use, when do they get a chance to recharge? Lost time to recharge is money that can offset the usage of gasoline.
- tbredofsin, on 10/23/2008, -2/+2@ninomojo:
Semantics. Who gives a *****, you know what I meant. - mwveasey, on 10/23/2008, -2/+0Before they get toothbrushes? weird....
- inactive, on 10/23/2008, -3/+1Hmmm, transport made available to the public for a small fee... public transport ftw!
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