Diesel taxi cabs: mode of the future
Journal Article
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· Diesel Gas Turbine Prog.; (United States)
OSTI ID:7108037
In 1975, DOT funded a program to produce 66 diesel-powered taxis to be compared with 66 spark ignition-powered taxis to be operated by Linden Management Corp. of New York. This was to be a state of the art fleet comparison between the two types of engines in a taxicab fleet operation. Underway for six months of the two-year program, some interesting unofficial facts have emerged: performance between gas and diesel has been sufficiently close that drivers accept the diesel; fuel mileage has increased by 50 to 100 percent; basic maintenance requirements are easily within the skill level of existing fleet garages; customers have accepted the diesel, and no statistical difference in revenues has been observed.
- OSTI ID:
- 7108037
- Journal Information:
- Diesel Gas Turbine Prog.; (United States), Journal Name: Diesel Gas Turbine Prog.; (United States) Vol. 43:6; ISSN DGTPA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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