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tinrobot

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7. This is not anti-EV. The EV taxis simply have to abide by the same rules.

Reply to CentralMass (Original post)

Tue Jun 29, 2021, 11:26 AM

Jun 2021

If you want a new taxi in NYC, you need a medallion. That means buying an old taxi with a medallion and retiring it.

The fuel powering that taxi is a non-issue here. This is not anti-EV.

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NYC Just Shut Down a Tesla Taxi Fleet in Favor of Gas Guzzlers [View all] CentralMass Jun 2021 OP

Anybody else smell some kickbacks here? Wounded Bear Jun 2021 #1

Oh, yeah. brush Jun 2021 #3

50 cars in NYC is the amount of cars on just a single city block. A drop in the ocean. TheBlackAdder Jun 2021 #2

Perhaps it's more about keeping yet another Billionare's reach out of NYC Budi Jun 2021 #4

The TLC is correct. hunter Jun 2021 #5

That's the only way Disaffected Jun 2021 #6

That does not seem to be the case beingng made by the TLC commission. CentralMass Jun 2021 #10

The number of taxi permits is limited. hunter Jun 2021 #12

This is not anti-EV. The EV taxis simply have to abide by the same rules. tinrobot Jun 2021 #7

Depending on the medallion, the NYC T&L commission has a list of approved models Klaralven Jun 2021 #8

Their Model 3 is on it Rstrstx Jun 2021 #13

If the number of cars was the real issue, gas cars would also be blocked. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #9

NYC Just Shut Down a unregulated Taxi Fleet in Favor of safety regulations FSogol Jun 2021 #11