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Published: 04/22/11

Green Taxi Company Grows Fleet and Bottom Line

By  Susanna Baird - AOL News
Green Taxi Company Grows Fleet and Bottom Line

Discount Cab of Glendale, Ariz., has earned a green reputation by incrementally adding Toyota Prius cabs to its fleet. When it announced its "GreenCabs for Blue Skies" initiative on Earth Day 2008, the company hoped to ultimately acquire 250 Prius taxis. As of Earth Day 2011, the company owns 350. To celebrate Earth Day and the three-year anniversary of its green fleet, Discount Cab will attempt to best its own record of taxi trips dispatched in a day. Additionally, the company will donate $1 from every ride to the Phoenix-area nonprofit Homeward Bound, which assists families struggling with ...

Published: 03/12/10

As the Auto Industry Sputters, Is Car Culture Dying?

By  Delia Lloyd - Politics Daily
As the Auto Industry Sputters, Is Car Culture Dying?

Several trends point to the beginning of the end of car culture in the United States. But are Americans seriously ready to embrace alternatives to automobiles? It's been a bad few years for cars in America. First, there was the auto industry bailout to the tune of $110 billion. Then, two of the three big carmakers -- GM and Chrysler -- went through bankruptcy. Finally, just when we thought that the future lay in turning Japanese, even the beloved Prius went off the road (literally) and Toyota has recalled nearly 9 million of its vehicles in the last few months. ...

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Published: 02/7/10

Toyota Set to Announce Prius Response

By  not in system - AOL News
Toyota Set to Announce Prius Response

TOKYO (Feb. 7) - Toyota said Sunday that it will soon announce plans to deal with braking problems in its prized Prius hybrid amid reports it has decided to issue a recall for the latest model in Japan, a possible new embarrassment for the world's biggest automaker. Toyota Motor Corp. has already had to recall more than 7 million other cars in the U.S., Europe and China over a sticky accelerator and floor mats that can get caught in the gas pedal. Those problems and criticism of Toyota's response to them have sullied the stellar reputation for quality long enjoyed by one of Japan's corporate ...

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