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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

billion in stimulus grants to the industry. In 2007, the administration announced a plan to replace the city’s 13,000 taxis with conventional hybrid cars by 2012. Under its plan, a manufacturer would receive a credit for 0 grams of carbon dioxide emission only for the first 200,000 electric vehicles it produces by 2016.