[Oatka]

A wave of the future for cabbies in all the big cities. You'd think the vehicle companies would be trying to develop a version for busses - another natural with all the stop and go driving they do. (Maybe they already have something, but I haven't heard of it.)

[Blue Screen of Death]

This is good. From what I have seen most of the fares in NY are also hybrids.

[HitmanLV]

Double the miles for the cost of fuel, huh? Hooray! The price of taxis to passengers in nyc is coming down!

Right???

[ikka]

He and two business partners purchased 18 of the licenses at a savings of about $170,000 each

Quite the sweetheart deal ... as long as the hybrid doesn't use MORE fuel (which it won't of course), he saved himself over $3 million bucks.

[finnman69]

The SUV cabs suck. The have ZERO legroom. Gimme me my Cown Vic back or better yet, the minivan taxis.

[packrat35]

Drivers, however, might be willing to risk lessened security in exchange for gasoline savings that could amount to thousands of dollars a year.

And they will be wrong. Cab drivers have the worst death rate of almost all jobs in US, mostly from murder. No friggin way would I drive a cab in NYC with no security gate. Who are these people kidding?