What about a taxi fleet using EVs?

A Californian taxi company has placed an order with Pheonix Motorcars for their EVs and will be using it as taxi transport. Below are some figures comparing fuel and LPG vs electricity costs with reference to the Sydney fleet of taxis.

Source for taxi usage figures:

http://www.nswtaxi.org.au/public/Taxis_in_NSW/Taxis_in_nsw_statistics.html

There are 5,900 Taxis in NSW and over 22,000 drivers. The Sydney Taxi service is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere with around 4,800 cars and 20,000 drivers. 175-million passenger journeys are taken annually in Taxis in NSW. Each journey has an average of 1.8 passengers and is for around 7km.

M - Millions, J - Journeys, P - Passengers, T - Taxis
175M PJ / 1.8 P = 97M J

97M J / 5900 T = 16478 J per T

16478 J per T * 7 km = 115348 km per T (Annually)

Now, take the numbers for Hybrid and EV and apply to this scenario.


Hybrid - 115348 km per year / 100 km * $6.90 per 100km = $7,959

EV - 115348 km per year / 100 km * $1.53 per 100km = $1,764

Savings annually per taxi of $6,195

If the entire fleet in NSW changed to EVs ($6,195 * 5900) that's a saving of $36,550,500 per year. However, most Taxis in Sydney are LPG, so divide this number in half, $18,275,250.

Over 18 Million in cost savings!

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