Beijing wants to replace its 70,000 taxis with electric vehicles to fight local air pollution

Beijing wants to replace its 70,000 taxis with electric vehicles to fight local air pollution Electric cars are becoming increasingly popular with fleet operators, like taxi companies. They are attracted by gas savings and lower maintenance costs, but local governments are also seeing opportunities to reduce air pollution in city centers with important taxi presence. Beijing, which has one of the most important taxi fleets in the world, becomes the latest municipality to announce plans to convert all its taxis to electric cars. The transition will start this year and all new taxi registered in the region will have to be electric. Read more at http://ift.tt/2m4B4Ky