http://austinist.com/2007/05/24/hybrid_hopes_for_austins_cabs.php All comments for Hybrid Hopes for Austin's Cabs en-us 2009 Adam S Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:41:20 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss aschragin@gmail.com aschragin@gmail.com 60 http://austinist.com/2007/05/24/hybrid_hopes_for_austins_cabs.php#comment-1105369 http://austinist.com/2007/05/24/hybrid_hopes_for_austins_cabs.php#comment-1105369 Comments Thu, 24 May 2007 16:28:07 -0600 <p>I would think one of the cab companies could use this as a competitive differentiator in Austin. Of course, since the city regulates the number of companies they have no incentive to compete so we have to resort to more regulations.</p> http://austinist.com/2007/05/24/hybrid_hopes_for_austins_cabs.php#comment-1105300 http://austinist.com/2007/05/24/hybrid_hopes_for_austins_cabs.php#comment-1105300 Comments Thu, 24 May 2007 15:28:20 -0600 <p>There's a guy in Vancouver who used both the previous generation and the current Prius for cabs (and is the story people point to when anti-hybrid FUD-flingers talk about battery life and maintenance problems as he exceeded 200,000 miles with his first one on the original brake pads and batteries). Wouldn't work for people with a ton of luggage, but for ferrying business travellers, why not? One would think that regulated fares which don't rise in tandem with gas prices would encourage somebody to make this leap...</p>