Any news on the 6 NYC Leaf cabs?

[gamekid2k]

I am curious to know how the trial is coming along.

 

[NYLEAF]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/little_juice_coupe_IYkJ6TgG7eLyGShn21AoGI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That's the most recent update I've seen. The taxis are using home Level 2 stations plus 3 CHAdeMO quick chargers, one on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, one in the 14th Street/Union Square area of Manhattan, and one in Midtown Manhattan in the Times Square area. The one at 14th street isn't open to the public.

And let's see how they do in a few months with winter temps. The taxis are all 2012's which means that they do not have the more efficient heat-pump heater.

 

[GRA]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/little_juice_coupe_IYkJ6TgG7eLyGShn21AoGI

That's the most recent update I've seen. The taxis are using home Level 2 stations plus 3 CHAdeMO quick chargers, one on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, one in the 14th Street/Union Square area of Manhattan, and one in Midtown Manhattan in the Times Square area. The one at 14th street isn't open to the public.

And let's see how they do in a few months with winter temps. The taxis are all 2012's which means that they do not have the more efficient heat-pump heater.

Not to mention how they'd do in their second summer (ah, but the demonstration won't last to a second summer, will it? Odd how that worked out). The Leaf's battery pack without a TMS or the supposedly more heat-tolerant chemistry hopefully arriving in mid-2014 makes no economic sense in New York. And putting that same pack in the heavier NV200 makes even less sense. They need a much bigger pack that can limit degradation and provide better range.