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A visit to the San Francisco Yellow Cab Cooperative on July 21, 2009

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Another Hybrid First
SF Yellow First to Field Ford Fusion Hybrid,
Firm Operates a Major CNG Installation Too
San Francisco’s Yellow Cab Cooperative was the first U.S. taxi operation to field hybrid electrics (beginning with the Ford Escape Hybrid in November 2004).
Now SF Yellow, San Francisco’s largest, is the first taxi outfit to deploy the Ford Fusion Hybrid, says John Janes of supplier San Francisco Ford, as it’s taking delivery of 40 of the 2010 model year vehicles.
SF Yellow currently holds 506 taxi medallions. It has approximately 300 hybrids, including the two Ford models and about 20 Nissan Altima cars, and approximately 100 dedicated compressed natural gas Ford Crown Victoria sedans, most now conversions by BAF Technologies.
SF Yellow also operates a major public access compressed natural gas fueling installation in San Francisco with twin Ariel compressors and six GreenField-Gilbarco dispensers.
When all is running, Clean Energy station at the SF Yellow yard can provide 1,000 gasoline gallon equivalents per hour. Installed equipment includes ANGI control panels and Xebec dryers.
The Clean Energy price for CNG at SF Yellow was $1.69 per GGE last week.

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