Showing posts with label fuel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fuel. Show all posts

Friday, July 31, 2009

Unlimited taxi rides for flat monthly fee

The customer that gets in the taxi will show or swipe his/her card. The taxi companies can only operate fuel-efficient and environment-friendly cars and in return they will pay less taxes and be allowed to charge customers flat monthly fees. Fuel-efficiency will also be necessary in order to turn a profit as demand for the service will be high. With unlimited rides, people will tend to use taxis more.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

More roundabouts would be nice

Roundabouts are a seeming contradiction, they slow traffic while they keep it moving. But they are safer than traffic lights because they demand that your - and more to the point everybody else's - operation is cooperation. They save fuel because unlike a light-directed intersection they don't require you to stop, idle and start again. They have no moving parts. And you can plant trees and flowers in the circle.

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Saturday, February 23, 2008

Buy the car, Lease the Battery

This thought was posted on Thinkaloo on 23 October 2007 by member james85

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Smart idea from Norway. A two-seat, electric-powered car that is environmentally friendly and very inexpensive.

It’s called the Think City Car, here is the site to take a look http://en.think.no/

You can buy the car for only USD 15,000 to 17,000 for the vehicle, but the company leases the battery.

The battery could cost an estimated USD 34,000, more than the price of a low-end luxury vehicle in most countries.

By leasing it, you don’t pay a large amount upfront and you assume fewer risks as a buyer. The company replaces the battery when it runs into problems.

Great idea, I thought it should be posted and supported here as well!