Taxis in New York that yellow has become a distinctive feature of the city.Japanese automotive company Nissan won the tender for the procurement of a taxi in New York.
New York now known as the yellow taxi cab yellow or will use the vehicles produced by Nissan as a new generation of taxis.
New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, said the total contract value of the taxi was estimated at U.S. $ 1 billion.
Nissan will be producing a taxi with type NV200 minivan models.
This vehicle will be equipped with a host of sophisticated devices such as satellite navigation that makes the passengers until the destination correctly and do not give a reason also for the driver to not know the destination.
NV200 also designed by placing the window on the roof that allows passengers to enjoy views of skyscraper buildings in New York.
NV200 Minivan unit price is U.S. $ 29,000 or approximately 247 million dollars and is cheaper than a vehicle that offered by two competing companies participating in this tender are U.S. companies, Ford Motor and Turkish firm, Karsan automotive.
"Once people use these taxis then they will love it. Taxi This will represent New York," said Commissioner who handle about Taxi and Limousine New York, David Yassky.
Nissan plans to produce NV200 in one of its factories located in Mexico.
This is the first vehicle designed specifically intentionally by them as a taxi in New York and will begin to be used in 2013.
Currently there are at least 13 thousand taxis that serve the needs of 600,000 passengers each day in the city.
source: bbcindonesia.com
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