Our Fleet
Toyota Prius
Their Fleet
Toyota Camry
Hybrid
Lexus RX 400h
Lincoln Town Car
Ford Crown
Victoria
(Yellow Taxi)
Ford Escape
Hybrid
(Yellow Taxi)
Cadillac
Escalade
18
18
28
14
Miles per Gallon (City/Highway averages in parenthesis)
50
(51/48)
34
23
(33/34)
(15/22)
(15/23)
(29/27)
(12/18)
Gallons needed to travel 10 miles (Approximately the distance between Park Slope and Times Square)
0.20
0.29
0.40
0.55
0.55
0.35
0.80
1.10
1.10
0.71
0.71
Gallons needed to travel 20 miles
0.40
0.58
1.42
Tons of CO2 Emitted—the Carbon Footprint—after 2,000 miles (Approximately 100 trips between Wall Street and JFK)
0.5
0.7
1
1.4
1.4
0.9
1.7
Petroleoum consumption after 2,000 miles (1 barrel equals 42 gallons)
0.9
(37.80)
1.3
(54.60)
1.8
2.7
(113.40)
2.5
(105)
1.6
(67.20)
3.2
(134.40)
Data taken from fueleconomy.gov, a web site run by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The site helps fulfill DOE and EPA’s responsibility under the Energy Policy
Act (EPAct) of 1992 to provide accurate MPG information to consumers.