By: Driving.com
By: Driving.com
After back and forth the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission gave Revel a free hand to add a fleet of Tesla Model Y . as vehicles intended for the transfer of passengers.
Thus some 49 units may circulate by the Big Apple . Initially they will operate south of 42 nd St. in Manhattan, up to the tip of the island.
Then this service may be expanded to other locations according to uses, frequencies and demands.
The Tesla Model Y have been reconditioned for this specific function. To carry out shared trips, the front passenger seat has been removed.
A special screen has also been installed for protect the driver at all times.
On the other hand, the startup Revel that already offers the service of bicycles and electric scooters will make their Tesla Model Y taxis debut on August 2.
In the meantime, to supply this fleet, Revel will install Level 3 chargers in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
In this way this service that includes Zero emissions mobility will be an interesting stimulus for New York taxis to gradually convert to the “electric team”.