As of today, taxi owners in New York City are required to purchase Nissan's NV200 minivan — the so-called Taxi of Tomorrow — when replacing their current vehicles, NY1 reports. This marks the conclusion of a fraught, four-year journey: New York first selected the NV200 in May of 2011, but was met with resistance, controversy, and legal challenges over then-mayor Michael Bloomberg's demand that taxi companies upgrade to the NV200 quickly. The small van, which looks oddly narrow and tall when it's ambling down Manhattan's streets and avenues, has also gotten knocks for being a pure-gas vehicle (not a hybrid or an electric) and for not being accessible to wheelchairs out of the box. (Nissan is working on an electric version of the van...
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