Some interesting Ford Escape hybrid facts

Escape hybrid taxi drivers can save as much as $6000.00 on gas, PER YEAR

Earlier today New York announced that it was going to convert its yellow taxi fleet to hybrids in the next 5 years. As a result, Ford issued a fact sheet regarding the Escape hybrid, including facts like the $6000.00 per year that some New York cabbies are saving by driving a hybrid.

Another point of interest - some Escape hybrid cabs in NY have accumulated some 175,000 miles, yet there have been no major mechanical issues according to Ford. That sounds like reliability to me.

In two years, 18 hybrid Escape taxis saved the city $250,000 in fuel costs.

So, in five years the fleet will have paid for itself in fuel savings? No wonder NY is converting to hybrid vehicles - it's a no brainer.