Hybrid Taxis in Kyoto 1998.09.15

A taxi company in Kyoto City, Yasaka (easy) car, introduced a hybrid car "Prius" from May as a sales car. It is also considered the first time in the country to introduce a well-known, early and second generation. We want to promote the reliability of the new technology and to increase sales, as well as the car dealers ' strong enough to use for taxis. In fact, some of the taxi customers say that some people look into the hood and want to reference the time of purchase.