St John needs its ambulances to be a certain size to enable effective treatment. Photo / Hamilton This Week
Emergency services say they are feeling the pinch from fuel price rises.
The country’s largest ambulance service, St John, runs 551 ambulances which travel more than 14.5 million kilometres a year.
St John chief operations officer Keven Tate said [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 26, 2008
Emergency services hit by fuel prices rises
May 20, 2008
Green Taxis for London
Plans have been announced that will lead to zero-emissions taxis serving London by 2012.
A collaboration led by hydrogen fuel cell developer, Intelligent Energy, and including Lotus Engineering, London Taxis International (LTI) and TRW Conekt, will see a fleet of London cabs fitted out with zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell power systems.
The programme is part of the [...]
May 20, 2008
Petrol nudging $2 a litre
The price of 91 petrol is just three cents away from the $2 mark for most New Zealanders.
The cost of a litre of 91 rose to $1.97 on Tuesday, 95 octane is just over $2 a litre in the main centres, and diesel is at $1.67 a litre.
The price of the raw product, crude oil, has risen [...]
May 20, 2008
Taxi driver threatened at knifepoint
The drama that culminated in the arrest of the 19-year-old man was played on the side of the Hutt Motorway at 1.40am.
Police said the man who had been picked outside Wellington’s Marksman Motel threatened the taxi driver with a knife and demanded money during the journey.
The taxi driver pulled over just south of the Melling [...]
May 19, 2008
2010 Football World Cup
By Lucy Payne of The Telegraph, UK, reports:”When Brits hear the words “black taxi”, most probably think of London’s black cabs plying their trade. In South Africa, “black taxi” has an entirely different meaning.
‘Black taxi’ here usually means a minibus. These could seat 16 people legally, comfortably and safely – but mostly these vehicles pack [...]
May 19, 2008
Sir Paul McCartney sees green over car delivery.
It must be nice to be Sir Paul McCartney. Lexus offered to give the über-famous Beatles front-man a brand new car. He settled on an LS600H, the hybrid flagship of the Lexus brand. According to a source familiar with the matter, Paul “ordered the hybrid limo because it helps to reduce emissions.” Those emissions took [...]
May 19, 2008
Gadget Guy- Green Cabs on TV3
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May 13, 2008
BP fuel up 5c, others tipped to follow
Petrol and diesel prices soared 5c a litre at BP pumps yesterday, leaving the other oil companies to review their charges this morning.
BP raised its 91-octane petrol to 193.9c a litre and its “boutique” 98-octane fuel to a supercharged 207.9c.
Its diesel price rose to 161.9c before Government road-user charges.
The other three main oil companies had [...]
May 12, 2008
Green Cabs head south with hybrid cars
Christchurch’s traditional ranks of white taxis have received a dose of environmentally friendly green with the arrival of a new competitor.
Green Cabs uses only hybrid vehicles that operate on battery- powered electricity and petrol. The young company also offsets any carbon emissions it produces by planting trees in Third World countries.
Green Cabs launched in Christchurch [...]
May 6, 2008
Wellington Combined Taxi’s New Vehicle Fleet
Wellington’s largest Taxi fleet has announced to its operators details of their new vehicle fleet policy.
The policy announcement effective 1 June 2008 outlines new guidelines of vehicles permitted to enter their fleet. Vehicles permitted to enter the fleet (under new guidelines) are Toyota Prius Hybrid; Hyundai Sonata Diesel; Ford Mondeo Diesel; Hyundai Grandeur Diesel; Ford [...]
