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Sweden, Stockholm
Taxi Stockholm has stepped up its natural gas taxi fleet, ordering 350 natural gas vehicles, to be fuelled by biomethane, with plans for more to come. 200 of the new vehicles are converted Volvo V 70 2.5 FT Flexfuel, with a gas-fuelled driving range of 300 kms. In addition, Taxi Stockholm ordered 100 Mercedes B 170 SMTH gas and 50 Volkswagen Passat EcoFuel GAS. In just two years Taxi Stockholm has more than halved the emissions of CO2, averaging 104 grams of CO2 per passenger-km. Taxi Stockholm CEO Mikael Andersson, CEO says the company will only purchase green cars from the end of this year and aims to reduce emissions by 70 percent by 2012.








