Published On 30 Apr 2019
Blue Bird launched its first electric taxi (e-taxi) at Blue Bird Group’s head office in South Jakarta to mark Earth Day on April 22. Set to serve passengers in May, the e-taxis comprise 25 BYD e6 A/T for Bluebird and five Tesla Model X 75D A/T for Silverbird. Bluebird aims to operate 200 e-taxis by 2020, aiming to eliminate 434,095 kilograms of CO2emissions or 1.89 million liters of fuel consumption. Furthermore, by adding 2,000 e-taxis from 2020 to 2025, the amount is expected to reduce 21,704,760 kg of CO2emissions, equal to 94.90 million liters of fuel consumption.