Queue Of Typical Yellow Taxis On Times Square In Manhattan In New York, USA Editorial Photo

The first taxi company in New York was the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company, which began operating twelve electric cabs in July 18973. The business continued to expand until 1898 with the operation of 62 cabs until that it be modified by its financiers to form the Electric Vehicle Company. The company will then create the Electrobat electric car, and will operate up to a hundred taxis in 1899.