Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

During rush hour, the skies over a large city, such as Dubai or Madrid or Los Angeles, would swarm with hundreds, and eventually thousands, of eVTOL “air taxis.” The cost of an Uber varies by city and time of day, but it’s usually between $1 and $2 per mile, not including fees. You can’t do that with a pilot in the seat.”

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The BYD e6 electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will now be available for consumer purchases in China; previously, the e6 was only available for fleet purchases. BYD e6s have been in operation in government and taxi fleets for nearly 18 months. The Shenzhen taxi fleet, using BYD’s e6 exclusively, have accumulated more than 3.8

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Launched in April 2018, DiDi Mexico offers its range of ride-hailing, taxi-hailing and food delivery services across 32 cities, covering 50% of the nation’s population. In 2019, the number of trips people have taken with DiDi grow by nearly three and a half times. 200 EVs are exclusive for DiDi drivers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2020

Electrification of traffic on the so-called "last mile" is progressing. kWh/100km) available now with high-torque electric motor and 421 kilometers range as well as the fully electric EQV (combined power consumption: 26.4-26.3 The eVito is also ideal for locally emission-free transport on the last mile. eSprinter for Amazon.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The flight took place at the company’s R&D facility in Cranfield, England, with the Piper M-class six-seat plane completing taxi, takeoff, a full pattern circuit, and landing. ZeroAvia recently completed the first hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered flight of a commercial-grade aircraft.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

This significant increase in emissions comes in part from “deadheading”—the miles a driver travels waiting for a ride request or picking up a passenger. Car and ride-hailing emissions are per trip-mile, regardless of how many people are in the vehicle on the same trip, but emissions are adjusted for pooled trips.

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EV Central

JULY 5, 2023

I have an almost disturbing and possibly dangerous love of speed – skiing, driving, roller coasters; the faster it is the more alive I feel – so it came as a slightly embarrassing surprise to find myself properly, squealingly scared at the sedate pace of 30km/h in my self-driving robo-taxi. Because America.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

These will facilitate last mile connectivity,” an NCRTC official said on Thursday. Rapido services that will be available to commuters include auto rickshaws, 2-wheeler taxis and four-wheeler taxis. Rapido services that will be available to commuters include auto rickshaws, 2-wheeler taxis and four-wheeler taxis.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2022

The program will be available everywhere Firefly is on the road. In the first phase of the program, Firefly will enroll professional drivers and fleet operators who purchase new Hyundai vehicles in its program, which focuses on catering to the shared mobility, taxi, ridesharing, food, grocery, and last-mile delivery segment.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2019

ZeroAvia plans to start supplying its platform to commercial operators and aircraft manufacturers in 2022, initially targeting up to 500-mile regional flights in 10 to 20-seat fixed-wing aircraft. ZeroAvia prototype shown powering a 6-seat Piper M-Class aircraft, already in flight tests from February 2019.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2019

Data and an interactive mapping tool are available at congestion.sfcta.org. In 2016, TNCs were 15% of all intra-San Francisco vehicle trips, which is 12 times the number of taxi trips, while in New York in 2016, TNC ridership equaled that of yellow cab and doubled annually between 2014 and 2016. Erhardt et al. —Erhardt.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2016

The 40-ft low-floor transit buses are equipped with BYD-designed and -built iron phosphate batteries, delivering 324 kWh of power that come with a 12 year warranty, the industry’s longest electric battery warranty available. SunLine Services Group regulates three taxi franchises who provide taxi services throughout the Valley.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

With the eVito Tourer vehicles, the Dutch company Willemsen-de Koning, specialist in taxi, school and passenger transport in public areas, is also making a significant contribution to improving air quality in the city. After a charging time of six hours, the entire range is again available for use.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2019

The new release unlocks the tools developers need to create reliable self-driving mobility solutions such as robo-taxis and autonomous delivery services. is now compatible with the most advanced suite of sensors currently available on the market, such as Velodyne VLS-128 LiDAR. Open Source V2X and Robo-taxis. Apollo 3.5

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Teslarati

JUNE 8, 2021

In its Big Ideas 2021 report, ARK Invest predicted that consumers would be willing to pay 25 cents per mile for autonomous taxi rides. Recently, ARK found that consumers may be willing to pay more than 25 cents per mile for rideshare services based on a report from the US Department of Transportation and a study sponsored by Lyft.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The company plans to make self-driving buses and taxis by 2025, and Bridgestone has also joined Toyota in investing in the company, along with several others. The vehicles are expected to include buses to start, before later including taxis and other automobiles. million) into the Michigan-based May Mobility.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

With the help of three Québec partners—TM4, B3CG Interconnect and the National Centre of Advanced Transportation—Lion Bus will develop a powertrain allowing a range of about 90 km (56 miles). Among other incentives, a project to “green” 525 taxis will be set up in Montreal and other Quebec regions.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Uber is now a leader in the autonomous driving sector as they have expanded its autonomous taxi services around the country. As outlined in the press release from Aurora Innovation, the company is expanding through a new 600-mile delivery route between Fort Worth and El Paso.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2020

kWh/100 km and up to 421 kilometers of range (262 miles). The eVito Tourer will be available in the summer of 2020. Taxi companies benefit from features such as the diverse seat configurations. Mercedes-Benz has upgraded its popular Vito mid-size van, including the electric eVito Tourer version ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

Meanwhile, it has accelerated its car-sharing expansion in the United States, with service now available in Washington, D.C., With one click users can reach the largest selection of vehicles in Europe, from e-scooters to e-bikes, e-mopeds and car sharing to taxis and chauffeured vehicles. million users.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

All I needed was a taxi to take me there, a trip of about 30 miles away. There are no taxis, said the stationmaster, as we stood on the polished limestone floors of the high-ceilinged station, which was cool and breezy despite the brilliant late-morning sun outside. Wrangling a taxi has never been a problem in Mexico.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

powered system American calls Smart Gating — sending arriving aircraft to the nearest available gate with the shortest taxiing time, and if the scheduled arrival gate is in use, quickly determining the best alternate gate. The airline estimates it saves 17 hours a day in taxi time and 1.4 Baskaran said.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

In the Helsinki study, motorized road trips (private car, bus and taxi) were replaced by different configurations of 6-seater Shared Taxis that provide on-demand door-to-door service and Taxi-Buses that offer a street corner-to-street corner service booked 30 minutes in advance.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2016

Kreisel says that it leverages assembly and thermal management techniques to deliver 20% more usable capacity available in comparison to the products of its main competitor. from 120 to 267 miles. The 6,276 m 2 factory will be equipped with a fully automated production line. With a weight of only 4.1

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2016

These vehicles will continue to be used until a clean alternative becomes available on the market. It has also created a ‘City Air App’, which gives low-pollution travel routes to more than 15,000 Londoners, introduced a City-wide 20 mph zone, and issued new procurement rules restricting harmful emissions from bulldozers and generators.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

Accumulated fuel consumption over Cenex drive cycle for standard London taxi (TX2) and DuoDrive-equipped TX2 (blue line). In recent tests, the DuoDrive taxi demonstrated a 56% improvement in fuel economy compared to a standard London Taxi (TX2), and simulations predict that an improvement of 100% is possible with further optimization.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2014

Additional funding of £50 million (US$84 million) will also be available for local areas to invest in cleaner taxis and buses. The average journey made by motorists is just 7 miles, with the typical range of a pure electric car being around 100 miles. Drivers pay no road tax or congestion charge on ULEV.

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

The accumulation of these EV tax breaks, plus the hefty 25% tax on fossil-fuel cars, means that EV models in Norway are often more affordable than fossil-fuel cars, even without the EV subsidies that are available in other countries. By 2023, all taxis are set to be emission-free and the wireless system will help support this goal.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 5, 2022

An exponential increase in EVs will require exponential growth in the availability of locations to charge them. Installation costs will be impacted by the charger’s distance from an available power supply and electrical panel, as well as by the age of the facility involved. not internet-connected) and networked (internet-connected).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2020

Uber and Hyundai Motor Company announced a new partnership to develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial ride share network and unveiled a new full-scale aircraft concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Uber has announced a goal of flight demonstrations in 2020 and Elevate commercially available to riders in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The goal is that the vehicle navigation system can first locate an available wireless charging parking spot, lead you to a wireless charging point and SAE J2954 would help align your car in the parking spot, and finally wirelessly charge. Another phase is to enable an infrastructure for autonomous fleets of vehicles (such as taxis,etc.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2016

Among the study’s conclusions were that, on balance, car2go changes VMT (vehicle miles travelled) by -6% to -16% per car2go household; GHG emissions change by -4% to -18% per car2go household. Members begin and end a trip at the same vehicle location and typically pay for use by the hour, mile, or both.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

UPS Airlines CO 2 emissions per Available Ton Mile, historical and targeted. CO 2 lbs/ATM (Available Ton Mile), for a cumulative reduction of 42% since 1990. The introduction of biofuels, which UPS says it believes will be available before 2020. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

International electric scooter sharing apps, such as eCooltra, a scooter-sharing app now available in 6 different European cities, and Scoot, a truly international scooter-sharing startup already operating in both the Americas and Europe. EV Car-sharing. Talk about thinking outside the (delivery) box!

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Electrify America also will invest in DCFC stations specifically targeting shared mobility drivers: car share, taxis, and transportation networking company (TNC) drivers. This will include building new sites connecting regional destinations, such as supporting travel to the Sierra Mountain communities and destinations like Lake Havasu.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Electrify America also will invest in DCFC stations specifically targeting shared mobility drivers: car share, taxis and transportation networking company (TNC) drivers. This will include building new sites connecting regional destinations, such as supporting travel to the Sierra Mountain communities and destinations like Lake Havasu.

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