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Uber and Hyundai announce aerial ridesharing partnership, release new full-scale electric air taxi model at CES

Green Car Congress

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). Both parties are collaborating on infrastructure concepts to support take-off and landing for this new class of vehicles.

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Just bring them: Toyota’s electric future just got sexier

EV Central

.” Showcasing the brand’s next generation design language, a BZ3C small/medium coupe-styled crossover SUV and BZ3X five-seat medium/large SUV were unveiled – both based on Toyota’s BZ concepts shown at 2023’s Shanghai Motor Show. Sadly, no technical details were revealed either. ” Lovely.

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MIT CSAIL, Cornell study finds rides-sharing theoretically could cut taxi traffic in NYC by 75%

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A new modeling study by a team from MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and Cornell suggests that using ride-sharing from companies like Uber and Lyft theoretically could reduce the number of taxis on the road in New York City by 75% without significantly impacting travel time. —Daniela Rus.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

CES 2024 was no different with several concept and new vehicle reveals, and technological advancements that will be part of new cars in the coming years. BMW: AI, AR, Digitalized Mobility and Remote Controlled Valet Parking BMW sees in-car gaming as a coming trend BMW was all about the digital customer experience at this year’s CES.

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TUM CREATE introduces tropical megacity e-taxi prototype at Tokyo; super-fast charging with twin charge ports

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Singapore-based TUM CREATE unveiled an electric taxi prototype designed for tropical megacities, codenamed EVA, at the Tokyo Motor Show. EVA was designed from the ground-up as an e-taxi and is a result of interdisciplinary research in the areas of energy storage, battery charging, thermal management, and lightweight materials and design.

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Renesas advanced automotive SoC adopted by Continental for its body high-performance computer

Green Car Congress

Continental has adopted Renesas Electronics Corporation’s high-performance Renesas R-Car M3 System-on-Chip (SoC) for its first-generation Body High-Performance Computer (HPC). —Johann Hiebl, head of the Connected Car Networking business unit at Continental.

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Roland Berger: demand for purpose-built vehicles for ride-sharing, many electric, to reach 2.5M cars by 2025

Green Car Congress

This new type of car unites two of the key mobility megatrends in one vehicle: ride-sharing and electromobility. And it is purpose built for use as a taxi service. Passengers, too, will benefit from the new mobility concept. We anticipate the price per kilometer for using these cars to come in at between 0.5

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