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Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits

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Using models they built and data from more than 10 million taxi trips in New York City, they found that the cost of service provided by a fleet of shared automated electric vehicles (SAEVs) would be $0.29-$0.61 per revenue mile—an order of magnitude lower than the cost of service of present-day Manhattan taxis and $0.05–$0.08/mi

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A Giant Game of Telephone: The Revel Tesla Model Y Taxi Situation Explained

Teslarati

Earlier this week, there was plenty of talk about the Revel taxi fleet in New York City, comprised of 50 Tesla Model Y all-electric crossovers that would contribute to the ride-sharing services that the Big Apple has long been accustomed to over the past century. New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission: A Giant Game of Telephone.

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Boeing and Kitty Hawk form strategic partnership on electric urban air mobility

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The strategic partnership will bring together the innovation of Kitty Hawk’s Cora air taxi division with Boeing’s scale and aerospace expertise. Cora is an electric, autonomous fully fledged air taxi that takes off like a helicopter and flies like a plane.

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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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Comment on Tesla scraps plans for low-cost car amid fierce competition from Chinese EVs, report says by John Hanna

CN EV Post

How NIO's shareholders imagine that NIO is going somehow magically make money on a vehicle with a sharply lower selling price than the cars it's already losing huge money on, is beyond rational thought. TESLA: if you're asking this channel's pro-NIO founder for insight about Tesla, you're asking the wrong person.

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Driverless Hell: Another Cruise Robotaxi Crashes in San Francisco, This Time Into a Fire Truck

The Truth About Cars

There has been a lot of talk about Tesla owners abusing the cars’ semi-autonomous driving features and crashing into emergency vehicles, but there was at least a driver present in those situations. Last night, a taxi crashed into a fire truck , sending one person to the hospital.&

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Volvo Car Mobility launches mobility brand M; market debut in 2019

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M will learn about its user’s needs, preferences and habits, personalizing the customer relationship. Volvo Cars is becoming more than just a car company. We recognize that urban consumers are rethinking traditional car ownership. The services currently available mainly offer alternatives to a taxi or public transit.

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