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QA With Luca Guala of Systemica on Masdars Personal Rapid Transit System

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Green Car Congress had an opportunity to follow up with Luca Guala of Systematica to learn more about the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system being applied in Masdar. The initial system is likely to be expensive because of prototyping issues but the final PRT system promises to be rather cheap compared to mass transit.

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

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The team also found that 95 percent of demand would be covered by just 2,000 ten-person vehicles, compared to the nearly 14,000 taxis that currently operate in New York City. It can also analyze a range of different types of vehicles to determine, say, where or when a 10-person van would be of the greatest benefit.

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Was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe 2021’s 3rd Highest-Selling EV in the US?

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I say apparently as a PR person with Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, stated the following to me in a January 18 email: I can tell you that it is true, we were the best selling plug-in hybrid SUV last year in the US. credit off the the cap cost makes it a real cheap lease on 53k Jeep. Rocksteadyrobk, 4xeForums.

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Sheffield engineers use 3D printing for a 1.5m-wide UAV prototype

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The engineers said the polymer craft could form the basis of cheap and potentially disposable UAVs that could be built and deployed in remote situations potentially within as little as 24 hours. They plan to develop the craft for guidance by GPS or camera technology, controlled by an operator wearing first person-view goggles.

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

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Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Cheap gas prices and a strong economy are creating increased goods movement and prompting Californians to drive more. At the same time, per capita emissions in the state decreased by 12%.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

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Electricity is a cheap entity—not a commodity, but is its fundamentally very cheap. maintain a system as well as maintain and recover and investment on it that is fundamentally very cheap. GM hosted Green Car Congress at the Business of Plugging In Conference.]. convert] millions of cars on the road.

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SpaceX’s Starship Moon lander under fire yet again as Blue Origin sues NASA

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Blue Origin alerted the court last week of its impending lawsuit, and requested that the judge order a pause to SpaceX’s contract while the case is adjudicated, according to a person familiar with the notice. As it turned out, Congress ultimately provided a pathetic 25% of the full $3.4 The fixed-price contract will cost NASA $2.9B

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