CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 26, 2023

One of the most popular fantasies is an electric air taxi that rises above it People sick of commuting imagine all sorts of new transportation schemes while stuck in traffic. Elon Musk dreamed up the Hyperloop while trying to get to LAX during rush hour.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 7, 2024

The Assam government launched ‘ Baayu ,’ an app-based electric bike taxi service that is an innovative and forward-thinking sustainable mobility initiative of the state government-run Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC). Initiating with zero-emission bike taxi & delivery services. Representative image.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 17, 2022

Preparing for New York’s Shift to Cleaner, Quieter Electric Cars for Hire Stepping off the curb to hail a cab. Hopping in a taxi to get home from the train station. For more than a century, these yellow sedans have been iconic symbols of New York City and a daily presence in the lives of […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 19, 2024

continued] The post Hype Taxi Using Massive European Grants To Pay For Champagne-Scale Hydrogen Costs appeared first on CleanTechnica. Ballard’s $1.3 billion in losses, $55 million a year, since 2000 with no profits ever is one. billion that California received as a hydrogen hub which is going to go down the drain because it’s.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 8, 2024

New campaign fully offsets the reduction in the Plug-in Taxi Grant (PiTG) which came into effect from April 2024 It is available on all new TX taxi models across all finance types offered by LEVC Financial Services with zero customer deposit and at a subsidised finance rate of 10.51% APR.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The day will come when those who want to travel sustainably will be able to do so on electric planes. During Long Beach’s “Festival of Flight” this week, Wisk became the first eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) air taxi firm to make public flights at Long Beach Airport […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 22, 2021

A taxi company in Denmark, Dantaxi, is partnering with E.ON, the largest charging operator in Denmark, to open the largest taxi charging hub in the Nordics. “Danhub — Powered by E.ON” will allow up to 400 taxis to charge daily. This covers a large share of the current need in Copenhagen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Evolution of taxi drivers, PHV drivers (England), and Uber drivers (London) compared to taxi and PHV CO 2 emissions (UK). Source: “Europe’s giant ‘taxi’ company: is Uber part of the problem or the solution?”. This has made Uber one of the biggest taxi services in Europe, with 3.6 million users in France in 2017.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 6, 2022

These ubiquitous privately-owned minibus taxis in sub-Saharan Africa […]. In most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, private operators of small buses usually carrying between 16 to 25 passengers and in some cases, up to 35 passengers, are the main commuter transport providers.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 7, 2023

There are now more LEVC (London Electric Vehicle Company) TX electric taxis on the streets of London than diesel TX4s, as the capital’s transition to a clean, green EV black cab fleet continues to accelerate.

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

More than half of London’s entire black cab fleet is now zero-emission capable thanks to LEVC’s class-leading electric taxi, as the TX continues to play a vital role in clean green, and accessible urban mobility.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

European carrier easyJet plans to test an electric taxi system later this year that utilizes a hydrogen fuel cell stowed in the hold, batteries charged by regenerative braking, and electric wheel motors. The energy can then be used by the aircraft when taxiing without needing to use the jet engines.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

London's largest private taxi company is going all electric.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 6, 2021

In a further step towards making electric air taxis a reality, Boeing- and Kitty Hawk-backed eVTOL startup Wisk Aero has formed a partnership with Blade Urban Air Mobility to send a fleet of 30 eVTOLs up into the air. There may be some regulatory hurdles to clear before we begin to see passenger-laden eVTOLs in […].

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

All is not well with Japan's electric taxi drivers. Two years ago, in February 2011, the city of Osaka introduced a fleet of fifty Nissan Leaf taxis. The deal was a cooperative arrangement between Nissan, 30 taxi firms, and the government--each was being subsidized to the tune of 1,780,000 Yen--over $21,000 at the time.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

Nissan NV200 NYC Taxi. The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has selected the Nissan NV200 as the exclusive taxi of New York City for a decade, beginning in late 2013. However, Nissan will be able to manufacture the NV200 to run on electric-only power starting in 2017. Taxi of Tomorrow.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 20, 2022

Along with those special celebrations, we have news on free electric cab rides this week, fun concept cars, Volvo customers now having access to more than 270,000 charging points in Europe, growing electric taxi sales, and more. Electric Cars Renault Scenic […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 14, 2021

YouTuber JJRicks Studios has shared a video of a Waymo self-driving taxi that woke up and chose chaos. The vehicle blocked traffic and evaded capture, and JJ rode in the backseat throughout the whole ordeal. The ride started in the parking lot. As he sat in the back, JJ said, “There’s lots of interesting turns […].

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Eco City Vehicles PLC (ECV), a developer and supplier of eco-friendly commercial vehicles and the London licensed taxi, launched an all-electric prototype of the London-licensed Mercedes Vito taxi, developed by a consortium of companies including ECV’s manufacturing partner Penso, Mercedes Benz UK and Zytek Automotive.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

As part of his 2013 State of the City address, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg outlined plans for a major increase in parking and charging options for electric vehicles. Remember: Clean air means you live longer. Even if you don’t care about climate change, cleaning our air is good for your health. —Mayor Bloomberg.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 14, 2021

Kitty Hawk, the air taxi company founded by Google’s co-founder Larry Page, is buying 3D Robotics, a former competitor of DJI in the consumer drone market. CEO of 3DR, former editor of Wired magazine Christian Anderson, will join Kitty Hawk as chief operating officer.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2012

The 2014 Nissan NV200 Taxi, New York’s Taxi of Tomorrow, will make its global debut tonight at a special event in SoHo with Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn and New York City Mayor Michael R. The new taxi is powered by a proven 2.0L The new taxi is powered by a proven 2.0L Earlier post.).

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 26, 2021

There's a lot of confusion about what has happened in NYC with the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission and the startup electric ridesharing startup Revel. We're trying to clear that up once and for all.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Electric ride-hailing service Revel is pushing our move into zero-emissions solutions as quickly as possible. On the people moving front, Revel has purchased 700 Teslas and converted them to taxis to drive around New York City by its employees.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 29, 2023

Mbay wants to play a key role in the transition to electric mobility by being the first mover in the electric car sector in Senegal […] The aptly-named Mbay wants to help cultivate and grow the green mobility sector in West Africa, starting in Dakar, Senegal.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The electric vehicle revolution is unstoppable. EV News Ireland — up to €25,000 for taxi drivers to buy electric vehicles Introducing the 2022 […]. EV news flows vigorously. Below are some top news releases and headlines from the past day or so. There is also related air and environmental news on the bottom of this post.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

There's a deep disconnect between the purported urban taxi business models and most of the graphics these eVTOL companies use, which hides a yawning chasm of reality.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2013

A pair of researchers at the University of Michigan have used “big data” mining techniques to evaluate the impact of adopting plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in the Beijing taxi fleet on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions based on the characterized individual travel patterns. one-driver taxi versus two-driver taxi).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2022

Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) has taken delivery of 23 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (HFCEV), marking the company’s first purchase of hydrogen-powered vehicles. Earlier this year, in partnership with Hyzon Motors, announced plans to deploy its first hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric utility truck.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2019

A team of researchers in China suggest that, in the context of promoting the use of clean fuel vehicles and increasing vehicle fuel efficiency, CO 2 emissions of China’s urban passenger transport sector could reach a peak of 225 MtCO 2 in 2030. Technical roadmap of bus,taxi, and car for peaking the CO2 emissions at 2030 or before.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 7, 2022

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft companies seem to be a dime a dozen. Many people have the perfect outlandish design for the electric air taxi of the future — or so they say. While most of these startups will never make it out of the basement, there are some that we have watched […].

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2010

Intelligent Energy, Lotus Engineering, LTI Vehicles and TRW Conekt, with funding from the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board, unveiled a full performance, zero-emissions Fuel Cell Hybrid London taxi. IE’s Fuel cell taxi system offers 58% efficiency. Earlier post.). Acceleration from 0-30 mph takes 4.5 Click to enlarge. .

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

A handful of years ago, countries were climbing over each other to announce the year they’d stop selling fossil-powered cars. Things have been quiet on that level in recent years, even as EV market share has surged across the world, but the big first steps on that topic are really conducted by other jurisdictions — […]

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 25, 2022

STIMA, a battery swapping technology company targeting the deployment of convenient battery swapping infrastructure for electric motorcycles at scale, estimates that there are about 20 million 2-wheelers on Africa’s roads today.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

NASA began flight testing Monday with Joby Aviation’s all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as part of the agency’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign. 10, at Joby’s Electric Flight Base located near Big Sur, California. This testing runs through Friday, Sept.10,

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Africa hosts an estimated 27 million motorbikes (motos), out of which 80% is estimated to be used for commercial taxi service. All these motos have the potential to soon be riding on electricity! Electric motorcycles are also […]

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

Electric cars are becoming an attractive business proposition for high-mileage vehicle operators such as ride-sharer Uber in key EU capitals such as Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon, a new study by research and campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) has found. The campaign calls on Uber to go 100% clean in large European cities by 2025.

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