Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2011

Taxi Medallion Management in Chicago has purchased 12 Ford Transit Connect Taxis running on compressed natural gas (CNG) for its fleet. The purchase is part of the company’s goal of reducing emissions by 25%, said Michael Levine, CEO of Taxi Medallion Management. The taxis have a 39-foot turning radius.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

Of course, Joby Aviation has its own air taxi that is 45.2 Then again, some companies have stopped gambling on an electric aviation future altogether and have turned their focus to low-carbon fuels. The post This new Airbus air taxi has a 50-mile range and is quieter than a hairdryer appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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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. Fuel efficiency was not used as a specific criterion for evaluation; estimated 2014 MY EPA combined label fuel economy is 25 mpg US (9.4

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Beginning in 2019 and over a five-year period, Hyundai Motor and H2 Energy will provide 1,000 heavy-duty fuel cell electric trucks ( earlier post ) and an adequate supply chain for renewable hydrogen. The fuel cell electric truck is being developed according to European regulations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

BUZZ CARGO, ABT e-Transporter, ABT e-Caddy, the Cargo e-Bike and the Crafter HyMotion which is equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell drive system. BUZZ CARGO is charged by cable connection. The fuel cell system that delivers 30 kW of power serves as a range extender. The van’s fuel consumption is 1.4 BUZZ CARGO. kg hydrogen.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The first prototype of the hydrogen fuel cell Ford Ranger ute dubbed the Warrego by its developer, the Australian start-up H2X Global, has hit the road in the Netherlands. 2023 H2X Warrego fuel cell ute. 2023 H2X Warrego electric motor connects to standard Ranger transfer case. H2X claims a 450km range for the Warrego.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Funded by the Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, the HyTEC project (Hydrogen Transport for European Cities), which is part funded by the Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), will also see the installation of an Air Products hydrogen fueling station in London. Element Energy Ltd , UK. HyRaMP , Belgium.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Researchers at MIT, Cornell University, and the Italian National Research Council’s Institute for Informatics and Telematics have devised a framework—the “shareability network”—to enable the systematic analysis of the tradeoff between collective benefits of sharing taxi services and individual passenger discomfort.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Ford has revealed a new generation Transit Connect Taxi in North America, which will be the first vehicle of its kind to be offered with a compressed natural gas/liquefied petroleum gas engine prep package for an easy conversion to lower emission fuels. The new model, expected to prove a rival fo[.].

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2015

The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is developing a four-passenger aircraft powered solely by a hydrogen fuel cell battery system. The most striking feature of the HY4 is its two fuselages, which are firmly connected to each other by the wing. Each one can seat two occupants. —Josef Kallo.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2021

Volocopter’s VoloCity air taxi for commercial UAM services. UAM is an emerging part of the aviation industry focused on aerial connectivity in and around cities. © Volocopter.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Air Products has provided a SmartFuel hydrogen fueling station to Shell Germany, contributing to the expansion of Germany’s network of hydrogen fueling stations. The station opened in August at Hamburg-Bramfeld, Germany, and is integrated into an existing Shell fueling station located at Bramfelder Chaussee.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2020

A strategy suggested to overcome this issue is the use of chemicals in liquid form as hydrogen carriers, similar to the current method of transporting fossil fuels in a liquid form. The system can even be applied to small power generation devices by directly connecting it with fuel cells without any additional hydrogen purification processes.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2011

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse highlighted the company’s machine-to-machine (M2M) Connected Transportation initiative in a keynote address to the Detroit Economic Club, including the introduction of new partnerships. At Sprint, our vision goes beyond connecting millions of cars. —Dan Hesse.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

With ride-hailing services now providing more trips nationally than taxis, the growth of ride-hailing has directly contributed to increased local pollution and exacerbated traffic congestion in dense urban areas. —Jeremy Martin, senior scientist and director of fuel policy at UCS.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2010

million in 21 alternative fuel projects in the state. Awards include (ranked by amount): PHL Taxi Management LLC —$900,000 – to purchase and deploy 50 new CNG taxis in Philadelphia that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and to build a publicly accessible CNG fueling station in the city.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2011

Shell in the UK, in partnership with think tank RSA (Royal Society of the Arts), has been conducting a study/challenge in July involving cab drivers from 10 regions across the UK competing to see who could drive in the most fuel-efficient manner to substantially lower their fuel costs. weight, personal comfort and journey planning.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

Businesses are using CNG-fueled trucks to lower their operating costs, with the payback period for recouping conversion upfit cost as fast as 24 to 36 months of in-use service. The next generation of the Transit Connect range will add yet another CNG-ready engine when it goes on sale later this year, offering a 2.5-liter

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Now, we have all the details of the 2011 Ford Transit Connect Electric, an all-electric conversion of the Transit Connect commercial van that offers a range of up to 80 miles on a full charge. The 2011 Transit Connect Electric is aimed predominantly at urban fleets that.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Geely Group and CRI intend to collaborate on the deployment of renewable methanol fuel production technology in China and explore the development and deployment of 100% methanol-fueled vehicles in China, Iceland and other countries. —Li Shufu, Chairman of Geely Group. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2010

The Environmentally Friendly Inter-City Aircraft powered by Fuel Cells (ENFICA-FC) project, led by Turin Polytechnic University, is ready for flight-testing its fuel-cell powered, manned inter-city aircraft. Power is supplied to the propeller through 20 kW hydrogen fuel cells; gaseous hydrogen is stored at 350 bar onboard.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2018

With Didi Chuxing, Volkswagen Group China is entering the first phase of a partnership by exploring mobility projects as well as smart city, autonomous driving and robo-taxi projects. FAW-Volkswagen is building an intelligent network-connected ecosystem that will provide users with a safe, convenient and personalized experience.

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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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Cars That Think

JANUARY 1, 2024

All users must validate their identity and devices—even when they’re already connected to government networks and VPNs. Hailing Air Taxis at the Olympics At this year’s summer Olympic Games in Paris, attendees may be able to take an electric vertical-take-off-and-landing vehicle, or eVTOL, to get around the city.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2019

TNCs provide on-demand ride services where rides are arranged online to connect a passenger with drivers using their personal vehicles—e.g., The TNC fleet is relatively more fuel efficient than the California fleet due to having higher fraction of newer model year vehicles and higher percentage of passenger cars versus light trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. The Administration is also working towards the use of electric vehicles in the City’s fleet of more than 13,000 yellow taxis. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Travel and expense management company Certify’s Q2 analysis on business expense trends found that Uber, the popular ridesharing service, continues to grow with business travelers, comprising 55% of ground transportation receipts compared with taxi services at 43%. In Q1, Uber had 46% of receipts compared with taxis at 53%.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

This technology has the potential to improve traffic flow and journey times, offer greater comfort to drivers, reduce accidents, and improve fuel consumption and hence lower CO 2 emissions. For instance, the lead may be taken by a taxi, a bus or a truck. Tags: Connected vehicles Fuel Efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

In addition, Ford announced that its global utility lineup will be the company’s first hybrids powered by EcoBoost rather than naturally aspirated engines, furthering improving performance and fuel economy. The company also plans to be as aggressive in developing global electrified vehicles services and solutions. New Services.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2010

Ford will begin offering an alternative-fuels engine prep package for its 6.8-liter F-450 and F-550 Super Duty are Ford’s latest commercial vehicles to get the alternative-fuel conversion option. Ford also offers the package on its Transit Connect, including its new Taxi offering with a 2.0-liter liter and 6.8-liter

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

In two packages of awards, the California Energy Commission approved more than $44 million to expand the hydrogen fueling infrastructure and increase the number of alter alternative fuel vehicles on the road in the state. Expanding hydrogen fueling stations in California. million ZEV vehicles on the roadways by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

These projects put more than 9,000 alternative fuel and energy-efficient light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on the road, and establish 542 refueling locations across the country. The project will deploy 502 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles through 119 public and private fleets throughout the state.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Metro DCFC stations will be placed in retail locations and are intended to serve EV drivers in their daily fueling needs. This will include building new sites connecting regional destinations and filling in existing routes as station utilization of the highway network increases.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In It is much more than that.

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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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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2018

Fuel-efficient platooning. The objective of this AOI is to execute field evaluations of multi-truck platoon proof of concepts that assess both the potential fuel savings and barriers that need to be overcome for platooning to be effective. Engines/Fuels: Off-road Applications (up to $3.5

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 5, 2022

Level 3 DC Fast Charger (DCFC) key siting principles Level 3 DCFCs should be within one mile of FHWA designated Alternative Fuel Corridors with locations 50 miles apart to support lower range EVs. not internet-connected) and networked (internet-connected). not internet-connected) and networked (internet-connected).

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