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Tesla to sell 200 electric cars to Dubai taxi service

Green Car Reports

If you wanted to start a green taxi service—and had ample funds to do so—Tesla electric cars would seem to be a good choice. The Model S and Model X offer plenty of interior space and range, and their popularity would like raise the profile of any taxi service using them.

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Audi, Airbus and Italdesign present flying, driving model prototype of flying taxi/autonomous EV concept

Green Car Congress

This innovative concept for a flying taxi combines a self-driving electric car with a passenger drone. But as soon as the coming decade, Audi suggests, its customers could use a convenient and efficient flying taxi service in large cities—in multi-modal operation, in the air and on the road.

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Volvo Cars testing Momentum Dynamics wireless charging in Gothenburg

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars is integrating and testing wireless charging technology in a live city environment together with selected partners, evaluating its potential for future electric cars. The charging stations used in the test are delivered by Momentum Dynamics, a leading provider of wireless electric charging systems.

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Tesla Taxis In Holland Follow Norway In All-Electric Green Cabs

Green Car Reports

The Tesla Model S electric car has garnered plenty of praise from individual owners, but a handful of operators are finding that it works pretty well as a taxi, too.

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Oslo plans to recharge electric taxis on the fly

Green Car Reports

If ever there were an argument for wireless charging, taxis may be it. And as with most things in electric cars, if there's a way to demonstrate the technology in action, Norway may find it. That's the impetus behind the country's latest effort to equip all of Oslo's taxi stands with wireless chargers.

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LEVC’s electric TX now makes up half of London’s black cab fleet

Electric Cars Report

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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Tesla Model S Electric Car: Simply The World's Coolest Taxi

Green Car Reports

What kind of taxis do you ride in? Our bet is that unless you''ve recently spent some time in Norway, you haven''t ridden in a Tesla taxi. DON''T MISS: Envy The Man Who Owns Seven Tesla Electric Cars (In Norway) Given that country''s huge incentives for purchasing and.' Battered old Crown Vics?

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