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Nissan e-NV 200 Concept Electric Minivan: NYC's Electric Taxi?

Green Car Reports

The Nissan e-NV 200 Concept electric minivan shown here could well be NYC's next taxi sometime toward the end of the decade. The vehicle in the photos is blue, but imagine it in New York City taxicab yellow, complete with a black checkboard stripe and mismatched fonts in the logo.

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Toyota-backed U.S. self-driving startup garners $67 million investment

Teslarati

The company plans to make self-driving buses and taxis by 2025, and Bridgestone has also joined Toyota in investing in the company, along with several others. The vehicles are expected to include buses to start, before later including taxis and other automobiles. million) into the Michigan-based May Mobility.

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Move Over Ford: Nissan Plans All-Electric Future For NY Taxis

All Cars Electric

From the iconic Ford Crown Victoria through to the Ford Escape Hybrids replacing many of them as part of air quality legislature coming into force in 2012, Ford’s relationship with the New York taxi is a long one.

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Electric Volkswagen Bus Teased Again: Will It Be Real This Time?

Green Car Reports

The idea is as cool as it is durable: An all-electric reincarnation of the classic Volkswagen Bus, beloved people carrier of the Sixties and Seventies. It was first mentioned fully five years ago, when Volkswagen showed an all-electric taxi concept based on an updated minivan with all the design cues of the VW Bus.

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Hypercar Company Rimac Developing Robotaxi Service

The Truth About Cars

Most of its first vehicles were actually pre-existing models converted to use all-electric powertrains. Since then, Rimac has only deepened its ties to Porsche, entered into a joint venture with Bugatti, and started working with Hyundai/Kia on developing high-performance electric vehicles.

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Volkswagen Shows Concept For All-Electric Milano Taxi

All Cars Electric

It must be something taxi-ish in the air. Last week, London got its first all-electric black cab to test (with rear wheels that steer, to boot), and now today Volkswagen has unveiled its own concept for an electrically powered taxi.

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Nissan e-NV200 Electric Van Headed To U.S. For Testing

Green Car Reports

Over the past year, we’ve seen quite a bit of Nissan’s e-NV200, an all-electric minivan, and its taxi-based variant.

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