Fully Electric Air Taxi Completes New York Test Flight
InsideEVs
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
The world's first fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi will begin commercial flights in 2026.
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InsideEVs
FEBRUARY 19, 2023
The world's first fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi will begin commercial flights in 2026.
Electrek
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Addison Lee, a London-headquartered private hire taxi and courier company, and the UK’s largest private vehicle hire firm, today announced that its entire fleet will become fully electric by 2023. Its current fleet currently stands at around 4,000 cars.
CleanTechnica EVs
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
California’s Wisk Aero claims that it has developed the first self-flying, fully electric, 4-seat air taxi in the world. But how real […].
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.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 19, 2020
DeepRoute, an international self-driving vehicle technology provider, and Cao Cao Mobility, a strategically invested business of Geely Technology Group, are partnering to advance the design, development and commercialization of Cao Cao’s Level 4 autonomous robo-taxis service.
Teslarati
MAY 3, 2021
The New York Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) approved a pilot program to introduce more electric taxis into the city’s yellow cab industry. He also speculated that adding Tesla vehicles to New York’s yellow cab fleet might convince people to gravitate back to taxis rather than Uber, Lyft, and other rideshare services.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 4, 2022
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.
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.
Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
The electric F-150 will be “a workhorse, not a showhorse.” ” GM is thinking about flying air taxis powered by its batteries. Ford has revealed a few more details about the fully electric version of the F-Series truck that will arrive in 2022. And Kia is teasing the first of many EVs on the way.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2021
Mobilize will unveil Limo, a 4.67m four-door fully-electric sedan, specifically designed for for taxi/private hire (PHV) drivers and fleet, at Munich IAA Mobility 2021. The ride-hailing market (taxis et private hire vehicles, PHV) in Europe is booming; it is set to grow from €28 billion today, to €50 billion by 2030.
Electric Cars Report
JANUARY 26, 2024
LEVC is now starting production of its L380 Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV), the first of a new range of innovative, spacious, fully electric models, which will see the brand accelerate its transition from a high-end taxi manufacturer to a leading provider of e-mobility solutions.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 5, 2014
Nanjing, China and Nanjing Public Transportation Group ordered more than 1,000 fully electric transit buses and taxis from BYD Company Ltd. The city will be taking delivery of more than 600 BYD K9 battery-electric Buses, 50 of which were delivered for the city’s Youth Olympic Games in August 2014.
Electric Cars Report
DECEMBER 13, 2023
LEVC revealed the L380, the first of a new range of innovative, spacious, fully electric models, which will see the brand accelerate its transition from a high-end taxi manufacturer to a leading provider of e-mobility solutions.
Electric Cars Report
APRIL 17, 2024
LEVC has debuted new information and images of the luxurious and innovative interior of its L380 Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV), the first of a new range of smart, spacious, fully electric models, which will see the brand accelerate its transition from a high-end taxi manufacturer to a leading provider of e-mobility solutions.
Green Car Reports
DECEMBER 23, 2021
alike, ride hailing needs to go fully electric as soon as possible. They are essentially the new generation of taxi fleets. In Europe and in the U.S. Otherwise it’s adding to local pollution issues and global warming.
CleanTechnica EVs
MAY 23, 2022
Nothing imbues the sweet romantic life like a Fiat breezing through Italy, especially if it’s the New 500 (fully electric). The elegance of the new LEVC electric taxi (as the more utilitarian electric VN5 van) now offers better fleet management through the MyGeotab dash.
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. Bloomberg also said that this summer the city will launch the largest bike share program in the country.
Green Car Reports
JUNE 25, 2020
The Lordstown Endurance electric pickup is due to take a bow in production prototype form today, and we ask its CEO some big-picture questions about its future. And there will be 25 fully electric taxis in Oslo, Norway, that might not need to connect to a.
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. This is a win-win-win situation for drivers, citizens and the planet.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 27, 2014
BYD e6 electric cars to the fleet. Last month, the Mayor of London announced that from 1 January 2018, all new taxis would have to be zero-emission capable in order to gain an operating licence. Thriev , a company offering zero-emission, chauffeured cars to corporate and private users in London, is adding 20. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
JULY 12, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg announces the addition of 70 new electric vehicles. 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. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 22, 2014
Electric taxis are the order of the day in Madrid and Barcelona; where a fleet of Nissan LEAF and e-NV200 electric vehicles are set to go to work. In Madrid a new Nissan LEAF fully electric supermini is set to start work under the stewardship of Antonio Berzal Prieto; the city’s first electric tax[.].
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 29, 2020
Mercedes-Benz Vans and Amazon announced the largest order for Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles to date: more than 1,800 battery-electric eVito and eSprinter from Mercedes-Benz Vans will be delivered to Amazon starting this year to be used across Europe. The battery-electric drive achieves max. eSprinter for Amazon.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Wensink Automotive, fleet operator Willemsen-de Koning and Mercedes-Benz Vans have signed a contract for the delivery of 80 eVito Tourer vans (electricity consumption combined: 24.2 – 20.2 The fully electric fleet is used for group transports in Utrecht and Rotterdam. kWh/100 km; CO 2 -emissions combined: 0 g/km) vehicles.
Baua Electric
APRIL 18, 2024
For example, Toray is working with California-based Joby Aviation to use carbon fiber on its upcoming all-electric air taxi. It’s also signed an agreement with German aerospace Lilium to use carbon fiber composite on its fully electric five-seater jet. Unlike many rivals, Hyundai has doubled down on its EV strategy.
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 24, 2012
London could soon see the arrival of its first all-electric taxi fleet after one of the capital’s minicab services sealed a deal with Chinese EV manufacturer BYD.
Green Cars News
JUNE 10, 2013
Plans to launch a fleet of fully-electric taxi cars in London have been delayed due to a lack of suitable charging points. Well-known environmentally-minded taxi firm, Green Tomato Cars had planned to have 50 of the BYD e6 cars, up and running as part of its fleet by the middle of the month. Latest News'
Green Car Congress
APRIL 24, 2018
Volkswagen is due to introduce ten fully electric models by 2023 in this major market alone, with plans in place to produce and sell a total of around 650,000 fully electric cars in China in 2025. We will be starting local production of battery-electric cars in at least six factories by 2021 in China. year-on-year.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
We are confident this trial will prove a success and that Uber will join scores of taxi and private hire operators across the UK and wider Europe in recognizing the financial and environmental benefits of Nissan’s market-leading electric vehicles. —Gareth Dunsmore, head of Electric Vehicles, Nissan Europe.
Green Cars News
JUNE 26, 2012
A fleet of Nissan LEAF models assumed the role of London taxis last weekend, providing free taxi rides for many London residents and visitors to the capital. The stunt aimed to highlight how the fully-electric ‘taxi’ was six times cheaper to fuel than a conventional petrol-powered car.
Green Cars News
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
Ten fully electric cars begin work in London this week with private hire firm, Thriev. In total, the firm has an order in place for 20 of BYD’s e6 fully-electric cars, to help provide its customers with a clean alternative way to travel. Electric cars' The vehicles will use a rapid charger produced by BYD to r[.].
Baua Electric
APRIL 18, 2024
For example, Toray is working with California-based Joby Aviation to use carbon fiber on its upcoming all-electric air taxi. It’s also signed an agreement with German aerospace Lilium to use carbon fiber composite on its fully electric five-seater jet. Unlike many rivals, Hyundai has doubled down on its EV strategy.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 6, 2016
Elektrobit (EB), a leading developer of embedded technology solutions for the automotive industry, and Netherlands-based digital map provider Mapscape, are contributing to WEpods —completely autonomous electric shuttle buses that will use public roads. With a maximum speed of 40 km/h (25 mph)—25 km/h (15.5
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 3, 2017
Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.
All Cars Electric
APRIL 29, 2010
This past Monday, the electric-vehicle infrastructure provider Better Place held a press conference in Tokyo at the site of its first completed battery-swap station to be put into regular usage, in the Ropongi Hills area.
Clean Car
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
We know for sure that internal combustion engine-powered vehicles (ICE) and hybrids will be banned from sale no later than 2035 and we know that there is a big push towards encouraging the take up of electric vehicles (EV). The post Driving the sales of electric vehicles appeared first on CleanCar. Why do we need to switch?
Green Car Congress
MARCH 9, 2016
The result was that the electric energy consumption of was 444 Wh/km. g CO 2 /Wh to all electric vehicles for CEVS analysis to account for CO 2 emissions during the electricity generation process. The LTA spokesperson said that the Tesla was not the first fully electric car where grid emission factor was applied.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 8, 2024
While many legacy automakers are suddenly dialing back their EV strategies, Hyundai Motor Group, which includes Hyundai, Genesis, and Kia, remains devoted to pushing electric mobility forward through several segments. Also includes the P1V, the smallest in the lineup, designed for short-distance logistics transportation.
Electric Vehicles India
OCTOBER 23, 2021
Retrofitting three-wheeler to electric. To boost the electric vehicles on Indian roads the government has brought up a policy that can eliminate personal vehicles in the upcoming decades. Bicycles and electric three-wheelers can fit this sector. Bicycles and electric three-wheelers can fit this sector.
Green Cars News
JANUARY 14, 2014
Nissan’s all-electric LEAF is increasingly finding use as a private hire vehicle, including in the UK, with minicab firms such as Pheonix Cars in Northumberland and C&C Taxis of St Austell. Now a new firm is taking on the challenge of running fully electric Nissan cars in the demanding environ[.]. Electric cars'
Green Cars News
MARCH 14, 2014
Owners of Nissan’s first fully electric car – the famous LEAF – are fast approaching the one billion kilometres driven mark. To celebrate the landmark figure, Nissan has created a series of animated stories, starting with Roberto San Jose, the first taxi driver in Spain to buy one of the fully ele[.].
Green Cars News
JULY 26, 2011
London could save four thousand tonnes of CO2 emissions every week if all of the capital’s black cabs were fully electric, new research commissioned by the UK low carbon motor, EcoVelocity reveals.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 9, 2018
Audi has produced the Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo concept car, which it will deploy as a race taxi in Formula E starting with the race in Rome on Saturday 14 April. Our aim was a fully functional car. The Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo shows that electric mobility at Audi is very emotive.
My Energi
MARCH 11, 2021
Buying the perfect electric car for Mums. With the notion towards electric vehicles in full swing, it is inevitable that at some stage in the near future, mummies and daddies alike will have to weigh up the options and find the right family ‘electric vehicle’ for their needs. Can I afford an electric vehicle?
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