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DiDi partners with SoftBank in Japan for platform services for taxi industry, launches open new energy car-sharing platform

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have established a partnership to provide platform services for the taxi industry. The partnership will utilize DiDi’s advanced AI technologies to build ride-hailing platforms to enhance efficiency for both taxi operators and drivers. In 2017, taxi drivers completed 1.1 In 2017, taxi drivers completed 1.1

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MEG expanding heavy-duty electric truck efforts; succsessful testing of mine vehicle

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If you combine the efficiency of charging and the reduced maintenance overhead of EV heavy trucks, it’s a compelling financial proposition versus the current refueling and maintenance costs of their combustion engine counterparts.

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Asian Development Bank providing $300M towards replacing 100K gasoline trikes with E-Trikes in the Philippines; $300M for major road upgrades in Chhattisgarh, India

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million gas-fueled motorcycles and tricycles are currently operating in the Philippines, typically serving as short-distance taxis, with the average tricycle driver earning less than $10 a day. Once the project is completed in December 2017, ADB will have financed upgrades to nearly 2,200 km (1,367 miles) of the network. million.

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India’s electric four-wheeler ride-hailing fleet incentives

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To compare the selected cost of the vehicle models, the vehicle cost of financing and purchasing and state taxes and fees, vehicle insurance cost, fuel costs, maintenance cost, the opportunity cost of fueling and incentives impacts are compared here. of the financed amount for the first 6 months of their launch. to €115, $13.8

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OC&C survey finds US consumers lag behind major industrialized countries in embracing electric/hybrid vehicles

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Car-sharing, short-term renting and taxis are largely unappealing to consumers in most Western countries because they want a vehicle “when and where they need it” and “it’s too much of a hassle to pick up a vehicle.”. —Nicholas Farhi, US-based partner at OC&C Strategy Consultants.

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The Kiwi business journey to Carbon Zero

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A NZ finance institution approached Fleetpartners to create a carbon strategy to reduce their fleet’s carbon footprint. If your staff are using taxis, Ubers and subsidised public transport to get around and what impact that has on cost and emissions. Business example. If a pool vehicle fleet would work better in certain locations.

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ABB installing electric-vehicle fast chargers at BP service stations in Netherlands

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Prestige GreenCab, a Dutch taxi operator with a large electric-vehicle fleet, took the initiative for the installations in Utrecht. GreenCab financed one of the two chargers in Utrecht and has taken an active role as launching customer. ABB’s Terra stations can recharge an EV battery in as little as 15 to 30 minutes.