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2015 Audi A3 Prices, Nissan Electric-Car Design, NYC Electric Taxis: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: New York City issues a road map for electrifying one-third of its taxi fleet, detailed pricing information the 2015 Audi A3 sedan is released, and Nissan''s design director discusses future electric-car plans. See the 2015 Honda Fit in our video summary from the 2014 Detroit Auto.'

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Record number of EV chargers installed in the UK last quarter

Baua Electric

Electrek’s Take The all-electric TX Black Cab: Credit: LEVC More than half of the more than 15,000 famous London “black cabs” are now electrified ( effectively EVs with range-extending ICEs on board ), with the majority of London’s largest taxi and minicab services committed to operating fully electrified fleets by 2025.

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Air Products provides hydrogen fueling station to Shell in Germany

Green Car Congress

The SmartFuel fueling station is capable of providing 40 kg of hydrogen per day, enabling a fleet of 50 vehicles to be fueled. As well as recently also opening a fueling station in Freiburg, as co-ordinator of the EU-funded HyTEC project Air Products recently opened a new fueling station at Heathrow airport to fuel a set of hydrogen taxis.

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GM reports strong Q1 Earnings, prepares to navigate semiconductor shortage

Teslarati

GM is working on expanding its fleet of all-electric vehicles and has several models planned for release in the coming years, but it will first have to prepare to navigate through a global semiconductor shortage that has caused delays and closures across the automotive industry. taxis by 2030. brand, and one for the Acura brand.

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EVTOL Companies Are Worth Billions—Who Are the Key Players?

Cars That Think

Some, such as Wisk and Kittyhawk and Joby , are flying a small fleet of prototype aircraft; others have nothing more than a design concept. Today, some 250 companies are working toward what they hope will be a revolution in urban transportation.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

Honda: Saloon and Space-Hub Concepts Debuted two Honda O Series concepts: Saloon and Space-Hub. The Space-Hub was developed under the theme of “augmenting people’s daily lives” with a spacious cabin using Honda’s “Thin, Light, and Wise” development approach. The PV5 should be the first to be released.

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Ford bucks the hybrid car sales trend

Green Cars News

According to David Finnegan, Ford’s marketing manager, hybrid customers are increasingly looking to Ford as a strong option with more than 60 per cent of Fusion Hybrid sales coming from non-Ford owners and more than half coming from import brands, particularly Toyota and Honda.

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