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MAY 4, 2016

A study by researchers from the University of Denver and the University of Puget Sound indicates that high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected based on their actual numbers in the fleet. —Bishop et al. In their study, Bishop et al.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

A new modeling study by a team from MIT CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and Cornell suggests that using ride-sharing from companies like Uber and Lyft theoretically could reduce the number of taxis on the road in New York City by 75% without significantly impacting travel time. —Daniela Rus.

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JULY 12, 2011

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. The Administration is also working towards the use of electric vehicles in the City’s fleet of more than 13,000 yellow taxis.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Better Place has received an award from the Japanese government to conduct a pilot project in Tokyo for the world’s first electric taxis with switchable batteries. In Tokyo alone, there are approximately 60,000 taxis, a far greater number than in New York, Paris, or Hong Kong. Tokyo R&D Co.,

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MARCH 16, 2020

For example, what effect would a fleet of air taxis operating from a downtown area to the airport have on current traffic? What kind of energy and mobility impacts would the air taxis have? How many cars would be taken out of the system?

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Juniper predicts that city-based taxi services will be one of the key early adopters of driverless vehicles. The quasi-universal 2021 target date for the rollout of more highly automated system nonetheless represents a significant acceleration in the autonomous technology market. —James Hodgson. On Track with Self-Driving Vehicles 2.0

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APRIL 28, 2021

Once brought to market, the fuel cell technology could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution from thousands of small commercial boats throughout California including patrol, fishing, fire, rescue, ferry, taxi, recreational and other vessels.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Québec’s Ministry of Natural Resources has awarded Lion Bus Inc. The strategy will include vehicles from individuals, businesses, municipalities and non-profit organizations, as well as taxis and government fleet vehicles. C$675,000 (US$643 million) for a project to develop an all-electric school bus.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

Wisk Aero, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company, revealed the first self-flying, all-electric, four-passenger vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi. A larger passenger cabin with 4 seats and ample storage for baggage and personal carry-on items, making it one of the most versatile air taxis in the market.

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MAY 9, 2019

In 2016, TNCs were 15% of all intra-San Francisco vehicle trips, which is 12 times the number of taxi trips, while in New York in 2016, TNC ridership equaled that of yellow cab and doubled annually between 2014 and 2016. TNCs and taxis deadhead to look for fares or reposition before or after a paid trip. Erhardt et al. —Erhardt.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Smith said its decision to locate a facility in Chicago was influenced by the Mayor’s innovative voucher system created to accelerate the conversion from diesel to zero-emission, all-electric commercial vehicles, the large number of fleets interested in vehicle electrification, and the development incentives made available to Smith.

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MARCH 7, 2015

A fleet of shared self-driving cars in Stockholm could reduce rush hour traffic volumes by 14 cars for every shared vehicle, according to researchers at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Already in Stockholm taxi traffic accounts for half the total traffic, with about 272,000 such trips daily. Resources. ?Pierre-Jean

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Motoaki and his colleagues analyzed data from a fleet of Nissan LEAFs operated as taxis over roughly 500 Direct Current Fast Charge (DCFC) events. Further, EV manufacturers often provide consumers with only rough estimates of charging times, and they typically do not specify the range of conditions for which those estimates apply.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Characteristics of the Tianjin fleet found by the team’s vehicle activity study included: The total distance traveled by all vehicles in Tianjin was about 38 million kilometers (23.6 13% of passenger cars and 35% of taxis were still using carburetors. million miles) per day. thousand tons of CO 2 on a typical spring day.

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MARCH 7, 2012

A CNG vehicle, such as a taxi, bus or small truck, can then refill its tank using a traditional fuel dispenser, much like those used for diesel or gasoline refueling. This represents savings totaling as much as $1,500 per fleet vehicle per year. gallon and CNG at $2.09/gasoline gasoline gallon equivalent.

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MARCH 31, 2023

We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex. However, the company pulled the plug on U.S.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The need for human safety drivers in vehicles such as Waymo’s recently introduced autonomous taxis undermines their cost advantage compared to traditional ride sharing services, the researchers say. This could make it particularly valuable to ride-sharing and fleet operators. Alan Lundgard, Yiwei Yang, Maya L. Foster, Walter S.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Over the next few years, as automakers produce increasing numbers of EVs for consumer and fleet adoption, the EV charging ecosystem will need to scale accordingly to meet demand. Addressing the EV Fleet Market. Even better is a system with “self-healing” capabilities that handles these tasks through automation.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved Electrify America’s plan to invest its second $200 million in California Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure and education programs. In finding that Electrify America’s Cycle 2 California ZEV Investment Plan meets or exceeds all requirements of the 2.0L

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FEBRUARY 20, 2011

By 2003, all buses, taxis and auto-rickshaws in Delhi were retrofitted to run on CNG; only new vehicles with CNG engines are now available. (Of In Delhi, there are more than 55,000 CNG auto-rickshaws for hire, providing flexible mobility that is faster and more reliable than city buses while costing less than conventional taxis.

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JUNE 24, 2016

Using these resources, Columbus will work to reshape its transportation system to become part of a fully-integrated city that harnesses the power and potential of data, technology, and creativity to reimagine how people and goods move throughout their city. Allen’s Vulcan Inc.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

in 2021 to create a wireless charging infrastructure with alignment communications for autonomous vehicles (for example, taxi fleets). The last, noted Ryan Hart from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) in his talk at the SAE symposium, is not a negligible problem.).

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MAY 13, 2023

The state is investing heavily in resources that it hopes will draw startups building drones, autonomous planes, and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles to its cities and airports. Springfield was also where the Austin-based Lift Aircraft eVTOL startup brought its first vehicle, its single-seat flying taxi, Hexa.

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JUNE 30, 2021

While EV-sharing is not fully a thing yet in Barcelona, there are a couple of car-sharing services offering both pure and hybrid EVs alongside conventional vehicles: Cabify, a hybrid service somewhere between a taxi company and car-sharing app Bluemove, a car-sharing app started in 2010 and already in Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has received Volkswagen’s (VW) first 30-month Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Investment Plan. Electrify America has identified three potential Green City initiatives on which to focus: ZEV car‐sharing, ZEV delivery fleet, and ZEV taxi fleet provider. Green City.

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MARCH 29, 2022

By combining flexibility and experience with industry-leading technology, Fleet Partners offers innovative, cost-effective, tailored solutions designed to meet the needs of every business. Businesses in NZ are setting new targets for their fleets to reduce CO2 emissions and driving down fleet costs. Some things to consider.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Thus, it enables customers and taxi fleets a way to charge without the need for human interaction. Wireless power transfer using J2954 also gives the soon-to-be commercialized autonomous vehicle a way to align themselves and charge even during inclement weather automatically. WPT 1-3 (3.7-11 Schneider, J., Kamichi, K.,

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JUNE 10, 2011

While compressed natural gas (CNG) will play a role, particularly for high-mileage fleets, the report suggests that the chemical conversion of gas into some form of liquid fuel may be the best pathway to significant market penetration. These include short-range, heavy-duty vehicles (e.g., Tcf/year, equivalent to 1.3 million bpd of oil.

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JULY 8, 2015

Geely Auto has invested significant resources in the development and promotion of methanol-fueled engines and vehicles over a long period and has already made progress with this technology in China. The company is proactively working with partners across China to expand the use of methanol-fueled vehicles. and Gong, H.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Singapore-based TUM CREATE unveiled an electric taxi prototype designed for tropical megacities, codenamed EVA, at the Tokyo Motor Show. EVA was designed from the ground-up as an e-taxi and is a result of interdisciplinary research in the areas of energy storage, battery charging, thermal management, and lightweight materials and design.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Overall, there was a decrease in total traffic between 2005 and 2014, mainly explained by the reduction in cars and taxis. Changes in CO 2 from 2010 onwards did not match the downward predictions from reduced traffic flows and improved fleet efficiency. CO 2 increased along with increasing HGVs and buses. —Font and Fuller.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Aviation gasoline is utilized in general aviation aircraft with piston engines—which are generally used for instructional flying, air taxi activities, and personal transportation. Lead is not used in jet fuel, the fuel utilized by most commercial aircraft.

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JUNE 16, 2016

The Group intends independently to provide the resources necessary to address the future topic of autonomous driving and artificial intelligence. We will need 150 gigawatt hours of battery capacity by 2025 for our own e-fleet alone— which would make for a massive procurement volume. Earlier post.).

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JULY 8, 2009

UPS intends to achieve its 2020 airline goals by: Investing in more fuel-efficient aircraft types and engines; Fuel-saving operational initiatives, such as lower flight speeds; reduced flight segments, where viable; computer-optimized flight plans; computer-managed aircraft taxi times; and jet engine washing; and. UPS Sustainability Report.

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JULY 6, 2015

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found that the per-mile greenhouse gas emissions of an electric autonomous taxi in 2030 would be 63-82% lower than a projected 2030 hybrid vehicle driven as a privately owned car and 90% lower than a 2014 gasoline-powered private vehicle.

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JUNE 18, 2012

Under high travel scenarios (fleet use, deliveries, taxis), one might expect that a market already exists for electric cars if potential buyers have confidence in the advertised driving ranges and dealer support for these vehicles. Our analysis does not conclusively answer that question but cautions. value for money.

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APRIL 20, 2011

Since the early vehicle applications have been with fleet vehicles such as bus/ truck or taxi, charging infrastructure technology development in China has focused on fleet needs. —“The China New Energy Vehicles Program” Resources. China’s recently announced plan to invest RMB 100 billion (US$15.3

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