Teslarati

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Waymo, an autonomous taxi service subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. That may be about to change as the company has completed the final set of permitting paperwork that would allow it to sell fully-autonomous taxi rides in the city. Uber and Lyft have instead chosen to work in cities in Texas, Nevada, and Arizona.

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Taxi San Francisco Google Escape 98

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2014

Biosynthetic Technologies , with support from the United Soybean Board (USB), recently received American Petroleum Institute (API) certification on two motor oil formulations (5W-20 and 5W-30) that contain a synthetic ester made from high oleic soybean oil. Petroleum synthetic oils typically score between 6.0

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Oil Motor Motors Motoring 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2018

ACM’s study, titled “Preparing the Workforce for Automated Vehicles,” is being conducted by Michigan State University in collaboration with Texas A&M Transportation Institute. Gill Pratt, TRI CEO and Toyota Motor Corporation Fellow. TRI joins other companies in supporting this research.

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Toyota Vehicles North America Taxi 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2011

Ford Motor Company has designated BAF Technologies, Inc., BAF’s alternative fuel vehicle upfitting capabilities include aftermarket compressed natural gas (CNG) conversions of Ford-manufactured vans, cutaway shuttles, taxis, pick-ups and light-duty trucks. Its vehicle conversions include taxis, vans, pick-up trucks and shuttle buses.

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Ford Design Dallas Taxi 218

Cars That Think

MARCH 23, 2022

A planned network of landing spots will let eVTOLs recharge their batteries between flights, keeping people above the hustle and bustle (and traffic tie-ups) that come standard with taking private cars or taxis on city streets. Making the trip in a taxi usually takes 90 minutes; by train, it’s a 2-hour ride.

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Wind Coal Taxi Light 101

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

Vehicles to be deployed include 163 CNG, the vast majority for high mileage taxis and 18 heavy-duty LNG refuse trucks. North Central Texas Council of Governments’ North Central Texas Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology. Railroad Commission of Texas’ Texas Propane Fleet Pilot Program.

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Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant 236

EV Adoption

MARCH 9, 2021

GM is close to building a second EV battery factory in the US, report says – General Motors is considering building a second battery factory in the United States, The Wall Street Journal reports , in order to ramp up its production of electric vehicles. – March 8, via Green Car Reports. Batteries and Charging. Funding/IPOs/SPACs.

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GM Hummer GMC Batteries 52