Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The first few hydrogen taxis being developed by a collaboration led by hydrogen fuel cell developer Intelligent Energy, and including Lotus Engineering Ltd, LTI (London Taxis International) Ltd and TRW Conekt, have been built at Lotus headquarters. The Guardian. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2020

The 90 kWh (usable) Li-ion battery pack in the vehicle’s underbody is configured low down and centrally, which has a positive effect on the eVito Tourer handling. The top speeds are 140 km/h (87 mph) with standard and 160 km/h (99 mph) with special equipment.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2016

The City of London Corporation—the municipal governing body of the City of London—has banned the purchase of diesel vehicles for its business, in a drive to reduce public exposure to air pollution. These vehicles will continue to be used until a clean alternative becomes available on the market.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2013

After being selected through a public bidding process, BYD has delivered 500 battery-electric, e6 police vehicles to the Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau this week. The BYD e6 reaches speeds of over 140 km/h (~87 mph) with a range of 300 km (187 miles), making it suited for the demands of police utility vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2010

The plug-in hybrid fuel cell London Taxi recently unveiled by Intelligent Energy, Lotus Engineering, LTI Vehicles and TRW Conekt ( earlier post ) is the latest in a set of attempts to apply fuel cell technology to London cabs. The ZeTek (ZevCo) Carbodies taxi, exhibited at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, was named the “Millennium Taxi”.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 9, 2021

If you ever wanted to fly over your city, Superman-style and in total silence, the Zeva ZERO personal UFO may be the eVTOL for you!

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2011

Fuel Cell Black Cabs are on the roads of London for the first time since being awarded Road Legal status by the UK Vehicle Certification Authority (VCA). These prototype zero-emission taxis are a shining example of British ingenuity, combining revolutionary fuel cell technology with an iconic design classic. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 15, 2024

The Zoox vehicles will also drive in light rain and at night, the company said, critical for gathering additional data. Amazon’s self-driving car unit, Zoox, is seeking to stay abreast of rival Waymo by expanding its vehicles’ testing in California and Nevada to include a wider area, higher speeds and nighttime driving.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2016

This electronic horizon data is continuously updated as the vehicle is driving autonomously. It is then interpreted by EB’s ADASIS v2 Reconstructor software module into information usable by the shuttle’s ECUs, enabling the driverless vehicle to prepare for and respond to real-world situations.

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Electric Auto Association

JUNE 1, 2021

Like nearly everyone else with an electric vehicle (EV) on Saint Thomas, Doug White, co-founder of Virgin Islands Electric Vehicle Association , drives a Nissan LEAF. I was at a trade fair and I saw this little neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV). It was a Polaris GEM , it ran at 25 miles per hour (mph).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2016

Kreisel Electric has applied its battery technology in a number of conversions, including a Porsche Panamera with a total electric (operating) range of 450 kilometers (280 miles) without speed reduction (up to 300 km/h / 186 mph), a Skoda Yeti and a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. Kreisel has also swapped out VW’s 24.2 from 120 to 267 miles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

From 1990 to 2007, the total number of registered civil-use vehicles in China grew from 5.5 The majority of these vehicles are used in populous metropolitan areas. Consequently, vehicle emissions have become an increasingly conspicuous contributor to air pollution in Chinese urban areas. million miles) per day.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2012

The first batch of cars will become taxis in the Stavropol region in the near future. EL LADA is based on the LADA Kalina, and can accelerate to 130 km/h (81 mph), has a range of 150 km (93 miles), and can be charged from home outlets. It serves the automotive, utility vehicle, marine, power utility and telecom industries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2011

The GEM e2 two-passenger vehicle features six 12-volt flooded electrolyte batteries and a range of up to 35 miles on a charge. will acquire low-speed electric vehicle manufacturer Global Electric Motorcars LLC (GEM), a wholly-owned Fargo, N.D.-based Click to enlarge. Polaris Industries Inc. based subsidiary of Chrysler Group LLC.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2014

The project “Reduced energy consumption by massive thermoelectric waste heat recovery in light-duty trucks” ( HeatReCar ) focused on thermoelectrics to provide electricity, either to on-board components or to the power train of hybrid electric vehicles. mph) average city speed to 10 g CO 2 /km on the motorway at 130 km/h (81 mph).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2020

Uber and Hyundai Motor Company announced a new partnership to develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial ride share network and unveiled a new full-scale aircraft concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Both parties are collaborating on infrastructure concepts to support take-off and landing for this new class of vehicles.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 12, 2021

Electric vehicles are pushing this even more. That exact moment I started to list out the advantages electric vehicle brings to the table and the list was pretty big and satisfying except for the charging time. The testing will involve charging heavy-duty vehicles at 200 kilowatts or higher. How Does It Work. You may also like.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

A box-type vehicle will operate at 20 km/h (12 mph) on the track to generate electricity using the forces of air resistance and the speed of the train. The test track was constructed as a rail course about 100 meters long with a height difference of about three meters and a maximum downward slope of 7.4

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 5, 2022

It is a fact not obvious to non-electric vehicle (EV) owners that every electrical outlet (110v, 220v, or DC fast 480v) is a potential refueling spot for EVs. In contrast, internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles can only refuel at a gas station licensed to handle and store an inflammable liquid. In California, it is 134 mpg.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 22, 2021

seconds to reach 0-60 MPH. It’s the first time all- electric vehicles have been added to the fleet since Waymo’s custom-designed EVs were phased out to make space for the Pacificas. Jaguar I pace is an award-winning electric car with impressive specs, a stylish look, and a luxurious interior. It takes only 4.6

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

earlier post ) sedans to Seoul City for free so that members of the Seoul Taxi Association and their passengers can discover the benefits of using an electric vehicle for taxi work. Taxi businesses involved in the scheme will be exempt from tolls through a number of tunnels into the city.

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Teslarati

APRIL 8, 2023

General Motors’ (GM) self-driving taxi unit, Cruise, has “recalled” its fleet of vehicles following a viral crash with a bus earlier this week. For GM, that comes in the form of its level 3 autonomous taxis serving the San Francisco area under the brand name Cruise.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2010

The electric Milano Taxi concept. Volkswagen unveiled the Milano Taxi, an electric MPV concept tailored to the needs of taxi drivers and their passengers. Volkswagen has announced that it will launch its first production electric vehicles in 2013. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 16, 2024

CES 2024 was no different with several concept and new vehicle reveals, and technological advancements that will be part of new cars in the coming years. Remote controlled valet parking allows drivers to leave their vehicle at a defined drop off point. The O Series, pronounced ‘zero,’ are all-electric vehicles launching in 2026.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The vehicle is powered by a liquid-cooled 28 kWh lithium-ion battery pack from Johnson Controls-Saft. Ford also announced that the Ford Transit Connect Taxi will go into production and arrive in dealerships later this year as a 2011 model. Lift-over height less than two feet when the vehicle is unloaded. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2013

The ix35 Fuel Cell is Hyundai’s fourth-generation fuel cell vehicle, and its first to enter production. The LHNE project, a government-backed initiative co-funded by the Technology Strategy Board, will put hydrogen-fueled vehicles into daily business use and deliver the refueling infrastructure to support their operation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2016

Zero-emission car sharing service BeeZero, run by a newly founded subsidiary of The Linde Group, will feature 50 Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell electric vehicles for public use. In December 2015, Hyundai delivered five ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles to the Paris-based electric taxi start-up STEP (Société du Taxi Electrique Parisien).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2012

In the accident, a driver crashed a Nissan GT-R into a BYD e6 electric taxi, and then collided with a separate gasoline taxicab. The investigating team concluded that: The sports car involved in the accident was travelling at the approximate speed of 242 km/h (150 mph). The type and severity of the accident was extremely rare.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2011

BYD all-electric e6 Taxi in service in Shenzhen. In conjunction with the one-year anniversary of its all-electric vehicle Taxi fleet test, BYD announced high-level results of several pilots of its plug-in electric vehicles—the F3DM, e6 and eBUS-12—in fleet testing across the world. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

Lead the team that won the DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 for developing a vehicle that could navigate and drive through a desert course without human intervention. We are all stampeding towards an electric vehicle future. Heywood points out that for an average vehicle a “ 20% reduction in weight = 825 lbs. 0.9 - 0.95X.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2013

The LHP has initiated more than £50 million (US$76 million) worth of hydrogen projects, attracting and rolling-out new hydrogen buses, taxis, scooters, refueling stations, materials handling vehicles and fuel cell Combined Heat and Power units to London. The ix35 Fuel Cell accelerates from 0 to 62 mph (0-100 km/h) in 12.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2009

earlier post ) has completed testing of an electric vehicle (EV) conversion solution on Kia’s “Morning” car model. The converted Kia achieved speeds of 100 mph and a range of 150 miles on a single charge, going from zero to sixty mph in six seconds. Korea-based Leo Motors , Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2012

It is my aim that London’s minicabs and taxis will be zero-emission by 2020, which will have a major impact on air quality. Encouraging many more electric vehicles is a key part of this transformation, so it is great news that greentomatocars has committed to operating 50 of these super clean machines from next year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2010

Oerlikon Graziano is highlighting its and Vocis Driveline Control’s (in which Oerlikon Graziano holds a majority share) development of the gearbox for the battery electric e-Vito Taxi ( earlier post ). The gearbox ratio was developed to permit a maxim vehicle speed of 120 km/h (75 mph) at a maximum motor speed of 8,000 rpm.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Mass transit and a surplus of taxi services also help to mitigate drunk driving after the sun goes down. But that doesn’t seem sufficient to account for the overall differences, especially considering how many dents you tend to see on vehicles parked in NYC vs. Los Angeles. As with any study, there are some highly probable blind spots.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2014

The e-Golf (“Das e-Auto” earlier post ), the Volkswagen brand’s second series production battery-electric vehicle after the e-up!, The e-Golf is currently on sale in Germany, and will be launched late this year or early next year in the US, initially in the ZEV (zero emission vehicle regulation) states (i.e., The e-Golf.

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