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MIT CSAIL, Cornell study finds rides-sharing theoretically could cut taxi traffic in NYC by 75%

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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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Autonomous Boats Seem More Solvable Than Autonomous Cars

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MIT has been working on these for years , and they're about to introduce them to the canals of Amsterdam as cargo shuttles and taxis. Eventually, Roboats were scaled up, and by 2020 MIT had a version large enough to support a human.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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2 ] 2016 Chevrolet Volt Review – First Drive - HybridCars 05 Oct 2015. [ DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, September 2015. [ 12 ] Shock of Range Anxiety: The highs and lows of driving an electric car - SFGate Blog 28 July 2015. [ Greentech Media 12 May 2015. [ MIT News 15 Jan 2015. [

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. The PRT as an automated taxi that is 4m long by 1.4m Cities like Ithaca New York have expressed interest and Masdar itself isn’t slated to be fully operational until 2015.

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