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Berkeley TSRC study quantifies VMT and GHG benefits of car2go car-sharing in North America

Green Car Congress

As of July 2015, there were 39 roundtrip carsharing operators in North America with a total membership of 1,005,893 and a collective fleet of 18,582 vehicles. As of July 2015, there were three one-way operators in North America, serving 511,000 members with a collective fleet of 6,870 vehicles, according to a study to be published.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex. Uber’s value proposition is that it is cheaper than using a taxi and much cheaper than using a personal car. RelayRides changed its name to Turo in 2015 and has been described as an “Airbnb for real peoples’ cars.”

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Humanoid Robots Are Getting to Work

Cars That Think

The DARPA Grand and Urban Challenges for autonomous vehicles, in 2005 and 2007, formed the foundation for today’s autonomous taxis. One of the robots that made an appearance at the DRC Finals in 2015 was called ATRIAS , developed by Jonathan Hurst at the Oregon State University Dynamic Robotics Laboratory. Or at least, that’s the goal.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

The LEVC electric taxi might still be the only EV that both designed *and* produced on UK’s home turf. Sure, 2x more people live within Seattle city limits than in all of Iceland’s huge expanses. 67 POINTS (1ST PLACE IN 2015-2019) Claim to fame: maybe sometimes it’s good to chill back for a year at #2. drumrollllll.

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