Green Car Congress
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.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 18, 2020
The taxi and ride-hailing markets are best positioned to go fully electric first. The economics of EVs—more expensive to buy but a lot cheaper to run—match perfectly with high-mileage, low-margin businesses like ride-hailing and taxis. Uber-type drivers can do up to five times more kilometers than an average motorist.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 9, 2019
This study sheds light on the urban passenger transport sector in China, which accounted for around 20% (188 MtCO 2 ) of the total carbon emissions of the transport sector in 2016, and aims to answer whether the CO 2 emissions from the urban passenger transport sector can reach its peak before 2030 and how to reach the peak.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016
Overall, there was a decrease in total traffic between 2005 and 2014, mainly explained by the reduction in cars and taxis. Fuller (2016) “Did policies to abate atmospheric emissions from traffic have a positive effect in London?” , Environmental Pollution doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.07.026. Fine particulate matter measured as PM 2.5
Green Car Congress
APRIL 22, 2016
The 2016 Chevrolet Volt with an electric range of 53 miles [ 2 ] is the first commercial car that almost qualifies as a PHEVLER. PHEVLERs running on electricity and biofuel are cleaner than conventional vehicles running on fossil fuels. [ Frank (2016) Using the Fleet of Long Range Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. 23 ] , [ 24 ].
Green Car Congress
MARCH 15, 2017
On 25 October 2016, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California approved a proposed 2.0-liter liter Partial Consent Decree to be spent by California on replacing older, dirtier heavy-duty vehicles and equipment with cleaner vehicles and equipment. liter Consent Decree. Background. Green City.
Green Car Congress
JULY 26, 2017
billion which may be invested in cycling and walking from 2016-2021. £1B Reducing transport emissions which includes £100 million for new buses and retrofit, £50 million for a Plug In Taxi programme and £80 million for ULEV charging infrastructure. 1B – Ultra low emissions vehicles. 290M – National Productivity Investment Fund.
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