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Ideanomics’ MEG Group announces delivery of first EV taxi order to Chengdu; Geely to supply 15,000 taxis

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announced that its MEG Group, through its joint venture with iUnicorn, has finalized its first order of EV Taxis for the city of Chengdu. The EV Taxis are supplied by Geely Auto Group and the financing for the vehicles was provided locally by Sichuan Tianfu Bank Co Ltd. Ideanomics Inc. —Alf Poor, CEO of Ideanomics.

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Hyundai’s air mobility arm showcases flying taxi for 2028 at CES | Autocar Professional

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Hyundai’s air mobility arm Supernal plans to put its new S-A2 aircraft into production in 2028 ahead of what it expects to be a huge increase in demand for electric aircraft as an alternative to taxis in cities. It can seat up to five people including the pilot and is electric powered.

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Uber India posts 54% increase in FY23 revenue – ET Auto

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The business had slowed down during the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 and 2021, and has since recovered. In FY22, revenue from ride-hailing — four-wheelers, auto rickshaws and bike-taxis — grew 30%. The bike-taxi industry has come under backlash from some state governments for operating without the requisite licences.

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CoBank report suggests self-driving vehicles could easily overwhelm current data center market

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To put that into perspective, in 2020 the average person worldwide generated about 150 gigabytes per day. Holon Investments estimates the global self-driving fleet could reach 400 million by 2035. In 2020, globally we stored just under 3% of all data created, with a total storage capacity of 2.1ZBs. 4% of the data created?

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Amazon’s Zoox robotaxis to drive faster, farther, at night in Las Vegas – ET Auto

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The changes, announced on Thursday, apply to Zoox’s fleet of vehicles that it designed and built itself. Amazon bought Zoox in 2020 for more than USD 1 billion, leading to speculation it could eventually use the cars as delivery vehicles, sparing it the cost of paying for drivers. m)after she was hit by a human-driven car.

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Wireless EV charging record set with Porsche Taycan prototype

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A system deployed in 2020 with a fleet of Jaguar I-Pace taxis in Oslo, Norway, was able to achieve 50 kw in 6-8 minute bursts. The post Wireless EV charging record set with Porsche Taycan prototype appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Development of autonomous cars is steadily progressing with AI as an accelerator, says Sven Lanwer, XC expert from Bosch – ET Auto

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Q: There are a lot of use cases, say, from taxi or ride sharing by companies like Uber or Lyft, where there are problems of driver shortage. With the first deep learning we brought a system into the market in 2020 on the multipurpose camera three. It depends on the use case and on your personal preference. So, it is very individual.

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