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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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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. Extrapolating these numbers implies the annual global datasphere will surge from 64 zettabytes in 2020 to an eye-popping 10,000 to 15,000 zettabytes in 2035—just from self-driving vehicles. 4% of the data created?

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Following the Money in the Air-Taxi Craze

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billion at the apex, the category’s top seven companies together have hauled in more than $5 billion in funding—a figure that doesn’t include private firms, whose finances haven’t been disclosed. But experts say a greater challenge lies ahead, when manufacturers seek to certify the vehicles for autonomous flight. “If

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India’s electric four-wheeler ride-hailing fleet incentives

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The government of India has introduced the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles FAME India Scheme under which the incentive program is offered to various vehicle segments even to the ride-hailing fleets. Telangana EV Policy 2020-2030 launched. Delhi CM launched new EV Policy 2020. 39% in Delhi.

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Pike Research forecasts China plug-in market to reach 152,000 units/year by 2017, falling short of government targets; BEVs to dominate

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However, according to a new report from Pike Research, PEV production will fall well short of the government’s ambitious goals of manufacturing 500,000 PEVs a year by 2015. billion) in core technologies and the industry to build a strong and competitive NEV industry chain by 2020, according to Pike. China’s Energy Saving and.

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World Bank/PRTM study finds global value chain shift resulting from vehicle electrification could favor China from technology and supply chain perspectives

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PRTM projects that the global EV value chain will likely be greater than US$250 billion by 2020. The study estimates that global sales of plug-in vehicle will likely constitute 10% of new vehicle sales by 2020. Click to enlarge. China’s recently announced plan to invest RMB 100 billion (US$15.3 Integrated Charging Solutions.

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UK unveils new plan to cut NO2; sale of new conventional gasoline and diesel cars to end by 2040; focus on local action

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Another element in the plan includes possible civil and criminal charges against manufacturers implementing emissions defeat devices, with fines of up to £50,000 (US$65,000) per instance. The NO 2 plan is one element in the Government’s efforts to deliver clean air. 290M – National Productivity Investment Fund. 100M – National road network.

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