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Fuel Cell Plug-in Hybrid Taxi Unveiled at London’s City Hall

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Intelligent Energy, Lotus Engineering, LTI Vehicles and TRW Conekt, with funding from the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board, unveiled a full performance, zero-emissions Fuel Cell Hybrid London taxi. Acceleration from 0-30 mph takes 4.5 seconds; acceleration from 0-60 mph takes 14 seconds. . Earlier post.).

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Mercedes-Benz upgrades eVito Tourer electric van

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The eVito Tourer will be available in the summer of 2020. The top speeds are 140 km/h (87 mph) with standard and 160 km/h (99 mph) with special equipment. Taxi companies benefit from features such as the diverse seat configurations. The eVito Tourer features combined power consumption of 26.2

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

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The moves are modest compared with Alphabet’s Waymo, which this week announced a plan to begin a taxi service in Los Angeles, on top of the existing markets of San Francisco and Phoenix, where it already ferries passengers in its retrofitted autonomous Jaguars. m)after she was hit by a human-driven car.

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Uber and Hyundai announce aerial ridesharing partnership, release new full-scale electric air taxi model at CES

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Uber and Hyundai Motor Company announced a new partnership to develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial ride share network and unveiled a new full-scale aircraft concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Uber has announced a goal of flight demonstrations in 2020 and Elevate commercially available to riders in 2023.

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Wireless Charging of EVs Being Tested

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Qualcomm demonstrated the technology in 2017 that could charge a small vehicle while it was traveling at 60 mph. In 2020, 25 Jaguar I-Pace taxis will be charged by six static wireless pads from wireless charging company Momentum Dynamics as part of an experiment in Oslo, Norway.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

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The platforms can be mounted with a pickup or van body, and even a passenger design for a taxi. The RS touts 1,000+ hp with 0-60 mph under two seconds and a top speed of 200 mph. Whether it is called a Robot Taxi or Driverless Taxi, Zoox wants to stress “The Future Is For Riders…not drivers.”

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BYD to supply 50 e6 BEVs to greentomatocars for minicabs in London

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It is my aim that London’s minicabs and taxis will be zero-emission by 2020, which will have a major impact on air quality. The company expects that the 50 electric BYD e6 will be available for its customers to use from the second quarter of 2013.

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