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NYC Mayor Bloomberg ramps up EV parking and charging plans; targeting 1/3 of the taxi fleet to be electric by 2020; largest bike share program in country

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The mayor also plans to add 50 more electric vehicles to the city’s fleet of cars, and put the first six fully electric taxis on the road, with the goal of making one-third of our taxi fleet electric by 2020. Bloomberg also said that this summer the city will launch the largest bike share program in the country.

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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. Donckerwolke told Autocar UK that designing aircraft instead of cars was “like being in a bigger toy store”. “I

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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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Ride-sharer Grab to invest $700M in “Grab 4 Indonesia” 2020 master plan

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Grab, the leading ride-hailing platform in Southeast Asia, launched its “Grab 4 Indonesia” 2020 master plan, endorsed by Badan Koordinasi Penanaman Modal (BKPM), the Government of Indonesia’s Investment Coordinating Board. To date, the company has more than 630,000 drivers and 33 million downloads across the region.

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KIST team develops membrane reactor system to produce pure H2 from ammonia with high productivity

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Hydrogen gas, however, cannot be transported in large amounts due to the limitations in the amount that can be stored per unit volume. Liquid ammonia (hydrogen storage density per volume: 108kg-H 2 /m 3 ) is capable of storing around 1.5 drone taxis), unmanned aerial vehicles, ships, and other modes of transportation.

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Engineers confirm feasibility of aircraft regenerative braking from landing gear

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A team of engineers from the University of Lincoln, with funding from the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), has confirmed the feasibility of aircraft regenerate braking from the landing gear to provide power for taxiing to and from airport buildings, reducing the need to use jet engines.

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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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A decentralized cloud would minimize the need to use third-party services to manage and store data on people and business enterprises. The HEC can allow consumers to better control how their data is stored, shared, and monetized, Alamouti says. Alamouti, cofounder and executive board chairman of Mimik , in Oakland, Calif.,