Australia Fleet Standards Taxi 
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 26, 2009
Better Place has received an award from the Japanese government to conduct a pilot project in Tokyo for the world’s first electric taxis with switchable batteries. In Tokyo alone, there are approximately 60,000 taxis, a far greater number than in New York, Paris, or Hong Kong. Tokyo R&D Co.,
EV Central
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
The H2X Warrego pops up just weeks after Queensland start-up Roev announced plans to launch production of battery electric Toyotas Hilux and Ford Ranger utes targeted at fleets in Australia from 2023. H2X has also announced it will build the H2X in Europe and in Australia at a facility in Sale in Victoria’s LaTrobe Valley.
Green Car Congress
JULY 24, 2009
Ford Australia is investing A$230 million (US$188 million) to improve the fuel efficiency and environmental impact of its Australian-made models, including the first global rear-wheel drive application of Ford’s turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection 2.0L Tags: Australia Engines. EcoBoost engine. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 27, 2011
It also calls for the city to promote electric-car adoption in fleet segments including public-sector vehicles and private-sector fleets such as taxis. By the end of the year, Better Place will have battery switch stations under deployment in the US, Europe, Australia and China. —Shai Agassi.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 28, 2010
Better Place, with support from the US Department of Transportation via the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, has committed to bring a switchable battery, electric taxi program to the Bay Area in partnership with the cities of San Francisco and San Jose. The pilot project began on 26 April, in cooperation with Nihon Kotsu Co.,
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 28, 2017
In May 2017, Reno, Nevada, boasted that it is laying the groundwork for the industry’s first driverless bus program, launching a three-phase process to roll out a full fleet in its downtown area. In Helsinki, Finland, two driverless buses were employed last year—one of the first programs of its kind. What comes next?
Charged EVs
MARCH 1, 2024
The NEVI program has very clear centrally-defined requirements for charging operators, like requiring open standards that are future-proof, and requiring certain levels of availability of the service.” It will be different if they’re focused on public charging rather than fleets or residential, for example.
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